West Bengal 2021: Will public intellectuals have an impact on the upcoming election?

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If all political analyses of West Bengal in the last few years could be monetised, it could contribute significantly to the national economy. One such popular analysis is that the forthcoming assembly elections will take place in a post-‘bhadralok’ era, the bhadralok — this entity always a man — being an idealist who likes old … Read more

Congress has the next — and final — vote in the 2020 election

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Cheriss May/Getty Images Voters voted. States counted the votes. Challenges were heard and rejected. Now the Electoral College has made President-elect Joe Biden’s victory completely official. The time for President Trump’s repeated baseless allegations of fraud is over, but that doesn’t mean the drama has ended. Lawmakers follow an archaic timeline set out the Constitution and US law to make Biden … Read more

Government looking for alternative sites for metro car shed: Eknath Shinde

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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said the state government was looking for alternative sites for car shed for Mumbai Metro as the Union government did not seem inclined to cooperate. Last week, the Bombay High Court stayed the Mumbai suburban district collector’s decision allotting 102 acres of saltpan land in Kanjurmarg … Read more

Darbhanga Airport should be named after poet Vidyapati, several steps needed to develop it: Nitish Kumar tells Centre

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PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to take a slew of steps to develop the new Darbhanga Airport and name if after renowned poet Vidyapati. Kumar, in a letter to Puri, said Darbhanga should be connected to more cities and flight services need to be … Read more