INDIA’S main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern Karnataka state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, according to results announced yesterday.
The poll provides a boost to the Congress party ahead of national elections due next year.
The divided opposition is banking on forming a united front to challenge Mr Modi in next year’s general election in which the ultra right-wing prime minister will seek to extend his premiership for a third consecutive term.
Following the resignation of Nepali Prime Minister KP Oli amid mass youth-driven protests, different narratives have circulated which simplify and misrepresent the complexities and reality on the ground in Nepal at the roots of this crisis, argue VIJAY PRASHAD and ATUL CHANDRA
Indian communist leader MA Baby considers the chilling escalation of violence against minorities and increasing impunity for their attackers under the Modi regime


