Congress faces defection claims after festival
Speculation over a possible split within the Congress in Bihar gathered pace on Thursday after State Public Health Engineering Department minister and Lok Janshakti Party leader Sanjay Singh claimed that all six Congress legislators in...
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Why Washington says trade talks stalled
Washington — Remarks by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have injected a personal...
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Top court weighs challenge to impeachment process
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition filed...
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Sambhal land dispute triggers fresh communal strain
Tensions have escalated in Sambhal after local authorities issued a 15-day ultimatum seeking...
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.CPI(M)-Led Left Front Has Become Victim Of Binary Politics In Bengal
By Nitya Chakraborty West Bengal is going to the state assembly polls in March-April 2026. The election fever has soared high with the visits of the BJP leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Home Minister Amit Shah to the state which is being ruled by the Trinamool Congress...
Trump Is Leading The Gangster Phase Of Imperialism In The World
By Prabhat Patnaik When the Soviet Union collapsed, liberal bourgeois writers had proclaimed the arrival of an era marked by the universal triumph of democracy and stability; they had considered the socialist challenge unnecessary and counterproductive, and believed that capitalism which had already given political independence to its colonies,...
U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks Sharply In October 2025 But Questions Remain About Future
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: In a striking turn of events, the United States trade deficit contracted sharply in October 2025, hitting $29.4 billion — the lowest level since June 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). This headline number has been heralded by policymakers...
Closing Of Katra Medical College On Religious Ground Is A Dangerous Precedent
By Dr Arun Mitra It was deeply disturbing to witness the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) openly rejoicing over the closure of the Medical College at Katra. At a time when people across the country are demanding the opening of more medical colleges to ensure access to advanced medical care...
Bangladesh Reducing Essential Imports From India By Diversifying Into Pakistan, Turkiye
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Bangladesh has reacted coolly to the recent official announcement that Bhutan and Bangladesh may buy coal from the CIL (Coal India ltd) directly, following recent steps taken to ease and increase regional trade. A Dhaka-based official said there were no immediate plans to buy coal...
Haryana Public Service Commission’s Credibility Is Under Scanner
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: India is facing a serious problem of unemployment. But on one hand there are the posts lying vacant and the Public Service Commissions are floating advertisements to fill up these posts and on the other hand even a sufficient number of candidates are not...
Global Cooperation Is Showing Resilience In The Face Of Geopolitical Headwinds
By Satyaki Chakraborty NEW DELHI: Global cooperation is proving resilient even as multilateralism continues to face strong headwinds, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cooperation Barometer 2026, just released in Geneva. However, cooperation is below where it needs to be to address critical economic, security and environmental challenges....
Mamata Brands ED Raid On I-PAC Attempt To Steal TMC Poll Strategy
By Rahil Nora Chopra Raids by the Enforcement Directorate at the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its director, Pratik Jain, in Kolkata as part of a money laundering investigation aggravated the political slugfest between the ruling Trinamool Congress and BJP ahead of the Assembly elections in West...
Amit Shah’s New Strategy For 2026 Bengal Assembly Polls Worries TMC
By Nitya Chakraborty The two and half day visit by the union home minister Amit Shah to Kolkata during 2025 year end to explain to the West Bengal party leaders his new strategy to take on the ruling Trinamool Congress in the assembly elections scheduled in March-April 2026, has...
Zohran Mamdani’s Success As A Mayor Of New York Will Reshape American Politics
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: When Zohran Mamdani placed his hand on the Quran in a decommissioned subway station at midnight on January 1st, 2026, he was not merely assuming the mayoralty of America’s largest city. At 34, the democratic socialist was inaugurating what may prove to be...
India To Continue With Its Growth Momentum Despite U.S. Tariff Impact
By Satyaki Chakraborty NEW DELHI: India will maintain its growth momentum in 2026 defying the uncertainty in global economy over the impact of the U.S. tariff rates. The GDP growth projected at 7.4 per cent in 2025 will be at the level of 6.6 per cent in 2026 showing...
Trump Through His Venezuelan Invasion Has Started War Against Global South
By Nilotpal Basu In the wee hours of January 2, the skies of Caracas lit up with fire trails from airborne armaments and aircraft. They were followed by a stream of helicopters used in commando operations, most notably the Delta Force. The world woke up on 3rd morning to...
New Executive Committee Of Bengal BJP Does Not Inspire Confidence
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: With Assembly election in West Bengal less than three months away, a new state committee of BJP being put in place makes the endeavour an instance of doing too little too late. The most notable face conspicuous by its absence is former state chief Dilip...
Sharia, Manu Smriti Or Indian Constitution – Which Is Stronger?
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The Indian Constitution has been the outcome of the values which emerged during our freedom struggle. The Constituent Assembly, broadly a representative of India, formulated the Indian Constitution which as a whole is the guide to our national life. The Constitution calls for democratic society...
US Imperialism Exposed As Britain And The EU Look The Other Way
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The past few days have really thrown the role of imperialism in sharp relief. The actions of the US — attacking a sovereign country, kidnapping an elected president, attempting to hold that country to ransom with the threat of further military force — have shocked...
Gig Workers Have Genuine Demands Needing Centre’s Attention
By Krishna Jha Gig platforms’ contributions are now more than fifty percent to the country’s service sector. According to data available, it is 55 percent and more to the country’s digital economy and thus playing a crucial role in the urban employment. It is a boon to the migrants,...
Judicial Discretion, Political Optics And The Limits Of Comparison
By K Raveendran The sharp criticism mounted by Opposition leaders against the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case has been foregrounded as a defence of constitutional liberty. Yet, when examined closely, the argument appears driven more...
BCCI Disallowing Bangladeshi Cricketer From Playing In IPL Was Wrong
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Even the return of Bangladesh -Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Mr Tarique Rahman to Dhaka may not help in reducing present political tensions in Indo-Bangla bilateral ties. On the contrary, there is a strong possibility of a fresh eruption of poll-related violence in all likelihood to...
