Tehran backs Beijing’s Gulf peace framework
Tehran has signalled readiness to support President Xi Jinping’s four-point proposal for ending the United States-Iran war, placing Beijing’s diplomatic framework at the centre of a widening contest over security in the Persian Gulf. Abdolreza...
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Bengal vote-roll fight reaches court
Bengal’s disputed Assembly verdict entered a sharper legal phase on Monday as the...
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Adhikari resets Bengal governance agenda
Kolkata’s new administration moved quickly to recast West Bengal’s policy direction, with Chief...
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Trinamool Congress has been plunged into a bitter internal confrontation after its heavy...
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By T N Ashok NEW DELHI: As the war in Iran deepens and flames spread across West Asia’s energy corridors, India finds itself confronting an uncomfortable truth: its economic vulnerabilities are once again tied to oil tankers navigating distant waters. Rising crude prices, disrupted shipping lanes, soaring aviation fuel...
Appointing The Bengal CEO In Charge Of Sir As Chief Secretary Is A Brazen Case Of Award For Loyalty
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers When the men who write the electoral rules also happen to want a particular result, Indian democracy has a question it cannot avoid asking There is a principle so fundamental to democratic legitimacy that even its most cynical practitioners usually pay lip service: the referee...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay Is A Cultural Icon In South India With Massive Following
By Kalyani Shankar When Tamil superstar Vijay launched his political party two years ago, few expected him to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He achieved the difficult transition from “light, camera, action ” to real-life cues. The State has previously been led by two other film stars,...
BJP Must Not Stop Household Assistance For Deleted Or Pending Voters
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Yet another aspect of the ugly face of BJP’s nationalism has come to the fore after BJP’s West Bengal government took oath under the CM Suvendu Adhikari. The government has decided to replace Lakshmir Bhandar by another scheme by the name Annapurna Bhandar for women...
In Her New Role As Opposition, TMC Supremo Mamata Charts Out Programme
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Days after its first crushing electoral reverse in 15 years in the West Bengal Assembly polls, rumblings of discontent within Trinamool Congress have started. The dissenting voices are not muted. Internal rift is almost out in the open. Despite a stern warning from party supremo,...
New BJP-Led Bengal Govt Is Likely To Get Increased Investments In Coming Days
By Subrata Majumder Once the hub for engineering industry, West Bengal has been facing a lean phase in its industrial development since the 1970s. covering both the 34 years of the Left rule and 15 years of TMC reign. At the time of Independence in 1947, it accounted for...
Latest Expansion Of Adityanath Ministry To Help BJP In 2027 Assembly Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: With the much awaited expansion of Yogi Adityanath ministry in Uttar Pradesh, BJP has attempted to social engineering in order to counter powerful PDA of main rival Samajwadi Party in 2027 assembly polls. For the first time since 2017 when BJP came to power, the...
After Bengal Win, Central BJP Leadership Is Focusing Most On 2027 Polls In Uttar Pradesh
By Arun Srivastava Upper-caste conflict, rift between Brahmins and Rajputs has been intensifying within the Uttar Pradesh BJP and in recent months it has acquired a vicious character threatening the 2027 assembly electoral prospect of the party. Significantly, the BJP is also losing its support in the OBCs, EBCs...
Donald Trump-Xi Jinping Are Both Aiming For Win-Win Outcome At Beijing Summit
By Nitya Chakraborty The U.S. President Donald Trump begins his three-day visit to China on May 13 for his summit with the Chinese President Xi Jinping, the outcome of which has special significance for Trump in shaping his political future in the context of the midterm elections in November...
Disunity In INDIA Bloc Will Pave Their Fall Into A Deeper Political Pit
By Dr. Gyan Pathak INDIA bloc has suddenly fallen into a deeper crisis, a new phase of disintegration has set in, which cheers the BJP the most. The opposition camp has perhaps forgotten the proverb – united we stand, divided we fall. Just after the Legislative Assembly elections results...
BJP’s Mega Show Of Identification With Bengal
By Anjan Roy KOLKATA: With Subhendu Adhikari sworn in as the first BJP chief minister of Bengal on Sunday May 10, an altogether new chapter is begun in the state. With that the recalcitrant, screaming Mamata Banerjee goes into the penumbra of political oblivion. At its mega swearing in...
2026 Assembly Polls Outcome Is A Setback To Growing Role Of Regional Parties
By Kalyani Shankar In the recently concluded 2026 Assembly elections, three prominent chief ministers faced unexpected defeats, a situation that many in the political arena recognise as a challenging part of the process. The chief ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala lost their elections. Winning and losing...
Chief Minister Vijay Starts With Massive Goodwill, He Has To Translate It Into Action
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: The rise of Vijay from matinee idol to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is not merely a political victory. It is a civilisational rupture in the political history of southern India. For nearly seven decades, Tamil Nadu was governed by the iron logic of...
GCC Ecosystem Has Been Emerging As Lifeline Of India’s New Economy
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik In Economics, we teach the concept of exogenous and endogenous variables. In simple terms, exogenous variables are those outside the control of policymakers, whereas endogenous variables are those that policymakers can influence or adjust to improve economic outcomes. Take, for instance, the recent Iran-Israel-US conflict...
Iran Balances Resistance, Regional Outreach And Global Pressure
By Asad Mirza Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has sharpened Tehran’s diplomatic messaging amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and mounting pressure from the United States. Rejecting what he describes as “colonialism and exploitation”. Pezeshkian has simultaneously projected defiance toward Washington and expanded outreach to regional neighbours, especially...
U.S. Govt Advisory To Its Women Citizens To Be Careful About Travel In India Has Basis
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Why did the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India have to issue advisory to warn the U.S. women travelling to India? What fears do they have in their minds? On 18 June, 2025, it issued a Travel Advisory to India – highlighting the increased...
Governor Seeking Receipts Is A Wrong Kind Of Proof In A Hung Assembly
By Rohan Mehta On May 10, Sunday actor-turned politician Joseph Vijay was sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s new chief minister following days of uncertainty across an election season that has given analysts across the country much to talk about. Vijay’s storming win against the AIADMK & DMK duopoly, with...
British Labour Party’s Crisis Runs Deep — It Needs A Real Debate On Its Future
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Labour’s left warns against any bid by Keir Starmer or the wider Cabinet to stitch up a transfer of power without a proper contest. MPs with any sense should recognise the folly of any such move. Forget the received wisdom at Westminster about leadership contests...
