Ayodhya visit row deepens temple fund storm
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai alleged on Tuesday that police stopped him in Ayodhya while he was preparing to lead a party delegation to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, intensifying the political confrontation over alleged...
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School Urdu row puts Armoor campus under probe
Police in Telangana’s Nizamabad district have registered a case against a private school’s...
in Happening Now Jun 30 ·Temple donation probe widens around cash handler
Police scrutiny of the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in...
in Happening Now Jun 30 ·Sibal targets BJP over Ayodhya donations row
Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal sharpened the opposition attack on the BJP on...
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By Nitya Chakraborty The joint statement of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman issued in Beijing on June 26 following the visit of Tarique to China has drawn the attention of the global diplomatic circles due to the sweep of the nature of...
Ram Mandir Scam Poses A Big Challenge To Yogi In Pre-Poll Year
By Arun Srivastava Hindu organizations, including RSS, BJP, VHP are silent on the scam at Ram Mandir. They would. It is expected of them. It is wrong to believe that they are maintaining silence out of shame and public outrage. It is also not the fact that they are...
If A Passport Doesn’t Prove You Are An Indian, Then What Does?
By T N Ashok In most countries, the question would sound absurd. “Can you prove you are a citizen?” A citizen reaches into a wallet, pulls out a passport and the conversation ends. Not in India anymore. A political and legal controversy erupted after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar...
Bangladeshi Migrants Are Having Hard Times In All Parts Of The World
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In recent years, migration has become more difficult for Bangladeshi immigrants, in the context of unsettled economic/political conditions worldwide, the continuing Ukraine war and the US/Iran conflict. Somewhat worryingly for the present BNP Government it seems the hard times will continue for Bangladeshis ,as the...
The Rise Of The Stand-Alone Hero Marks The Latest Cinema In South
By T N Ashok For decades, the conventional wisdom of Indian cinema was remarkably simple. Producers discovered stories, assembled stars, hired directors, raised money, marketed the film and hoped for a blockbuster. Actors merely performed the role assigned to them. The producer carried the financial burden while the star...
Burnham’s Promise Of ‘Change’ Will Be Judged On What Comes Next
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Heavy on rhetoric, light on detail, Andy Burnham set out his vision for “change,” delivered symbolically from the People’s History Museum in Manchester this morning. There was much to commend in the statement — a commitment to devolve power to the regions (“place first, party...
Bid To Rebuild Bengal To Its Old Glory Is Welcome, Though Difficult
By Nantoo Banerjee West Bengal’s first ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s resolve to rebuild the state to its “old glory” sounds good though reversing decades of economic stagnation and industrial decline remains an incredibly difficult challenge. Economically, West Bengal’s rank among Indian states has dropped from No.1 till...
Uddhav Thackeray Is Losing His Status In Maharashtra Politics After Latest Split
By Kalyani Shankar On June 19, the Shiv Sena marked its 60th anniversary. Since its inception, in the past 60 years. The party has experienced several splits, with the latest occurring on June 26. Shiv Sena’s 60th anniversary is contested by two factions—Thackeray’s Sena (UBT) and Eknath Shinde’s Sena—each...
Eight Rules Set By The Centre For Implementation Of VB-GMRG Act Must Go
By Satyaki Chakraborty Former CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat has alleged that the eight rules published by the centre for the implementation of the new VB-GRAMG Act replacing MGNREGA have been set without having any consultations with rural and MGNREGA workers associations. She has mentioned that the rules of...
Evasive Peace: How The US-Iran Ceasefire Is Unravelling Each Day Continuing Conflict
By Asad Mirza The ink on the Islamabad Memorandum was barely dry when missiles and drones began flying again across the Persian Gulf. A week of tit-for-tat strikes between Washington and Tehran, compounded by Israel’s relentless pounding of Lebanon, has exposed the US-Iran ceasefire of June 2026 as a...
BRICS Has Assumed More Importance In The Present Global Geopolitics
By Dr. Arun Mitra In the just concluded G7 Summit, in addition to the seven member states, several other countries—including India, Brazil, South Korea, Kenya, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—were invited to participate. This may reflect a growing realization among the G7 powers that...
Two TMC Factions Battling Over Observance Of July 21 As Martyrs Day
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA:A tug-of-war between Trinamool Congress and Congress to observe July 21 as Martyr’s Day is an annual event in the political calendar of West Bengal. But what used to be an unequal contest between two political outfits has been joined by another political entity this year....
Fragile Truce In Middle East War Depends On Israel-Lebanon Agreement
By T N Ashok History is littered with ceasefires that ended one war only to ignite another. That is why the Trilateral Framework signed by the United States, Israel and Lebanon may ultimately prove more significant than the ceasefire that preceded it. For months, diplomacy in the Middle East...
AITUC GC Meeting Calls For Intensification Of Workers’ Struggle
By Amarjeet Kaur The General Council meeting of the All India Trade Union Congress was held at Thrissur, Kerala, from 1–3 June 2026. The meeting was attended by 246 delegates representing 22 states and various industrial federations and unions. During the session, a seminar on “Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War and World...
Saffronisation Of Higher Education In Kerala Gathers Pace
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The abject surrender of the VD Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government to the Sangh Parivar which began the day the Government was sworn in, is complete. That is the conclusion inevitable from the manner in which the UDF Government is facilitating the growth of...
From The World’s Biggest Buyer, India Have Emerged As A Global Builder
By T N Ashok For decades, India’s rise as an economic power has been measured by the number of aircraft it buys rather than the number it builds. The country has become one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets, one of the largest importers of military hardware and, increasingly,...
Steel Exposes Hard Limits Of Much-Vaunted Free Trade Piety
By K Raveendran India’s decision to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into cheap steel imports marks more than another defensive trade action. It is a reminder that globalisation, which New Delhi has often invoked when Indian exports face barriers abroad, becomes far more complicated when the pressure arrives at home....
Loot Of Ram Mandir Funds Has Weakened BJP Campaign Before 2027 Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava Within a week of the accusation by the Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was an unregistered and unconstitutional organisation and should face legal actions, the right-wing Hindu exclusionary body suffered a shattering jolt that its senior leaders managing the affairs...
