Top court seeks Bengal tribunal report
India’s Supreme Court on Monday said it would seek a report later in the day from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court after complaints that appellate tribunals set up under West Bengal’s Special...
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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.Pakistan’s Back-Channel US-Iran Peace Negotiation May Not Work
By Nantoo Banerjee Pakistan may be right that peace in Lebanon is essential for talks between the US and Iran. But, the key question is: will Iran’s theological regime ever ask its terror sponsor, Hezbollah, to go soft on Israel which lately launched massive waves of airstrikes across southern...
Narendra Modi Making Misleading Statements On Women’s Bill In Poll Speeches
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Let us put the fact on record – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s women’s reservation is in force since April 16, 2026, but with conditions apply. And what is the chief condition among others? When they will expand the size of the Lok Sabha – a...
Trump’s Acceptability Among Catholics Is Falling After Spat With Pope
By Kalyani Shankar The conflict between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV is unprecedented. While popes have commented on politics before, Trump’s personal insults toward the Pope are unusual. Although reports suggest his tone has softened, his discomfort is still clear. In 250 years of US history, no president...
From Ola–Uber To Bharat Taxi: Rethinking Platform Economics Is Welcome
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The introduction of Bharat Taxi is a timely development in India’s fast-changing mobility landscape. While new ride hailing platforms are not uncommon, this initiative stands out for what it represents rather than what it adds to the market. It signals a broader attempt to rethink...
Pope Leo’s Sharp Criticism Of War And Political Misuse Of Religion Has Global Significance
By Asad Mirza Pope Leo’s sharp criticism of war, sectarian manipulation and the political misuse of religion has cast fresh attention on the narratives shaping the US-Israel confrontation with Iran. Speaking in Cameroon, Africa, the pontiff warned against turning geopolitical rivalry into a civilisational struggle between Christianity and Islam,...
RSS Activists In Bengal Are Taking Lead In BJP Campaign For Assembly Polls
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is playing a significant but low decibel role to assist BJP in the impending two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections that kicks off on April 23. The RSS role, assertive in some ways, has...
BJP Leader Subhendu Adhikari Is Fighting A Grim Battle In Nandigram
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: An electoral set to take place at Nandigram constituency in West Bengal that has striking similarities with a voting this rural constituency witnessed five years ago. If Subhendu Adhikari contesting as a BJP nominee defeated his onetime chief, Trinamool Congress supremo and chief minister Mamata...
April 17, 2026 Marked The Biggest Setback To BJP After 2024 Lok Sabha Polls
By Dr. Gyan Pathak April 17, 2026 marked the biggest setback for PM Narendra Modi’s political design when the united INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha brought it down. Never before had INDIA bloc such a win, and Narendra Modi such a defeat, when a constitutional amendment bill brought...
India’s Assembly Lines Reshape Asia’s Manufacturing Scene
By K Raveendran A quiet but far-reaching reversal is underway in Asia’s electronics supply chain, and its significance extends well beyond the movement of phone components. For years, the pattern was clear and deeply entrenched: China stood at the centre of the global smartphone manufacturing system, while India remained...
Pak Sikh Optics: Army Job Conceals As Much As It Reveals
By Divya Malhotra Pakistan is often described as an Army with a state rather than a state with an army. In such a system, even seemingly routine decisions, such as military promotions, can carry deep political meaning. One such case was the promotion of Lt Col Harcharan Singh in...
Women Voters Playing A Proactive Role In Scripting Political Future Of West Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Amid rhetoric, realignment and recriminations, women voters of West Bengal have emerged as a powerful force over the past decade as their decisions increasingly determine the fate of dispensations. Trinamool Congress whose writ has been running over the state for the past 15 years has...
Congress Back At Its Bickering Best Over CM’s Post In Kerala!
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress is back at its bickering best – once again. Kerala is witnessing the party openly indulging in an unseemly tussle over the Chief Minister’s post even before the election results are out! The party seems to have taken it for granted that the...
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lambasts His State Government For Failure In Protecting Tribals
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Governors essaying the role of the opposition in states ruled by parties other than the BJP and its allies has become common enough. From Kerala to West Bengal to Tamil Nadu – a series of states have witnessed bitter, even unseemly and ugly attacks...
Time Is Ripe In India To Extend Free Universal Health Care To Citizens
By Ravi Duggal Healthcare in India is not a political battle field. The historical underinvestment in public health continues and is perhaps getting worse each passing year. In the mid-1980s, India had reached a peak of 1.6 percent of GDP allocated to health with support of the Minimum Needs...
Avoiding Voting On Bills, Modi Govt Brings Women’s Reservation In Force From April 16
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Showing its impatience, PM Narendra Modi led government, has notified the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam 2023. The government implemented it from April 16, 2026, the same day after it introduced an amendment to the Act in the Lok Sabha, after convening a three-day special session...
Iran’s Political Leadership Is Showing Remarkable Resilience Against U.S. Pressure
By Asad Mirza As tensions intensify between Iran, Israel, and the United States, one thing has become increasingly clear: Iran has managed not only to respond to sustained pressure but to endure it far longer than many analysts had anticipated. In an era defined by advanced surveillance systems, sophisticated...
Delimitation And The Quiet Rewriting Of India’s Federal Compact
By R. Suryamurthy India’s proposed delimitation exercise, long deferred and constitutionally mandated, is now being revived with a sense of administrative inevitability. Yet to treat it as a mere technical correction is to miss the deeper transformation it portends. What is unfolding is not simply a recalibration of parliamentary...
TMC Focuses On Identity Politics To Take On BJP In The Kudmi Belt
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Both BJP and Trinamool Congress are wary of an undercurrent of unrest among Kudmi community in Purulia, Jhargram and Bankura districts with days to go before first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal. Shifting voter loyalty and identity politics are shaping contests in these...
