Bhojshala verdict sharpens temple dispute
Multiple reactions poured in after the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court declared the Bhojshala–Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar to be a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati, setting aside the 2003...
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Trump weighs Iran strike option
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Muslim worshippers offered Friday namaz at the Bhojshala–Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar...
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By Nitya Chakraborty Now that the U.S. President Donald Trump is back to Washington DC. After his two day summit talks in Beijing on May 14 and 15, it is appropriate to decode the gains of the summit. There were four major issues– Taiwan, Iran war, trade deals and...
Gulf Energy Hedge Formalised During Modi Visit Has A New Strategic Depth
By K Raveendran India’s energy security arrangement with the United Arab Emirates marks a shift from transactional crude buying to a more durable architecture of supply assurance, storage access and strategic alignment. For a country that remains heavily dependent on imported oil, the significance of the deal lies not...
Unemployment In India At 5.2 Per Cent In April, Highest In Six Months
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Unemployment in India is on the rise again, which rose to 5.2 per cent in Current Weekly Status (CWS) in April 2026, highest in the last six months. Worker Population Ratio (WPR) declined to as low as 39.5 per cent the lowest in the last...
Indian Citizens Have To Adapt To Continuing Threats To Energy Security
By T N Ashok For four years, Indian motorists had been shielded from the brutal arithmetic of global oil markets. Petrol and diesel prices barely moved upwards even as crude swung wildly across international exchanges, governments collapsed elsewhere under inflationary pressure, and energy-importing nations passed costs directly to consumers....
Despite Absence Of Joint Declaration, BRICS Meeting In New Delhi Has Shared Some Common Anxieties
By R. Suryamurthy The New Delhi meeting of BRICS foreign ministers was intended to project the image of a confident and expanding coalition of emerging powers preparing to reshape the architecture of global trade, finance and governance. Instead, what emerged from the two-day gathering was a revealing portrait of...
New Kerala Ministry Swearing In On May 18; Ramesh Still Unmollified
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the selection of Vadasseri Damodaran Satheesan as the new Kerala Chief Minister 10 days after the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) swept the Assembly election, the stage is set for hard bargaining for ministerial berths and portfolios. Satheesan, 61, will be sworn in at...
Non-BJP Political Parties Are Worried As SIR Verification Process Starts In June
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: When the sound of a wolf’s footsteps is heard, some animals, even of opposite nature, become alert, begin to warn up to one another and gather in groups. A similar kind of stir has now begun to be seen in Punjab. Whether it is...
IPL Reaches Its Most Exciting Moment As Battle Starts For Play-Offs
By T N Ashok There is a moment in every IPL season when the spreadsheet stops lying. The net run rates, the qualification scenarios, the “if Team A wins and Team B loses by more than X runs” calculus — all of it collapses into something far simpler and...
How Unsafe Are Children In The Online World?
By Raju Kumar The latest NCRB figures serve as a warning that threats to children are no longer confined to streets and public spaces; they now exist inside the mobile phones children carry in their hands. Digital technology, social media and the internet have opened up a new world...
Narendra Modi-Era Elections Are No Longer Believed Free And Fair
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The opposition has always been claiming that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is being controlled by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ECI has been working to ensure that BJP wins elections in the country. They alleged that ECI is compromised while the Modi...
Xi Jinping Got Upperhand In Politics Leaving Trump To Take Credit For Trade Deal
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: When Air Force One touched down at Beijing Capital International Airport on the evening of May 13, three hundred Chinese schoolchildren in blue and white uniforms waved American and Chinese flags in the warm spring air — a choreography so precisely managed it...
Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Signals A Fragile Reset In US-China Relations
By Asad Mirza US President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping has triggered global attention amid worsening geopolitical rivalries, trade tensions and security concerns. While both leaders projected optimism and called for a “new vision” in bilateral ties, deep strategic mistrust remains...
Priyanka’s Influence In Kerala Politics Seen In Satheesan As CM Pick
By Rahil Nora Chopra The decision of the Congress to appoint V D Satheesan as Kerala’s next chief minister has subtly underlined Priyanka Gandhi’s growing influence in Congress decision-making, particularly in Kerala politics, after becoming MP from Wayanad. The Congress leadership held various rounds of discussions involving top leaders...
Dismantling Of MGNREGS By Modi Govt Is A Big Setback To The Rural Poor
By Prabhat Patnaik The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was perhaps the most consequential legislation enacted in post-independence India. It did not just provide for a transfer towards the poor; it did not just set up a scheme of employment creation like the earlier “Food for...
Priyanka Outwits Rahul In Selecting V D Satheesan As Kerala’s New CM
By T N Ashok The rise of V D Satheesan to Kerala’s top political office was not merely the routine selection of a Congress Legislature Party leader after an election victory. It was the culmination of a bruising internal power struggle inside the Congress, a carefully choreographed generational shift,...
Bulldozers And The Pavements Of A Failing City Under New BJP Govt
By Devasis Chattopadhyay KOLKATA: On the night of 5th May, shortly after the declaration of the recent West Bengal Assembly election results, bulldozers and flatbed trucks rolled into the lanes around New Market and parts of Chowringhee in central Kolkata. Timber stalls were dismantled. Tarpaulin roofs were ripped away....
Mamata Is Revamping TMC For Turnaround By Depending More On Old Timers
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Veterans are being roped in by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee seeking to use their knowledge of state politics to take on the BJP occupying the Treasury benches in the Assembly and Lok Sabha. Loyalty to the party supremo and none else has been the...
Salaried Employment Stagnated, Casual Employment Declined
By Dr. Gyan Pathak A closer look at the just released quarterly PLFS data for last quarter of 2025-26, January-March 2026, shows that salaried employment in India remains stagnant at 25.5 per cent, while casual employment has declined to 18.7 per cent from 20.1 per cent in the first...
