VCK backing edges Vijay towards power
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi’s two legislators are set to become decisive in Tamil Nadu’s government formation, with the party expected to announce support on Saturday for C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam after days of intense...
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Vijay begins rule with welfare sweep
Vijay took charge as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday with a welfare-heavy...
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By K Raveendran Friday’s twin constitutional dramas exposed two serious threats to Indian democracy: the refusal of a defeated ruler to leave office, and the reluctance of a constitutional referee to invite a claimant who appeared to be assembling the numbers to form a government. Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to...
Tamil Nadu Witnesses Its Most Dramatic Political Transition In Decades
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: The long night of uncertainty in Tamil Nadu politics finally appeared to end on Saturday evening when actor-turned-politician Vijay crossed the majority mark with the support of smaller parties that had, until the last moment, kept Chennai guessing. For six extraordinary days after a...
India Operationalises New Labour Codes On Wages And Industrial Relations
By Dr. Gyan Pathak With the publication of the final rules under the Code on Wages, 2019 and Industrial Relations Code, 2020 on Friday, May 8, 2026, the Union Government of India has fully operationalized them. Apart from these, the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has also notified...
Indian Farmers Producing Livestock, Fisheries Look For More Incentives
By Kunal Bose A hedge against food price inflation that may be caused by domestic crop failures and global supply disruptions, the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration has been created to manage the strategic food inventory. Cornering of global food supplies at the Chinese scale, however, impacts grain...
Tragedy-Hit Mp Tourism Cruise Boat Flouted All Norms
By L S Herdenia The tragic incident of 13 persons drowning after a cruise boat carrying tourists capsized while sailing in the reservoir of a dam on River Narmada in Madhya Pradesh offers a microcosm of what is wrong with our system. On the afternoon of April 30, the...
2026 British Local Polls Results Reveal That The Threat Of Far Right Is Real
By Ben Chacko LONDON: The threat of the far right looms over British politics. That is the most serious takeaway from the 2026 elections. It is not that Reform are winning everywhere. The Scottish National Party look secure in power at Holyrood, despite their vote share falling. Labour’s historic...
Cracks In Tripartite Alliance For South African Elections
By Roger McKenzie While debates rage in Britain’s left circles over the rights and wrongs of dual membership of political parties, a long standing arrangement of this kind has been placed under severe threat. The South African Communist Party (SACP) was the backbone of the African National Congress (ANC)...
Instability Stares At Tamil Nadu Polity Even If Vijay Cobbles Up A Majority Of 118
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s political drama entered its most decisive phase on Friday evening as actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay moved within touching distance of forming the State’s next government after the Communist Party of India and the CPI(M) extended unconditional support to his fledgling Tamilaga Vettri...
Bihar Cabinet Expansion Exposes PM Narendra Modi’s Double Standard
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Making JD(U) Leader Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar a minister in the CM Samrat Choudhary led BJP government in Bihar made headlines. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present during oath-taking, which is seen as his approval of dynastic politics if practiced under his political...
After Congress-Led UDF’s Grand Win In Keralam, Battle On For CM Post
By Rahil Nora Chopra The Congress has commenced the process of government formation in Keralam, where the party-led UDF registered a marked victory in the assembly polls, winning 102 seats in the 140-member assembly. The Congress Legislative Party met in Thiruvananthapuram on May 7 to pass a resolution authorising...
India Is Celebrating Schooling Numbers Rather Than Quality Of Education
By R. Suryamurthy India has spent the last two decades celebrating numbers. Number of schools built. Number of children enrolled. Number of toilets constructed. Number of tablets distributed. Number of smart classrooms sanctioned. In the political imagination of the republic, scale itself became evidence of progress. And to an...
Protection Of Food Security Has Emerged As A Major Task For Asian Nations
By Kunal Bose Food security for countries across the globe at all times will largely depend on how well the farm sector of the world’s two most populous countries, namely, India and China are doing. Of the world population of 8.3bn, India is home to 1.48bn followed by China...
Marx’s Teachings Are Most Relevant In The Present Era Of AI And New Technology
By Sanjay Roy Technological development and innovation have been the driving force of human civilisation. With change in technologies, the production process, labour process and measurement of human contribution to social product undergoes change. The current phase of digital technology with AI as the emerging general-purpose technology is also...
Recordings Reveal Big U.S. Plan To Engineer Regime Change In Latin America
By Cassandra Swart NEW YORK: A leak of supposedly private audio recordings from Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram—speculated to come from a source close to former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández—has unmasked an alleged plot to force regime change in Honduras and other Latin American countries....
Selecting Chief Minister Of West Bengal Is A Delicate Task For BJP Leadership
By Dr. Gyan Pathak BJP won the West Bengal election with the most recognizable face leading from the grassroots to the state level against Mamata led TMC is Suvendu Adhikari. He also defeated TMC supremo CM Mamata Banerjee from Bhabanipur Vidhan Sabha constituency. Naturally, he is seen as the...
RSS Ensured BJP Victory By Consolidating Hindu Votes In Bengal Polls
By Arun Srivastava Notwithstanding nursing an intense dislike for Narendra Modi, the RSS played existential role in Hindu consolidation in Bengal and transforming it from a fragmented demographic into a unified voting bloc. Through grassroots mobilization it motivated thousands of local apolitical Hindu youths to come forward to protect...
Vijay At The Gates, Dravidian Rivals In The Shadows As Churning Continues In Tamil Nadu
By T N Ashok CHENNAI: For the first time in nearly six decades, Tamil Nadu stands suspended between the collapse of an old political order and the uncertain birth of a new one. The stunning rise of actor-turned-politician Vijay and his fledgling party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has broken the...
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s 15 Year Tenure Has Ended In Infamy
By Anjan Roy KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee’s chief minister tenure is ending in infamy. It should not have inevitably ended that way. Even after her stunning loss, she is refusing to resign and now demanding what was an anathema for her all along— President’s Rule for Bengal. Her cringing to...
