Congress overseas tour revives resort politics debate
Memories of high-stakes political manoeuvring have resurfaced in Karnataka after a group of Congress legislators sought permission to travel to Australia and New Zealand for what is described as a study tour on dairy productivity,...
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ED raids British cleric over foreign funds
Enforcement Directorate officers on Thursday searched the residence of British citizen Maulana Shamshul...
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Rahul Gandhi backs labour and farm unrest
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday voiced support for nationwide protests led by...
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BJP rebukes Gandhi remarks in Budget Session
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of making “non-parliamentary” remarks...
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By Dr. Gyan Pathak India witnessed on Thursday February 12 the most intensified of all India general strike of workers in the country so far in which over 30 crores workers were estimated to have participated in about 600 districts of the country, surpassing the record of July 9,...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Is A Rabid Communal Hate Monger
By Krishna Jha A gun is pointed at two men with skullcaps. The man holding the gun is Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. It is a video posted by the BJP’s official twitter handle in Assam. Almost an open call for ethnic cleansing and genocide. The video, uploaded...
Servile Erosion Of Autonomy Is The Hallmark Of India-U.S. Trade Deal
By Nilotpal Basu The role of US, and specifically of President Donald Trump, is assuming the spectacle of ‘bulldozer’. In India, we are now familiar with the unilateral deployment of ‘bulldozers’ to trample legitimate rights of the weak and the defenceless. In a majoritarian ambience, such display of naked...
How Tamil Nadu Balances Caste, Charisma And Governance On Eve Of State Polls
By T N Ashok Tamil Nadu presents Indian democracy’s most intriguing paradox: a state that rhetorically rejects caste operates the subcontinent’s most sophisticated caste-based electoral system. As the 2026 assembly elections approach, understanding how voters balance community identity, leader charisma, and governance performance reveals lessons that extend far beyond...
Mohammad Deepak Is Upholding Fraternity Amidst Communal Turmoil
By Dr. Ram Puniyani India is a country full of all types of diversities. The diversity of religions is astounding. The British used the Hindus and Muslims identity to sow the seeds of ‘divide and rule’. They harped on history to plant the hatred, which became the base on...
Why PMO’s Instructions To Lok Sabha Secretariat Raises Serious Questions?
By S.N. Sahu Recently, a shocking report by Indian Express stated that the Prime Minister’s Office brazenly interfered in the functional autonomy of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, by instructing it to not admit questions, notices to raise issues in zero hours, or Special Mentions by Lok Sabha MPs, in...
Germany Pushes European Rearmament, Using Trump As An Excuse
By Mark Ellmann MUNICH: These days, the Bavarian capital resembles a fortress. Dozens of heads of government and foreign ministers from around the world have arrived for the Munich Security Conference, which will be opened by Germany’s conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday, February 13. The private event has...
Armed With Robust Subsidies, US Farm Producers To Flood Indian Market With Cheaper Goods
By Nitya Chakraborty Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers in the Government as also loyal experts are having a pathetic time in explaining the great benefits that the Indo-US Trade Deal are conferring to India, especially the agricultural sector which is one of the major focus area of...
No-Confidence Motion Against Speaker Is Erosion Of Neutrality In Temple Of Democracy
By T N Ashok NEW DELHI: The Indian Parliament, long a theater of robust debate and occasional ruckus, has devolved into a battlefield where the very concept of the “neutral umpire” is under siege. The recent submission of a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla by approximately...
Let The Truth Come Out On What Happened In Indo-China Border
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government of India led by PM Narendra Modi has been clearly suppressing the truth about what happened on Indo-China border during China’s aggression on India in 2020 in Ladakh. Many details might be secret and may not be strategically correct to reveal them, but...
Vande Mataram: Cultural Nationalism No Substitute For Development Metrics
By K Raveendran Order mandating the recital of Vande Mataram before the national anthem at official events has reignited debate over the role of symbolism in governance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Supporters describe the move as an affirmation of national pride and civilisational continuity. Critics see it as...
U.S.–Bangladesh Trade Deal: A Managed Advantage Redrawing Asia’s Textile Politics
By R. Suryamurthy The United States–Bangladesh Agreement on Reciprocal Trade marks a quiet but consequential shift in the political economy of global textiles. Far from being a routine tariff adjustment, the deal functions as a carefully engineered intervention into Asian supply chains—one that grants Bangladesh a conditional competitive edge,...
French President Macron’s India Visit: Strategic Signals For Collaboration
By T N Ashok Indo-French relations will elevate to a higher level with the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to India from February 17 to 19, 2026. The visit will underscore what both governments describe as a “maturing strategic partnership” that spans defense, technology, innovation and global diplomacy....
Nationwide General Strike On February 12 Unites Workers
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The country will witness a 24-hour nationwide general strike from midnight on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The nationwide shutdown, in protest against the implementation of the new four labour codes, has been called by 10 central trade unions, including the CITU, AITUC, INTUC, HMS, AIUTUC,...
Far Right LDP Leader Takaichi Consolidates Her Grip On Party After Big Poll Win
By Tirthankar Mitra The landslide victory of Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi in the snap polls she called earlier this week puts doubts about the future of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to rest. It also gives her a clear mandate to pursue her economic and foreign policies. The...
Indo-US Trade Deal Promises To Be Contentious
By Nantoo Banerjee The excitement over the finalization of the first tranche of the Indo-US trade deal during last weekend after months of negotiations and uncertainties may be irrational, if not too early, as it remains unclear about the US attitude towards India’s multi-alignment global trade and economic strategy...
BNP Gets Big Boost Before Feb 12 Polls In Bangladesh Due To Limited Awami League Support
By Nitya Chakraborty Just 48 hours before the historic national elections in Bangladesh on February 12, there has been a sudden change in the pre poll scenario with a section of Awami League supporters coming out openly in support of the BNP candidates who have record of supporting 1971...
Viksit Bharat And Net Zero: The Price Tag And The Power Asymmetries
By R. Suryamurthy The most consequential number in NITI Aayog’s newly released study on Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero is not 2047 or 2070. It is $22.7 trillion. That is the cumulative investment India will need to mobilise to reach Net Zero emissions by 2070 under the...
