BJP surge imperils Mamata’s long reign
Bengal appeared headed for a political rupture on Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party moved comfortably past the majority mark in the 2026 Assembly election count, threatening to end Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year hold on power...
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Haj fare hike puts pilgrims under strain
Congress has demanded the immediate withdrawal of a Haj Committee of India circular...
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Nashik bail order sharpens TCS scrutiny
Nashik’s sessions court has refused pre-arrest protection to Nida Ejaz Khan, a key...
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Chadha bloc takes Punjab fight to Murmu
Raghav Chadha and six other Rajya Sabha MPs who shifted from the Aam...
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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.State Assembly Results Signal Big Pan India Consolidation Of BJP
By Nitya Chakraborty The results of the five assembly elections available on Monday May 4 give unmistakeable signs of further consolidation of the BJP pan India and fresh setbacks for the opposition INDIA Bloc. Two stalwarts of the opposition Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal and M. K. Stalin in...
BJP Establishes Dominance In East India, Still Faced Hurdle In The South
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The results of the Legislative Assembly elections of Assam and West Bengal have just confirmed – BJP has established its political dominance in the East India scripting a new electoral history having far reaching political implications for the country. However, in the elections in South...
Vijay Storms The Citadels Of Dravidian Dupoly In Tamil Nadu
By T N Ashok The scale of what Vijay has pulled off in Tamil Nadu is not just unexpected—it is structurally disruptive. In a state where politics has, for over half a century, oscillated between two Dravidian poles—Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam—the sudden emergence...
UDF Stages Spectacular Comeback In Kerala Polls
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has scored a spectacular victory in the Kerala Assembly elections by riding the crest of an electoral tsunami. Conversely, the CPI(M)-headed Left Democratic Front (LDF) has suffered a shocking defeat. While the UDF is set to win 102 seats,...
Iran’s Grip On The Strait Of Hormuz Will Be Difficult To Break By U.S. Navy
By Asad Mirza The ongoing confrontation between Iran and the United States has brought renewed global attention to the Strait of Hormuz—a narrow maritime chokepoint vital to global energy flows. Despite superior Western military power, Iran’s ability to disrupt, control, and condition access to this corridor underscores a complex...
Donroe Doctrine Is Being Used To Make Latin America U.S. Investor’s Paradise
By Logan McMillen NEW YORK: Venezuela’s sweeping new mining law, passed on April 9, is the latest in a series of domestic “reforms” purportedly directed at rebuilding the country’s energy and mining sectors. This follows years of debilitating US sanctions and disinvestment, which have seen the mining centres of...
Remembering Karl Marx On His Birthday In Times Of Global Turmoil
By Dr Arun Mitra Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818.The ongoing global turmoil compels us to revisit the ideas of Karl Marx, whose critique of capitalism remains strikingly relevant. The recent aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran once again exposes the extreme greed that...
New Report Shows How AI Gives Cybersecurity Competitive Advantage
By Satyaki Chakraborty GENEVA: Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping cybersecurity and is the biggest driver of change in the field, according to a new World Economic Forum report released on May 4. Some 94% of cyber leaders identify AI as a defining force and 77% of organizations already use...
With Elections Over, Realistic Pump Prices Only A Matter Of Time
By K Raveendran Election-season restraint on fuel pricing is giving way to a harsher economic reality, and Indian consumers are likely to feel the impact first through the everyday costs that rarely appear as headline inflation until they have already entered household budgets. Petrol, diesel and cooking fuel are...
U.S. Withdrawal Of 5,000 Troops From Germany Signals Worsening Relations With Europe
By Satyaki Chakraborty The U.S. decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany announced on Friday, marks further deterioration in U.S. relations with Europe and NATO in the context of the Iran war as also the Russian war in Ukraine. Trump indicated his displeasure with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
Enactment Of IR Code In November 2025 Is Not Helping The Indian Labour
By Sophy K.J The enactment of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (‘IR Code’) November 21, 2025, brought about a significant change in the labour adjudication mechanism. The IR Code effectively abolished Labour Courts leaving behind a one-window adjudication forum at the Industrial Tribunal level. By its legislative scheme for...
High Time For Baghdad To Make Some Hard Decision On Pro-Iran Outfits
By Manish Rai Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), an Iraqi militia that receives support from Tehran, has been officially designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. They are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information regarding its leader, Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, who is also...
‘Animal Farm’ 2026: An Entertaining Adaptation Of The Orwell Classic
By Chauncey K. Robinson NEW YORK: A “fun” fact about the 1954 film Animal Farm, based on the novel by George Orwell, is that it was funded by the CIA (the same was true of the later screen adaptation of his 1984). The spy agency’s idea was to take...
May Day 2026 Marks Critical Turning Point For Labour Movement In India
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The theme of May Day 2026 focuses on “Ensuring a Healthy Psychosocial Working Environment” which reminds us how the working environment has deteriorated in recent times. In India, the recent workers unrests in April in Noida and the states in the National Capital Regions, show...
China Launches Its Biggest Outreach To Africa Through Zero Tariff
By Satyaki Chakraborty China has started its biggest outreach to the African nations by implementing from May 1, 2026 by implementing zero tariff treatment to the 53 nations of the continent who have diplomatic relations with China, This poses a major challenge to India as Narendra Modi government is...
US’s Iran War Has Started Impacting Adversely South Asian Economies
By T N Ashok The global oil market has once again become the battlefield with ups and downs in the prices depending on the trends in moves of US and Iran. What began as a geopolitical confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran has now spiralled into a...
VD Satheesan Likely Cm Face In Case UDF Returns To Power In Kerala
By Rahil Nora Chopra With the exit polls predicting a possible return to power for the United Democratic Front (UDF), the Indian Union Muslim League, the second largest constituent in the Congress-led UDF, has indicated strong support for V D Satheesan for the post of Chief Minister. IUML Kerala...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Has Emerged As A Votary Of Independent Europe
By Eoghan Gilmartin MADRID: Over the past two months, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has drawn international attention as the most prominent European critic of the US-Israeli war on Iran. As clips of his speeches have gone viral on social media, the Financial Times dubbed him “Trump’s nemesis”; the...
