Bengal rift deepens over Rahul trip
Ties between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress in West Bengal sharpened on Tuesday after Rahul Gandhi’s planned April 23 campaign visit to Kolkata and Serampore was called off, with the Bengal Congress alleging that...
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Delhi court video row widens
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Nashik probe tightens as Khan remains untraced
Police in Nashik have stepped up efforts to locate Nida Khan after a...
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By K Raveendran Oil’s refusal to break decisively towards $100 a barrel, despite a tense geopolitical backdrop and repeated threats tied to the Strait of Hormuz, says something important about how markets are reading the balance between rhetoric and reality. At one level, the price action looks counterintuitive. A...
Pakistan’s Peacemaker Moment, A Challenge To India’s Global Leadership
By Asad Mirza Pakistan’s emergence as a diplomatic intermediary between the United States and Iran has introduced an unexpected variable into South Asia’s strategic equation. For a country more often associated in global discourse with internal instability and regional tensions, Islamabad’s role — whether seen as substantive mediation or...
BJP’s Chanakya Amit Shah Masterminding Poll Preparations In Bengal Sitting From His Hotel
By Arun Srivastava While a popular movement against the mass deletion of voter names with the slogan “Apnar vote, jader naam kata gache tader janya” ( your vote for those whose names have been deleted) launched at the call of Mamata Banerjee to “take revenge” through the ballot, has...
Bhabanipur To Write The Fate Of Mamata Who Suspects Rigging By BJP
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Focus of the West Bengal assembly election has now shifted to Bhabanipur, the home constituency of the Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee who is contesting from there. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Home Amit Shah have been telling her “good...
Rising Fuel Costs, Debt Pressures Deepen Bangladesh Security Concerns
By Tajul Islam Over the past several weeks, Bangladesh has been facing a growing wave of economic pressure marked by rising fuel prices, increasing LPG costs, mounting public debt obligations, and concerns over weakening investment and employment conditions. Taken together, these developments are creating a complex and interconnected set...
The War In Iran Has Triggered A Helium Crisis Globally
By Freddy Brewster NEW YORK: A crucial resource is being choked off from the world amid the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran — and it’s not oil. It’s helium. The rare, non-renewable gas is a key ingredient for more than just party balloons. It’s needed for...
India’s Regional Titans Facing Seize From The Rulers Of The North
By T N Ashok India’s electoral map is not a monolith; it is a collection of distinct, often defiant political idioms. As Tamil Nadu enters its final hours of campaigning and West Bengal readies for a high-stakes, multi-phase marathon, the subtext is singular and urgent: the traditional regional bastions...
BJP’s Strategy To Disrupt TMC’s Political Campaign May Boomerang
By Dr. Gyan Pathak PM Narendra Modi led Central government and Election Commission of India (ECI) are being perceived by the electors of Bengal as disruptor of Mamata Banerjee’s and her TMC’s political campaign. Anti-Mamata people are happy to see that Central investigating agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) has...
South Asia Showing Steep Decline In Growth In 2026 Along With Missing Jobs
By R. Suryamurthy South Asia’s economic narrative has long relied on a familiar comfort: growth will take care of jobs. That assumption is now collapsing in plain sight. What was once described as a lag between output and employment is hardening into something more structural, more persistent—and far more...
In Bengal, BJP Is Using ED To Weaken Mamata’s Election Machinery
By Arun Srivastava Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee exercising her democratic rights has approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that Narendra Modi is misusing central agencies and forces during the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. But the big question is; will CEC Gyanesh Kumar act on her...
Congress Strongman Adhir Choudhury Is A Frontrunner In Bahrampur
By Tirthankar Mitra BAHRAMPUR: Emotion is pitted against electoral arithmetic in Bahrampur assembly segment In West Bengal, which once used to be synonymous with toehold of Congress in the political scenario of the state. There has been a change of scene over the past five years which saw two...
MEPSC Is Turning Skill Development Into A Launchpad For Entrepreneurship
By Nisha Singh In a world where jobs are evolving faster than ever, true empowerment comes not just from finding employment but from creating opportunities. Across India, thousands of aspiring individuals, young graduates, women from self-help groups (SHGs), street vendors and mid-career professionals are discovering this power through the...
Akhilesh Yadav Adopts Broader Hindu Outreach To Take On BJP In 2027 Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav has adopted broader Hindu outreach besides consolidating PDA (Pichda, dalit and Alpsangkhayak) to capture power in 2027 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav has initiated construction of huge Lord Kedareshwar Mahadev Temple in 11 acre area in his...
BJP’s Support To Women’s Reservation Bill Is A Façade To Hoodwink People
By Dr. Ram Puniyani The Women’s Reservation Bill aiming at 33% of Lok Sabha seats for women in Lok Sabha was passed in 2023, but was not implemented so far. Despite the crocodile tears of PM Narendra Modi when the amendment to the bill fell, the fact is that...
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...
