Fuel rise tests inflation defences
Petrol and diesel became costlier by ₹3 a litre on Friday, ending a near four-year freeze in retail fuel rates and raising concern that transport, food and household costs could harden across the economy.State-run oil...
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Fuel hike sharpens Congress attack
Petrol and diesel prices rose by ₹3 a litre across the country on...
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Delhi High Court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has transferred the excise policy...
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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.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...
Modi Govt’s Latest Coal Gasification Incentive Is A Welcome Step For Economy
By R. Suryamurthy The Union Cabinet’s approval of a ₹37,500-crore incentive scheme for coal and lignite gasification must be understood not as an isolated industrial subsidy, nor merely as another attempt to revive India’s coal economy under a different technological vocabulary, but as part of a far larger and...
Chief Minister Vijay Is Safe For Now But He Is Riding On A Tiger
By T N Ashok The rise of Vijay from Tamil cinema’s “Thalapathy” to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu crossed its most decisive constitutional milestone this week when his government survived a dramatic trust vote in the Assembly with 144 MLAs backing him and only 22 voting against. In the...
V D Satheesan Named Kerala Chief Minister
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Putting an end to the prolonged suspense, the Congress High Command named on Thursday Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Kerala Assembly, V. D. Satheesan as the new Chief Minister of the State. However, the reaction of the other two main contenders of the...
Communalisation Of Elections In Bengal And Assam Has Ominous Signals
By Nilotpal Basu The results of election for the five assemblies were announced on May 4. The implications are far reaching. Naturally, the challenges arising out of this new situation can be belittled only at our own peril, particularly the future of the secular democratic republic. Cashing in on...
Centre’s Great Nicobar Island Project Has Serious Environmental Issues
By Krishna Jha The Great Nicobar Island is at the centre of eight to ten billion dollar mega-infrastructure project launched in 2021 under India’s “Holistic Development of Islands” program at the southernmost tip of the country that aims to transform the island into a global transhipment and economic hub....
Assam CM Himanta Applied His Polarisation Programme In Polls With Big Success
By Rabindra Nath Sinha Weeks preceding Assam’s one-phase Assembly election on April 9 saw chief minister and state Bharatiya Janata Party’s strongman Himanta Biswa Sarma trying to outdo even Hindi-belt party leaders in resorting to politics of polarisation and what marked him out was his direct targeting of ‘miya...
Devastating New U.S. Sanctions Against Cuba Have International Reach
By W. T. Whitney, Jr. NEW YORK: President Donald Trump on May 1 issued an executive order imposing yet another round of new sanctions again Cuba. This latest set of restrictions apply to foreign persons and entities, including financial institutions, not only to Cuba or its government officials. The...
Need For Reshaping Labour’s Agenda During And After A Leadership Contest
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Reports of an imminent leadership challenge within the ruling Labour Party from British health minister Wes Streeting overshadowed the King’s speech. All now accept Keir Starmer has to go. How to turn that into the “fundamental change of direction” affiliated unions demand is the key...
North East India Is Emerging As The Battle Ground For Power Between U.S. And China
By Nitya Chakraborty The developments in eastern and north eastern parts of India are getting increasing attention from Washington in the context of China’s planned moves to expand its control in Bangladesh and Myanmar, the two countries bordering the Indian states.US President Donald Trump’s unusual message sent to the...
