Babri-style mosque ceremony stokes Bengal tensions
A large-scale foundation-stone ceremony for a mosque styled on the demolished Babri Masjid was held in Murshidabad district on Saturday, causing a 12-kilometre stretch of National Highway 12 between Rejinagar and Beldanga to be shut...
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Chowdhury questions Banerjee’s silence on Babri row
Sharp criticism has intensified over Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to comment on the Babri...
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Tewari bill challenges whip-led voting in Parliament
The Lok Sabha now sees a renewed push to loosen the grip of...
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Congress high command meeting in Delhi fails to settle Karnataka leadership dispute
Leaders of the Indian National Congress convened at 10 Janpath on Saturday to...
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By Nantoo Banerjee India’s domestic civil aviation market, the world’s third largest after the United States and China, nearly collapsed last week as its major private airline, IndiGo, boasting nearly 70 percent of traffic share, suddenly cancelled hundreds of flights on the ground of pilot shortages after it failed...
PM Narendra Modi’s Rhetoric On Vande Mataram Is Misleading
By Dr. Gyan Pathak India wanted to celebrate the 150th year of India’s National Song “Vande Mataram” for its admirable role in the Freedom Movement of India, but PM Narendra Modi’s rhetoric in the Parliament of India using the history of its evolution as a national song turned the...
Beyond Diplomacy: Economic Reality Of India-Russia’s $100 Billion Target
By Dr. Nilanjan Banik The world watched as Mr Vladimir Putin visited India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was particularly excited as the two countries signed deals spreading across defense, trade, healthcare, civil nuclear energy, and labour cooperation. How much of this bonhomie will translate into trade figures, particularly...
It Was A Win-Win Situation For Both India And Russia After Delhi Summit
By T N Ashok At a moment when Moscow is staring at a fresh barrage of Western sanctions on its energy giants, when NATO is threatening secondary measures against countries buying discounted Russian crude, and when Europe is again pushing an unpalatable ceasefire formula for Ukraine, President Vladimir V....
Local Body Polls: Air Of Cool Confidence In LDF Camp
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the first phase of the campaign for the local bodies elections in Kerala having come to an end, the stage is set for a no-holds-barred battle for supremacy. The polls are scheduled to be held on December 9 and December 11. The CPI(M)-led Left...
India’s Solar Revolution Is Built On Shaky Foundations – Cracks Are Showing
By R. Suryamurthy India loves grand narratives. And few stories have been told with as much pride in recent years as the tale of its solar revolution — the deserts filling with gleaming panels, the megawatt counters spinning upward, the country marching toward a greener future. With 116 gigawatts...
Cocomi Memo Urges PM To Reject Kuki Claims To Jurisdiction Over Hills
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Actions and reactions, depending upon the situation that keeps on evolving, distinguish the narrative of the ethnic conflict in Manipur. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) held meetings on November 6 and 7 with the representatives of United People’s Front (UPF) and Kuki National...
Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Faces An Identity Crisis In The New Century
By Kenji Hasegawa TOKYO: Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is easily the most successful political party in the developed capitalist world. While other long-standing parties of government have gone into crisis and decline, from the Italian Christian Democrats to Ireland’s Fianna Fáil, the LDP has retained its position at...
Modi-Putin Summit Reinforces India’s Geopolitical Identity Amidst Headwinds
By Nitya Chakraborty The India-Russia joint statement issued on December 5 after two days of talks between President Vladimir Putin and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is more a vindication of India’s renewed exercise of its geopolitical status defying the pressure from the USA and the other western...
Economic Pivot Makes Putin’s Delhi Visit All The More Significant
By K Raveendran Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit has drawn attention for the way it reinforced a partnership shaped increasingly by economic interdependence and investment-driven priorities. The backdrop to this year’s summit made the outcome particularly notable, as both countries have expanded trade, diversified energy cooperation, and opened new...
India’s Transition To New Labour Codes Regime Facing Hurdles
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The Union Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Mansukh Mandaviya announced implementation of the four controversial labour codes on November 21, 2025, and the government said that the codes are made “effective”. Twelve days after, on December 3, 2025, he said while addressing CII IndiaEdge...
Payments Problem Is Still Straining Expansion Of India-Russia Trade Relations
By R. Suryamurthy When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Vladimir Putin in the bilateral summit in New Delhi on December 5 and both leaders reiterated their ambition to raise bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, it sounded, at first blush, like a confident projection of strategic...
Common Investors Are Apprehensive About High Valuations Of IPO’s Of New Age Companies
By Kunal Bose There is no reason why the chief economic adviser to Indian government V Anantha Nageswaran could be unaware that his expression of disquiet in an open forum that IPOs (initial public offerings) are increasingly being used by early investors to cash out would stir up a...
Netflix’s $82.7 Billion Deal With Warner Marks Silicon Valley’s Quiet Takeover Of Hollywood
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In a deal that could redraw the entertainment landscape for decades, Netflix said Friday it has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie, television, and streaming operations for $82.7 billion, setting off alarm bells from Washington to Los Angeles and marking the most...
Irish Minister Michelle O’Neill’s Warning To Keir Starmer On Warfare Is A Wake Up Call
By Ben Chacko LONDON: It has taken an Irish politician to confront Keir Starmer directly over his “warfare not welfare” politics. Michelle O’Neill’s attack comes after Starmer announced a naval pact with Norway to “hunt Russian subs in the north Atlantic.” Her opportunity: today’s Cardiff meeting of the PM...
West Bengal Govt’s Assurances, Work On Testing Labs For Tea Industry Not Progressing
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Despite official assurances to set up at least three tea testing laboratories in North Bengal to improve quality control methods, preliminary work undertaken by the West Bengal Government has made little progress. North Bengal tea producers recently told newsmen that they had drawn the attention...
Putin’s India Visit: A Stress Test Of Strategic Autonomy Amid Global Pressure
By T N Ashok NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India Thursday evening for a two-day state visit that has become a diplomatic flashpoint, testing New Delhi’s ability to maintain strategic independence amid mounting pressure from Washington and European capitals. The arrival marks Putin’s first trip to...
RBI Monetary Policy Has Little Impact On Falling Rupee
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rupee is falling, but Reserve Bank of India did not come to rescue it. No wonder, immediately after the latest announcement of the repo rate cut by RBI by 25 basis points (bps) on December 5s, bringing it down to 5.25 per cent, the rupee...
