Iran sets terms before US talks
Iran has hardened its position ahead of talks with the United States, saying no negotiations will begin unless two conditions are met first: a ceasefire that covers Lebanon and the release of Iranian financial assets...
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Missiles scar Qatar’s gas heartland
Iran’s missile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City have left one of...
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Varma quits as removal case peaks
Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has resigned after nearly a...
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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.Election Commission Applies 19th Century Thinking To 21st Century Realities
By K Raveendran Election regulation in India is trapped in a contradiction that has become harder to defend with each passing cycle. The Election Commission continues to apply old assumptions about influence, persuasion and voter exposure to a media and political environment that has been transformed by technology, scale...
Strengthening Social Protection For All Types Of Workers Is Urgent
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In a context of rapidly changing labour markets, a new report of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that strengthening social protection for all type of workers have become urgent. Robust social protection systems are essential in helping people, societies and economies to navigate...
Who Will Benefit From The High Voter Turnout In Kerala?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Who will benefit from the high voter turnout in the Kerala Assembly election? That is the question uppermost in the minds of voters of Keralam. Both the fronts – the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) – are on...
Lights, Leaks, And Legends: The Weekend Indian Cinema Couldn’t Ignore
By T N Ashok A quietly powerful Telugu comeback, a Malayalam icon’s Ambani-sized hunger, and a stolen film that set an industry on fire — three stories that rewrote the week The curtain came up on Indian cinema this weekend like a Shaneil Deo slow burn — unhurried, layered,...
Clearing The Constitutional Fog On Women’s Reservation In Parliament
By Mohan V Katarki The reported decision to summon Parliament from April 16 to 18, 2026, has sparked intense debate on the manner of implementation of a historic and three-decade-old bipartisan demand for women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies to promote diversity and inclusivity in representative...
Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s 100 Days As New York Mayor Have Been Result-Driven
By Liza Featherstone NEW YORK: March Madness is over, spring is here, and Morrisania, a neighbourhood in the Bronx, is getting a resurfaced basketball court. The Lower East Side in Manhattan is getting a water fountain repaired, Sunset Park in Brooklyn is getting dispensers for dog poop bags, playground...
Chinese President Xi Jinping Launches Major Offensive On Taiwan Before May Summit With Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty After getting political and diplomatic advantage from the latest US-Iran ceasefire, China has started its preparation for hosting the U.S. President Donald Trump in its crucial summit in Beijing on May 14 and 15 this year. Earlier the summit was scheduled for March 31 and April...
U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Will Be Protracted One Facing Too Many Roadblocks
By Asad Mirza With no side caring for the other side’s core demands, the proposed two-week ceasefire in the Israel–US war against Iran, which started on April 8 appears to be facing big problems with neither party agreeing to the other party’s demands. Iran is ignoring the 15-point plan...
Bengal’s Last Mile: A Fish Tale, A Missing Voter, And Two National Leaders
By T N Ashok Let the record show that the fate of one of India’s most consequential state elections now rests, at least symbolically, on the humble rohu. Not on unemployment. Not on industrialization. Certainly not on the ₹75,000 crore in central government projects allegedly gathering dust in Mamata...
Nitish Kumar Seeks To Play Active Role In Bihar Politics Even After Resigning Cm Position
By Arun Srivastava On March 5, the day, Nitish Kumar filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha in Patna, accompanied by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he tweeted, “I seek to become a member of the Rajya Sabha in the elections being held this time. I want to assure...
Bengal Is Witnessing High Gear Digital Campaign By All Political Parties
By Tirthankar Mitra In the new millennium, digital space has emerged as a key war zone in the electoral battle. Digital campaigns have a definite edge as people are more likely to look at the screen of their mobile phones than stand and state at the graffiti thereby delaying...
As Nitish Becomes Rajya Sabha MP, All Eyes On New Government In Bihar
By Rahil Nora Chopra Bihar’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has taken oath as a Rajya Sabha MP, thus paving the path for a new government in the state, signalling a major and important transition in its political landscape. The formalities of appointing a new Chief Minister and forming...
Ceasefire Agreement Is Fragile But Islamabad Talks Must Be Used For Stable Peace
By Nitya Chakraborty All nations in the globe except perhaps Israel have welcomed the ceasefire agreement for two weeks between U.S. and Iran announced by President Donald Trump on April 7 evening US time and later endorsed by the Iranian government. The ceasefire is fragile – Israel has bombed...
US-Iran Ceasefire At The Last Minute Exposes The Vulnerability Of Trump
By Anjan Roy The American era has ended on April 7 night US time with the Trump administration toddling its way into a ceasefire agreement with Iran. The day before, American president Donald Trump had threatened to wipe out to extinction a civilisation — Iran’s. Most ironically, the day...
How India Is Writing Its Own Template For Women’s Political Power
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers When New Delhi announced cabinet approval this week for a fresh package of constitutional amendments to operationalise women’s reservation in Parliament, it did so quietly. The implications are anything but. On Thursday April 9, the Union Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the 131st...
Constitutional Rights Of Voters Have Been Dispensed With In Bengal By Election Commission
By Nilotpal Basu For anyone who has avidly studied the Indian Constitution and the role of judiciary in the constitutional scheme to translate the spirit of the freedom struggle, what has come from the Supreme Court is shocking. One of the judges who was part of the three-member bench...
Congress In Bengal Is Yet To Launch Intensive Campaign For Assembly Polls
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The two-phase Assembly election scheduled later this month is a battle to regain political relevance in West Bengal politics for both CPI(M) and Congress. Once arch political opponents who later became electoral allies, both the outfits failed to win in a single Assembly constituency in...
Kerala Witnesses Brisk Polling And Long Queues As LDF Fights UDF
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Polling began on a brisk note in most of the 140 constituencies in the Kerala, which went to the polls on Thursday, April 9. Long queues, especially of women, were seen outside almost all polling booths across the State. By 3 p.m. most of districts...
