DMK signals flexibility on delimitation legislation
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is prepared to examine revised delimitation legislation before deciding its parliamentary position, marking a shift from the uncompromising opposition it displayed when the proposal was first introduced. The party has not...
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Supreme Court orders Meerut illegal structures demolished
The Supreme Court has ordered the demolition of unauthorised structures across Meerut and...
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of...
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By K Raveendran The spectacle in central Delhi this week carried a significance far beyond the barricades, detentions and blows captured on mobile-phone cameras. The first confrontation unfolded during the Cockroach Janta Party’s march from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament, while Tuesday brought another coercive police response when Rahul Gandhi,...
Opposition Rocked Parliament For The Third Day Over “Brutality On Students”
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi was removed by force from the sit-in protest site near the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence on July 21, the opposition has further hardened their stance on examination irregularities and “brutality unleashed on students”. Earlier, they...
Brutal Police Actions Against Protesters Have Given A National Dimension To CJP Stir
By T N Ashok Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters near Parliament, faced on Monday barricades, lathicharge, tear gas. Security forces fired tear gas and resorted to lathi charges after protesters breached barricades and marched towards Parliament. Chaos gripped central Delhi, triggering traffic disruptions, metro restrictions and a police crackdown...
Rahul-Akhilesh Joint Action In Support Of Protesters In Delhi Impacts Politics In Lucknow
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: The manner in which the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party national President Akhilesh Yadav were detained by the police for their protest in support of the ongoing students agitation has boosted the morale of leaders and workers of their parties in Uttar...
Twin Setbacks For Kerala UDF Govt: SC Snubs It On Wakf Board
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UDF Government has suffered a serious legal setback with the Supreme Court liberating the Kerala Wakf Board from the supervision of a State official. The order clearly indicates that it can judicially intervene in case of “egregious” interference in a statutory body’s day-to-day management....
Global Cement Industry Will Greatly Benefit Once West Asian War Stops
By Kunal Bose World trade in general was in tumult last year, thanks principally to the US introducing a series of highly punishing tariffs targeting one country after another which naturally invited retribution by affected countries. Thankfully, the tariff war didn’t cause any major changes to “seaborne cement and...
Demolition Bid Of Jauhar University Buildings Is Contrary To Nation Building
By Dr. Ram Puniyani Currently a sit-in is going on in front of the Jauhar University in Rampur. Azam Khan, the member of Samajwadi Party, who is in jail at present, is the chairman of the trust running the University. Students sit in to oppose the Notice of Rampur...
New Platform Of Democratic Socialists Of America Causes Furore Before Mid Term
By Ben Burgis NEW YORK: The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) recently adopted a new platform entitled “Workers Deserve More.” Normally, the only people who notice the platforms adopted by socialist organizations are their own members and members of rival socialist organizations. But not this time. The Speaker of...
Parliament Adjourned For The Second Day On Police Brutality Unleashed On Students
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Both Houses – Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – of the Parliament of India adjourned for the second day of the Monsoon Session on July 21 amid protests by the opposition seeking discussion on the police “brutality unleashed” on students during their “March to Parliament”...
E20 Is Not India’s Problem, The Way It Was Imposed Is The Real Issue
By R. Suryamurthy India’s nationwide rollout of E20 petrol has become one of the rare public policy initiatives where both the government and its critics can claim to be right. The government is correct in arguing that ethanol blending strengthens India’s energy security, reduces dependence on imported crude oil,...
Global Cement Growth Focus Shifts To Africa, Middle East In 2026
By Kunal Bose Global cement demand for the current year once again presents a kaleidoscopic picture of healthy rates of growth in uses of the binding agent in the Middle East, Africa and India but a fairly long unbroken period of demand compression in China. Europe, though not in...
NAACP Opens Convention With Call For Mass Mobilization To Defeat Trump
By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik CHICAGO: For decades, the NAACP has gone to court and combed the halls of Congress, defending and expanding voting rights for African-Americans. In its 117 years of existence, it has never been one to leave lobbying and pressure on elected officials to the...
Why Burnham Replacing Starmer Opens Opportunities For The Left
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Media attacks on Andy Burnham as a ticket back to the 1970s followed hot on his Labour leadership acceptance speech on Friday. “Burnham to drag us back to the 1970s” made the Mail front page, while over at the Independent Blairite holdover John Rentoul lamented...
Opposition Parties Rock Parliament In Support Of Fasting Sonam And CJP Protest March
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The issues of irregularities in examinations in India and the theft of donations in Ram Temple at Ayodhya rocked the parliament on the first day of the Monsoon Session on July 20 and that led to adjournment of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
Assam Is Leading India’s Meteoric Economic Transformation
By Nantoo Banerjee It is extremely encouraging to note that Assam is shaking off its historical “economic laggard” label to become one of India’s fastest-growing state economies. Assam’s economy is projected to grow at a nominal rate of over 17 percent in the current financial year, as against 6.6...
To Join Or Not To Join NDA: The Big Dilemma Facing Sharad Pawar Led NCP
By Kalyani Shankar As the Monsoon session of Parliament began on July 20,SharadPawar, the leader of the NCP, faces internal conflicts within his party. There could be political changes first in Maharashtra, and then the merged NCP could ally with the BJP. Pawar is known as a political survivor...
China Establishes Dominance In AI Application Through Open Source Model
By Satyaki Chakraborty The four day World Conference on Artificial Intelligence which concluded in Shanghai on July 20 has established dominance of China in AI application as also in AI governance as large number of countries responded to the Chinese model of open source AI application thereby expanding scope...
Will India, As BRICS Chair, Stand Up To The Proposed Us 100% Tariff On Oil Purchases?
By Dr Arun Mitra On 14 July 2026, a bipartisan group of US senators unveiled a revised Russia sanctions bill that proposes punitive tariffs on the largest buyers of Russian energy, including India, the second-largest importer of Russian crude. The legislation, originally championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham...
