Fuel prices rise as crude shock deepens
Petrol and diesel prices rose by up to 91 paise a litre on Saturday, the third increase in less than 10 days, as state-owned fuel retailers moved to recover part of the losses caused by...
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VCK move sharpens Tamil Nadu split
Tamil Nadu’s ruling coalition faced fresh strain on Friday after the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal...
in Happening Now May 23 ·BJP eyes opening after DMK split
New Delhi’s ruling establishment is testing whether the collapse of the DMK-Congress partnership...
in Happening Now May 23 ·Mamata moves to steady KMC crisis
Mamata Banerjee has called Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to...
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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.Cockroach Party Exposes A Deeper Political Unease Among New Generation
By K Raveendran Cockroach Janta Party may have begun as satire, but its popularity has exposed something far more serious than a passing joke on the internet. The response it has drawn from government functionaries suggests that the ruling establishment is less disturbed by the humour itself than by...
Workers Won The Historical Battle Of ‘Right To Strike’ Again, But Miles To Go
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has finally concluded by 10 – 4 votes on May 21, 2026 that the worker’s right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 No....
US Threats To Cuba And Raul Castro Must Be Met Through Global Actions
By Ben Chacko LONDON: US threats to Cuban revolutionary leader Raul Castro reek of the extraterritorial arrogance of a thuggish imperial power. They indicate too that the extreme economic war Washington is waging to break the Cuban people could escalate to a direct military attack very soon. The charges...
Punjab Can Stop The Advancing Chariot Of RSS-BJP In 2027 Assembly Polls
By Dr. Arun Mitra After its victories in the elections in Assam, Puducherry, and West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become highly emboldened. Particularly in West Bengal, where Mamata Banerjee had a strong government in place, few had expected the BJP to come to power with such...
The Great Bollywood Transition: For Heroines Spotlight Shifts With Ruthless Speed
By T N Ashok From the ethereal grace of Madhubala and the timeless magnetism of Hema Malini to the meteoric rise of Alia Bhatt and Rashmika Mandanna, Bollywood’s relationship with its heroines has changed dramatically. Once upon a time, leading ladies ruled the silver screen for decades. Today, the...
Madhya Pradesh Govt Has Started Appointing BJP Leaders As Head Of State Corporations
By L S Herdenia BHOPAL: Halfway through its term, the BJP Government of Madhya Pradesh has begun appointing chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of state-run corporations, boards, authorities, commissions and committees. Over the past one month, 60 such appointments have been made and more are in the pipeline. Chairpersons and vice-chairpersons...
Big Finance Backed OTT Platforms Challenging Indian TV Industry Serials
By T N Ashok The Indian television soap opera industry — once the undisputed emperor of household entertainment — is now fighting the most difficult survival battle in its 40-year history. From the days when entire streets fell silent during Ramayan and Mahabharat on Doordarshan to the age of...
Modi Government Banned The Voice Of The Voiceless Cockroaches On X
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Annoyed by the voice of the voiceless cockroaches on Social Media platform X, the Union Government of India led by PM Narendra Modi got their account banned in the country. Thanks to the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s one of the comments on May...
Modi Govt Is Still Not Taking Proper Initiative To Improve Relations With Dhaka
By Nitya Chakraborty More than three months have passed since the historic general elections in Bangladesh on February 12 this year leading to the installation of the BNP government in the country headed by Tarique Rahman. PM Narendra Modi’s warm congratulations to the Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and...
The Rupee Rout Is A Grim Warning Modi Govt Can’t Ignore At The Moment
By R. Suryamurthy India’s rupee is not merely depreciating. It is sending a warning flare about the structural weaknesses of an economy that spent two decades celebrating growth while postponing the harder questions of economic resilience, industrial depth, and external vulnerability. When the currency slipped past ₹96 to the...
Only Poor Are Bearing The Burden Of Iran War Under Modi’s Austerity Programme
By Sanjay Roy Geopolitical conflicts affect the lives of people who hardly have any role in initiating the conflict. The ruling class of conflicting nations engage in wars and the burden of the disruptions caused in the process is asymmetrically imposed upon common people. The national leaders of Israel...
Is UP Congress Trying To Bring BSP Onboard Opposition Bandwagon?
By Rahil Nora Chopra To obtain Dalits votes in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the assembly elections in 2027, a section of the UP Congress leaders wants Mayawati on board the opposition front against the BJP. A tie-up with the BSP could help consolidate Dalit, Muslim and OBC votes behind...
India’s Present Economic Crisis Is Primarily Due To Modi Govt Policies
By Mahesh Rathi The Indian government today is trying to present the danger arising from the growing tensions in West Asia and the Hormuz Strait as the biggest cause of the economic crisis. An atmosphere is being created as if India’s economic difficulties have suddenly arisen because of some...
Donald Trump’s Indictment Of Raúl Castro Is Pretext For War On Cuba
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: After kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the following month, President Donald Trump declared “Cuba is next.” With the unsealing of a criminal indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on May 20, the administration...
China-Russia Joint Declaration From Beijing Summit Puts More Pressure On Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty The joint declaration made by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin after their summit in Beijing on May 20 has major ramifications on the global geopolitics in the context of the present unilateral actions of the U.S. President Donald Trump including...
Uttar Pradesh Politics Hots Up, Akhilesh Identifies With Cockroaches
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Uttar Pradesh became the hottest state in India on May 20. 2026 with Banda earning a distinction of the hottest city in the world with 48.2°C. Whether this affected the minds of the political leaders is not known, but their statements were hot, that made...
Narendra Modi Should Come Out Revealing The Real State Of Economic Crisis
By Nilotpal Basu The trouble with the post truth world is that it has an expiry date. The truth can be glossed over for some finite length of time, not perpetually. Truth eventually triumphs. It seems that we have reached that hour of reckoning. Indications were pronounced, coming from...
How A ₹1 Melody Toffee Became India’s Sweetest Soft-Power Gift
By T N Ashok The gift wrapped Melody chocolate seemed to sing a new jingle : Jab Melody hain, tho Meloni hain” to soft power India’s diplomatic thrust into a country where a saint was crucified and a great new religion was born that swept the world with millions...
