China urges restraint amid Hormuz crisis
China has called for an immediate halt to military operations in West Asia after escalating hostilities led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for global oil shipments, intensifying fears...
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NIA arrests foreign nationals over terror plot
National Investigation Agency has detained seven foreign nationals, including six from Ukraine and...
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NDA gains Bihar seat after opposition split
National Democratic Alliance secured a Rajya Sabha seat from Bihar after a breakdown...
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Election panel reshapes Bengal bureaucracy ahead of polls
Election Commission of India moved quickly to overhaul key administrative posts in West...
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By Nitya Chakraborty On Wednesday, the 18th day of the U.S.-Israel combo’s war against Iran, Trump got two bad news simultaneously which made him ponder on how to go about on his next forward strategy to ensure Iran’s submission to the U.S. might. The first news was the European...
RSS Conclave Decides To Launch Fresh Outreach To Dalits And Nationalist Muslims
By Arun Srivastava For keeping the rank and file in high spirit and let not its logical difference with the BJP conjure them to lose trust in the saffron philosophy, the three day Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha of RSS which concluded on Sunday, has decided not only to launch...
UN General Assembly’s Emergency Session On March 18 Is Of Crucial Importance
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: The Middle East is on fire. Not metaphorically — literally. Since February 28, 2026, when U.S. and Israeli stealth assets struck 400 Iranian targets simultaneously in a “surgical” operation designed to decapitate the clerical regime and bury its nuclear program, the Persian Gulf...
Rural Youth Unemployment In February 2026 Rose To 13.1 Per Cent
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Rural youth unemployment in February 2026 rose four months high to 13.1 per cent in Current Weekly Status (CWS), while for urban youths it remained even higher at 18.3 per cent, shows the latest data of the monthly bulletin of Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)...
Despite Jaishankar’s Repeated Talks With Iranian Minister, Tehran Is Angry With New Delhi
By Asad Mirza The US-Israel attack on Iran has placed India in an uncomfortable diplomatic position, exposing the limits of its much-touted strategic autonomy. New Delhi’s cautious and delayed responses suggest that its foreign policy is increasingly being shaped by immediate economic and energy concerns rather than by a...
Petro Products Prices In Import-Dependent India May Surge Further
By Nantoo Banerjee Notwithstanding the assurance given in Parliament last week by Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on India’s ‘robust’ energy supplies, fuel and gas prices in the country are expected to shoot up soon in keeping with the global trend. The minister’s statement appears...
By Announcing Polling Dates For Bengal Under Incomplete Voters List, ECI Has Shown Its Arrogance
By Dr Gyan Pathak The announcement of election to the five Legislative Assemblies – Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry – on March 15, 2026, marks the arrogance of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and helplessness of the Supreme Court of India, that is yet to announce...
Diplomats Globally Are Looking For India To Play Active Role In Ending West Asian War
By T N Ashok On the 17th day of one of the most dangerous conflicts to erupt in the Middle East since the Gulf War, the world’s attention has fixed on missiles, supertankers, and a coral island barely a third the size of Manhattan. But the most consequential move...
After Defeat Of Impeachment Motion Against Speaker, Opposition Needs To Cooperate
By Kalyani Shankar The role of the Lok Sabha Speaker in promoting parliamentary stability and Independence is incredibly important and deserves recognition. On March 11, 2026, the Opposition’s impeachment motion against Speaker Om Birla was defeated by a voice vote, nearly four decades after the last attempt. With 119...
In A Period Of Global Turmoil, China And Vietnam Launch Innovative Strategic Dialogue
By Satyaki Chakraborty Just three days after the conclusion of the eight day National People’s Congress in Beijing, Chinese Government launched on March 15 an innovative strategic dialogue with its neighbours focusing on political, security as also defence cooperation issues. The dialogue is called 3+3 dialogue and it has...
Stage Set For Bruising Battle Of Ballots In Kerala On April 9
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing April 9 as the date for the 2026 Assembly election, the stage has been set for a bruising, no-holds-barred battle of ballots in Kerala. With less than a month left for the election, political parties will have...
Tripura Left Front To Fight Bypoll Against Ruling BJP Without Allying With Congress
By Sagarneel Sinha AGARTALA: The main Opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist) or the CPI(M)-led Left Front surprised the political observers in Tripura by declaring candidates for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) polls and Dharmanagar bypoll even before the formal election notifications. Days after Left’s declaration,...
Hollywood’s Long Night Of Reckoning: The 98th Oscars Finally Got It Right
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: There are Oscar nights that feel like clerical exercises — the industry awarding itself with the dutiful efficiency of a board meeting — and then there are nights that feel like history being made in real time. The 98th Academy Awards, held Sunday...
Analysts See Prolonged War Cutting Up To 70% Of Crude Output
By K Raveendran #Oil markets have entered a phase of acute uncertainty as military escalation involving strikes on Iran and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz begin to reverberate through global energy supply chains. Within just over a week of the disruption, more than 12 million barrels...
Trump’s Sanctions Easing – India’s Relief, China’s Opportunity And Russia’s Windfall
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: In the fog of war stretching from the Persian Gulf to Eastern Europe, a quiet recalibration of global energy policy is unfolding in Washington. The Donald Trump administration has moved to temporarily ease restrictions on Russian oil shipments already at sea, a measure...
Iran’s ‘Mosaic Defence’ And ‘Fourth Successor’ Models Working Well
By Asad Mirza In the ongoing war against Iran by US and Israel two terms which have gained prominence are “Mosaic Defence” model of war tactics and “Fourth Successor” model of leadership, both of which have shown the success of the Iranian regime in the war, so far. As...
Decent Job Creation Under New Labour Code To Remain Elusive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Decent job creation in India will remain elusive, because Union Government has no plan to modify EPFO schemes for now, though it plans to roll out full implementation of the new labour codes from April 1, 2026. The Social Security Code 2020 has a clause...
Narendra Modi’s Pro-US Policy Has Damaged His Standing As BRICS Summit Host In 2026
By Dr Arun Mitra Despite pressures from the United States government, many countries in the Global South have begun asserting themselves and refusing to accept US dictates. After the collapse of the Soviet bloc in the 1990s, the world entered a period of geopolitical uncertainty. The United States emerged...
