Washington and Tehran pause fire before Doha talks
The United States and Iran have agreed to halt military exchanges near the Strait of Hormuz and send representatives to Doha for talks on Tuesday, offering a fragile opening after several days of strikes that...
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VHP rejects Akhilesh Ayodhya pledge
The Vishva Hindu Parishad has rejected Akhilesh Yadav’s pledge to develop Ayodhya as...
in Happening Now Jun 29 ·Mumbai poison capsule plot raises procession security alarm
Mumbai Police have arrested a 39-year-old Pune resident accused of distributing capsules laced...
in Happening Now Jun 29 ·Ayodhya temple theft case widens after raids
Ayodhya police searched the homes of eight accused in the Ram Temple donation...
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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.Bid To Rebuild Bengal To Its Old Glory Is Welcome, Though Difficult
By Nantoo Banerjee West Bengal’s first ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s resolve to rebuild the state to its “old glory” sounds good though reversing decades of economic stagnation and industrial decline remains an incredibly difficult challenge. Economically, West Bengal’s rank among Indian states has dropped from No.1 till...
Uddhav Thackeray Is Losing His Status In Maharashtra Politics After Latest Split
By Kalyani Shankar On June 19, the Shiv Sena marked its 60th anniversary. Since its inception, in the past 60 years. The party has experienced several splits, with the latest occurring on June 26. Shiv Sena’s 60th anniversary is contested by two factions—Thackeray’s Sena (UBT) and Eknath Shinde’s Sena—each...
Eight Rules Set By The Centre For Implementation Of VB-GMRG Act Must Go
By Satyaki Chakraborty Former CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat has alleged that the eight rules published by the centre for the implementation of the new VB-GRAMG Act replacing MGNREGA have been set without having any consultations with rural and MGNREGA workers associations. She has mentioned that the rules of...
Evasive Peace: How The US-Iran Ceasefire Is Unravelling Each Day Continuing Conflict
By Asad Mirza The ink on the Islamabad Memorandum was barely dry when missiles and drones began flying again across the Persian Gulf. A week of tit-for-tat strikes between Washington and Tehran, compounded by Israel’s relentless pounding of Lebanon, has exposed the US-Iran ceasefire of June 2026 as a...
BRICS Has Assumed More Importance In The Present Global Geopolitics
By Dr. Arun Mitra In the just concluded G7 Summit, in addition to the seven member states, several other countries—including India, Brazil, South Korea, Kenya, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—were invited to participate. This may reflect a growing realization among the G7 powers that...
Two TMC Factions Battling Over Observance Of July 21 As Martyrs Day
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA:A tug-of-war between Trinamool Congress and Congress to observe July 21 as Martyr’s Day is an annual event in the political calendar of West Bengal. But what used to be an unequal contest between two political outfits has been joined by another political entity this year....
Fragile Truce In Middle East War Depends On Israel-Lebanon Agreement
By T N Ashok History is littered with ceasefires that ended one war only to ignite another. That is why the Trilateral Framework signed by the United States, Israel and Lebanon may ultimately prove more significant than the ceasefire that preceded it. For months, diplomacy in the Middle East...
AITUC GC Meeting Calls For Intensification Of Workers’ Struggle
By Amarjeet Kaur The General Council meeting of the All India Trade Union Congress was held at Thrissur, Kerala, from 1–3 June 2026. The meeting was attended by 246 delegates representing 22 states and various industrial federations and unions. During the session, a seminar on “Anti-Imperialism, Anti-War and World...
Saffronisation Of Higher Education In Kerala Gathers Pace
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The abject surrender of the VD Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government to the Sangh Parivar which began the day the Government was sworn in, is complete. That is the conclusion inevitable from the manner in which the UDF Government is facilitating the growth of...
From The World’s Biggest Buyer, India Have Emerged As A Global Builder
By T N Ashok For decades, India’s rise as an economic power has been measured by the number of aircraft it buys rather than the number it builds. The country has become one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets, one of the largest importers of military hardware and, increasingly,...
Steel Exposes Hard Limits Of Much-Vaunted Free Trade Piety
By K Raveendran India’s decision to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into cheap steel imports marks more than another defensive trade action. It is a reminder that globalisation, which New Delhi has often invoked when Indian exports face barriers abroad, becomes far more complicated when the pressure arrives at home....
Loot Of Ram Mandir Funds Has Weakened BJP Campaign Before 2027 Assembly Polls
By Arun Srivastava Within a week of the accusation by the Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was an unregistered and unconstitutional organisation and should face legal actions, the right-wing Hindu exclusionary body suffered a shattering jolt that its senior leaders managing the affairs...
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi’s Visit To India On July 1-3 Is Aimed At Boosting Investment
By Subrata Majumder India is a vast country. It has long border stretching over the eastern region, which can act gateway to South East Asia. West Bengal has the longest international border, connecting the eastern region. West Bengal is better placed compared to Assam in acting as the gateway...
Bengal BJP Govt’s Announcement On Reviving Calcutta Stock Exchange Is A Political Optics
By Kunal Bose The country has two major stocks exchanges, namely, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Between them, they have a daily turnover of around Rs4 lakh crore across the cash and derivative segments. Though NSE arrived decades after BSE, which prides itself...
Latest Killings In Manipur Have Made A Mockery Of Centre’s Peace Efforts
By Krishna Jha Manipur, a remote eastern state of our country, is in the grip of continual ethnic violence for more than three years. For every moment, deadly ambushes, abductions and protest marches have become the realities of the region and making the violence into a way of life...
Suvendu Govt In Bengal Proposes To Remove The Muslim Names Of All Kolkata Streets
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Kolkata’s streets are not just thoroughfares. They are living chronicles of the city’s souls. Kolkata or Calcutta as it was known then may have been “chance erected, chance directed”, but its streets are not named thus. The city father’s of yore have had a wide...
Can Congress Stop Kerala CM Satheesan’s ‘One-Man’ Show?
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress is sharply divided over the low alcohol tax rate cut unilaterally announced by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan. Resentment over Satheesan’s one-man show is growing not only within the Congress but also among the allies. Satheesan has angered both by announcing without consultations...
Possible Union Cabinet Rejig, BJP Organisational Reshuffle Likely Soon
By Rahil Nora Chopra After Union home minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi’s interaction with the President Droupadi Murmu, speculation over a possible reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers has gathered pace. BJP has also announced an organisational revamp in its Uttar Pradesh unit ahead of the...
