Missile strikes test fragile Hormuz shipping truce
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired at least two missiles at commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, damaging two ships and raising fresh doubts over a maritime understanding reached less than three...
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SIT widens scrutiny of Ram temple spending
The Special Investigation Team probing alleged theft of offerings at the Ram temple...
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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.It Is Now Official: U.S. Will Do Everything To Curb India’s Economic Growth
By Satyaki Chakraborty Amidst Trump-Modi bonhomie and the continuation of India-US trade talks, former Indian intelligence chief Vikram Sood said on Sunday in an interview to a British network that the present U.S. deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau told Indian officials during his visit to India in March...
Systematic Theft Of Donations At Ram Temple By RSS-BJP Men Is Established Fact
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The investigation so far, as on July 7, 2026, into the systematic theft worth rupees tens of millions of donations at Ram Temple of Ayodhya has clearly shown that it was the work of no-other than the people of RSS-BJP, and therefore, it has political...
VBG RAM G Act A Threat To Right To Rural Employment In The Country
By Dr. B.K. Kango On 23 June 2026, the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the BKMU jointly organised nationwide demonstrations in all districts of the country against the abolition of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The objective of these demonstrations was not merely to...
The Film They Couldn’t Bury: How Satluj Reopened Punjab’s Deepest Wounds
By T N Ashok A film delayed for years. A censor battle unlike any other. An OTT release that lasted barely two days. And a story that refuses to disappear. By the time Satluj briefly appeared on ZEE5 this week, it had already become one of the most talked-about...
Trump’s Diatribes Against Communists In His Independence Day Speech Shows His Nervousness
By C.J. Atkins NEW YORK: A spectre is haunting Donald Trump—the spectre of communism. Over back-to-back holiday weekend speeches marking the country’s 250th anniversary, the president delivered what amounted to a two-part anti-communist sermon, casting Karl Marx, the Communist Party USA, and the country’s fast-growing democratic socialist movement as...
Dalits, Adivasis, And Bengali Muslims Are Vulnerable To Arrest By Indian State
By Ananya Gunjan On June 25, 2026, the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (‘HRMI’) released its data tracking the human rights performance of 212 countries across the world with nearly 141 countries furnishing the requisite data either completely or partially. The countries were scored on three categories of Human Rights...
MS Dhoni At 45: The Ticket Collector Who Became India’s Captain Cool
By T N Ashok There are sporting legends, and then there are sporting phenomena. At 45, Mahendra Singh Dhoni belongs firmly in the second category. Time has dimmed neither his aura nor his popularity. Every time he walks onto a cricket field wearing the unmistakable yellow of the Chennai...
FIFA World Cup Reaches Over 100 Million Viewers In India
By Nantoo Banerjee Despite never qualifying for the FIFA (Federations of International Football Associations) World Cup, India has emerged as one of the largest global markets for the current tournament being co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with matches played across 16 official host cities. In the...
India Remains In Lower Middle Income Group Since 2007, GNI Per Capita Is $2760
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The latest data updated by the World Bank shows that India did not improve in income classification since 2007, and remains in lower middle income group. In 2025, according to the data, India’s GNI per capita was $2760. In 2007, India’s income classification was upgraded...
Mamata Seeks To Reinvent Her TMC Through July 21 Rally In Kolkata
By Arun Srivastava Exactly a year ago of the 2026 Bengal assembly elections, in 2025, a section of the national media had written off Mamata Banerjee and had even predicted that she would be addressing the last Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21, that year, before the polls. They...
Time Is Ripe To Form A Broad Anti-Fascist Front In India To Fight BJP-RSS Combo
By Dr. Arun Mitra The word democracy is derived from the ancient Greek words demos (people) and kratos (rule), literally meaning “rule by the people.” Democracy signifies a system in which political power ultimately rests with the people and is exercised either directly, through citizens participating in decision-making, or...
America Observes Its 250th Birthday In Great Style With Trump Trying To Steal The Limelight
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers WASHINGTON, D.C.: Two hundred and fifty years after thirteen rebellious colonies declared that they would no longer submit to the British Crown, Americans marked the nation’s semiquincentennial on July 4 with an extravaganza of fireworks, military flypasts, concerts, parades and remembrance that stretched from the...
Twist And Turns In Bangladesh-Turkiye Political And Defence Ties
By Ashis Biswas Suddenly, there is a new twist in Bangladesh politics. For a change, it comes as a puzzle for the Turkiye/Pakistan axis that is playing an increasingly assertive anti-Indian role in Bangladesh. Bucking Bangladeshi’ media’s usually hostile coverage of India, analysts are asking critical questions about the...
Land Availability Problem Dogs BJP’s Plans To Industrialise West Bengal
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Availability of land to set up industries appears to be a stumbling block in the path of West Bengal’s first BJP-run state government. This is an issue two previous state governments have found to be insoluble. Efforts to restore West Bengal’s old industrial glory were...
China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Seeks To Impose Uniformity By Abolishing Minority Identity
By Asad Mirza China’s newly enacted “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” marks a definitive shift from managing diversity to enforcing homogeneity. By legally institutionalising the assimilation of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and other minorities, Beijing aims to replace distinct cultural, linguistic and religious identities with a singular, state-defined consciousness...
Kerala Opposition To Move Court On Vizhinjam Stakes Transfer
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The controversy over the proposed transfer of a 49% stake of the Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Limited (AVPPL) has deepened with the Opposition deciding to challenge it legally and politically. Announcing the decision, leader of the Opposition (LoP) Pinarayi Vijayan said the transfer of the...
Manipur Chief Minister Failing To Control Situation Despite All Help From Centre
By Rabindra Nath Sinha KOLKATA: Ground realities in Manipur do suggest that the Union home ministry and the state ministry headed by Yumnam Khemchand Singh, which is in office since February 4, are yet to succeed in identifying a clear roadmap for reconciling inter-community political differences and restoring normalcy....
Faith Assets Need Secular Oversight As Temple Fraud Exposes Governance Vacuum
By K Raveendran The alleged theft of donations from the Ayodhya Ram Temple has pushed a long-simmering question into the national foreground: who should guard the wealth of religious institutions when faith, money and power converge without adequate public accountability? The issue is not confined to Ayodhya, nor to...
