Capital on Edge as Tensions Escalate Along Border
A high alert has been declared in the national capital amid escalating hostilities along the border, prompting authorities to cancel all government employees’ leaves and evacuate key public areas, including the iconic India Gate. Security...
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India Repels Drone and Missile Barrage
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh convened an emergency meeting with Chief of Defence Staff...
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Power Struggle Erupts in Pakistan’s Military Hierarchy
Unverified reports have emerged suggesting that General Asim Munir, the Chief of Army...
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Abdullah Heads to Jammu Amid Drone Attack Fallout
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah departed for Jammu on Friday morning...
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By Nitya Chakraborty The joint declaration issued by the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese President Xi Jinping on the eve of the Victory Day on May 9 upholding longstanding friendship to pursue mutual benefit and win-win outcomes in the new era carries major significance in the present...
India-Pakistan War Is Becoming Costly To The Economies Of Both Countries
By Anjan Roy Without declaring it, war has effectively broken out between India and Pakistan. The hostilities have spun out of control as both countries have expanded their targets spread far out into the country. Witness the cycle of escalation. Foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, stated the terror attack at...
Remembering Rabindranath Tagore’s Warning Against Ultra Nationalism On His Birth Anniversary
By Gargi Chakraborty This 184th Birth anniversary of Tagore on May 8-9 (25th Baishakh – Bengali calendar) coincides with the Victory Day-meaning the end of German fascism 80 years back Also this is time when India and Pakistan are engaged in a war once again. It is in fact...
Samajwadi Party Playing Brahmin Card To Take On BJP In 2027 Polls
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national President and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is now wooing powerful Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh beside consolidating hold on PDA( pichda, dalit and alpsangkhayak) to unseat BJP in 2027 assembly polls. Akhilesh Yadav is deliberately playing Brahmin victim card during the regime...
Sharad Pawar Hints At Possible Reunification Of NCP Factions
By Rahil Nora Chopra NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar set the political arena buzzing on Thursday when he hinted at the possibility of two NCP factions reuniting in the future. After Pawar’s statement, both camps of the NCP put forth positive signals about possibility of a reunion. Sharad Pawar...
Modi Government Is Not Sincere On The Implementation Of Caste Census
By Ram Puniyani In the run up to 2024 elections Rahul Gandhi in particular talked of the need for caste census. This was supported by many opposition leaders. Congress ruled states and NDA ruled Bihar also carried out the census. This caste census issue was one of the major...
Victory Day On May 9 Is About Celebrating Liberation From Fascism
By Loren Balhorn BERLIN: “No inviting Russian and Belarusian representatives to commemorations” — thus reads a nonbinding directive issued to German government officials by the Foreign Office, with regard to the eightieth anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Should the situation escalate, the circular continues, states and municipalities...
Pakistan PM Has Warned Of Revenge But Can He Retaliate Through Military Action Against India?
By Nitya Chakraborty More than forty hours have passed since the missile strikes by Indian military on the nine terror camp sites in Pakistan. The situation in both New Delhi and Islamabad is witnessing the same type of preparations indicating that Pakistan is getting ready for another military confrontation...
After Strikes On Pak Terror Camps, India Has To Put More Political And Diplomatic Pressure On Islamabad
By P. Sudhir In the early hours of May 7, Indian armed forces launched a military operation called Operation Sindoor, to target about nine sites in PoK and Pakistani territories. There is a consensus across the political spectrum on the need to respond to the barbaric killings of Indian...
Substantial Growth Claim Of India’s MSME Sector Is Deceptive
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government has been in the habit of changing definitions to show sudden growth in various sectors of economy without actual growth on the ground. We have seen it in the past how change of status of certain state highways to national...
Kudos To Young Widow Himanshi Narwal For Trying To Bring Sanity In An Environment Of Hate
By Dr Arun Mitra Stricken deep in grief after the terrorist attack on the innocent tourists in Pahalgam, it was thought that whole India will stand by the aggrieved families of the deceased, particularly with the young women who have been widowed. But the way Himanshi Narwal, a young...
Modi Govt Needs To Cool Off The War Heat, Quell Rumour Mongering
By Arun Srivastava Indian Armed Forces through its ‘Operation Sindoor’ has avenged the gruesome killing of 28 innocent Indians in Pahalgam by Pakistan-based terrorists by demolishing nine terror-training camps across Pakistan past midnight in the early hours of 7 May. The terminology “Operation Sindoor” has wider and deeper connotation....
20th Century Saw An Explosion Of Indian Writings On Marx And Engels
By Pradip Baksi* The émigré communist journals arrived clandestinely into India from the beginning of the 20th century. The first communist journals from within the country also made their appearance. In all these publications, Marx and Engels appeared as the ideological ancestors of Bolshevism. Since then, the communists and...
US-China Trade Talks Starting From May 9 In Switzerland
By Nitya Chakraborty It is now official. After waiting for a few days since Donald Trump diluted the U.S. tariff rates for China and announced his intention for talks, China confirmed on Wednesday morning that a high level Chinese negotiating team will be visiting Switzerland for four days beginning...
Will Prime Minister Be Allowed To End His Confrontation With Limited Strikes In Pakistan?
By Sushil Kutty Prime Minister Narendra Modi came up with the name ‘Operation Sindoor’ that targeted terrorist hubs in Pakistan. Modi sat through the night monitoring ‘Operation Sindoor’, named for the ‘Hindu widows’ of the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistani terrorists snuffed the ‘Sindoor’ of these women and 26 Hindu...
What Former Pm Khaleda Zia’s Return To Dhaka Mean To Bangladesh Politics?
By Satyaki Chakraborty Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh and chairperson of the main political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) returned to Dhaka on Tuesday May 6 on the eve of the completion of nine months of the interim government headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Khaleda who was ailing for...
Declaration Of Assets By Supreme Court Judges Means Nothing
By K Raveendran The gesture of Supreme Court judges declaring their assets is at best, symbolic and, at worst, a distraction from the deeper and more systemic issues that plague the system. The declaration itself does not and cannot constitute a meaningful solution to judicial corruption, especially when the...
Observing May 9 As The Day Of Victory Over Fascism Has Become More Relevant In 2025
By Krishna Jha Remembering the dehumanising stories with all their bestialities, the compelling human ethos undefeated, stands victorious over the terror. This one truth alone has the right to wear the crown of thorns as humankind moves on, evolving ever, always. May 9, 1945 was the Day when Second...
