Modi Denies US Role in Ceasefire During Trump Call
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump for 35 minutes on 18 June, emphasising that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor was negotiated directly between the two nations. Modi explicitly...
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Counting Resumes in Himalayan Zones, National Rollout Next March
Union Home Minister Amit Shah led a high-level review of preparations for India’s 16th...
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Khamenei Transfers Command to IRGC Amid Israel Strikes
Heightened tensions between Iran and Israel have prompted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
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Judge Varma Rejects Resignation Demand Despite Cash Allegations
Justice Yashwant Varma has declined to step down from his post at the...
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By K Raveendran With the likelihood of a diplomatic solution appearing increasingly distant, West Asia is now clearly veering toward a longer and more intense confrontation, one that may significantly reshape economic, geopolitical, and energy dynamics not only in the Middle East but globally. What was initially perceived as...
Possibility Of U.S. Participation In Israeli War Against Iran Is Now Real
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump cut short his visit to Canada to return home after the G7 summit to take stock of the situation as he ruled out what national security advisor Tulsi Gabbard had to say about the alleged nuclear facility in Iran....
What Did Trump-Munir Cook Up For India At White House Lunch?
By Sushil Kutty Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir had lunch with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. Missing from the menu was the delectable ‘Ambush Modi’, the main course. Gen. Munir must not have known. But not many knew till Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri woke...
June 2025 Going To Be A Decisive Hinge Month In Middle East History
By Matein Khalid There is precious little good news to emerge from the Middle East since the IDF launched its spectacular blitzkrieg and leadership decapitation strike against Iran’s nuclear asset and military/intelligence elite last Friday. This weekend was grim with Iran’s ballistic missile strike on Haifa and Tel Aviv...
Nilambur Bypoll In Kerala Set For A Tough Electoral Battle
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for an absorbing electoral race between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the by-election to the Nilambur assembly constituency in Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the exit of PV Anvar from...
Bihar Congress Organisational Meeting Revealed Fissures Over Dalits Issue
By Arun Srivastava It was a meeting with difference. Usually the organisational meetings are held to project a leader or strategize the policies and ideas. But the June 15 meeting convened by Krishna Allavaru, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi and in-charge of Bihar where Assembly elections, turned out...
The Capitalist Social Order Has Always Been Based On Subjugation And Violence
By Krishna Jha It was in the decade of 1840s, dominated by strikes and struggles and signified by upheavals and uprisings. Among them the most popular but brutally suppressed one that remained alive only for four days – but has kept echoing even after almost two centuries — was...
The Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede Leads Us To Rethink Crowd Safety
By Tarun, Anamika Shukla June 3, 2025 marks the end of an eighteen year wait for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (‘RCB’) to be crowned champions of Indian Premier League (‘IPL’) 2025. On June 4, an open bus victory was organised by the RCB management, DNA Event Management and the Karnataka...
Was Israeli Strike Against Iran A Part Of Donald Trump’s Game Plan?
By Nitya Chakraborty Israeli missile strikes against Teheran and Iran’s counter offensive entered its fifth day on June 17 Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically cutting short his stay in Canada for G-7 meeting for Washington indicating that he would be busy in peace moves in the next...
Intensification Of Minority Pushback In Assam Sparks Outrage
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Intensification of minority pushback drive after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s reaffirmation during the special session of the Legislative Assembly of the State held on June 9, 2025, that his government will not halt the pushback drive against alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators, has sparked the...
After Instigating Israeli Attacks Against Iran, Trump Is Working For Truce Between The Two
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump is leading the attack on Iran. This much is clear when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there were two assassination attempts on President Trump by Iranians, once when he was campaigning and the bullet nicked his now famous ear! Then at the...
Akhilesh-Rahul Pact Has Boosted Morale Of Opposition In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement that his party will contest as part of INDIA alliance in 2027 assembly has boosted the morale of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh. While addressing the office-bearers and leaders of Samajwadi Party minority cell at party headquarters Akhilesh...
India’s Platform Workers Deserve A New Lease On Their Social Security
By Gayatri Singh, Akhil Surya As new and myriad forms of employment come into play, it is essential that we critically rethink what a “traditional employer-employee relationship” means and analyse these forms by broadly interpreting an “employment relationship” under the existing labour laws. In India, the Industrial Disputes Act,...
Bank Rate Cut By RBI Will Have Little Impact On Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee With the country’s consumer price inflation rate hovering around 3.20 percent in the last two years, the Reserve Bank of India’s latest decision to cut the bank rate by 50 basis points, the third consecutive reduction since February this year, may be understandable. However, it seems...
Implementation Of 33 Per Cent Women Reservation To Take Place From 2029 Polls
By Kalyani Shankar The Modi government’s recent announcement of the Census date as March 2027, before the implementation of a 33 per cent quota for women in Parliament and State legislatures in 2029 polls, has been welcomed by women. This is not just a step but a monumental leap...
Backbreaking Price Rise For Poor Is Not Reflected In India’s Inflation Data
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few days ago on June 12, 2025, the Union Government released its inflation data based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May, 2025, and said that the year-on-year headline inflation of the country declined to 2.82 per cent (provisional) over May, 2024. It...
Massive Protest Rallies Against Trump Overshadow His Birthday And Army Day Festivities
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump celebrated his 79th birthday in June 14, Saturday with much pomp and fanfare befitting only emperors and kings as Heavy tanks, armoured vehicles and thousands of soldiers showcasing all military eras marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that...
Israel Has Degraded Iran’s Missile Infra And Neutralised Early Warning System
By Asad Mirza Iran and Israel continued their military strikes against each other for a fourth straight day (June 16). Last night, Iran targetted the northern Israeli port city of Haifa. As Israel’s defence system intercepted Iran’s ballistic missiles, two hypersonic missiles reportedly hit Haifa, causing several injuries, according...
