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Rahil Nora Chopra BIHAR POLLS: TEJASHWI’S CM NOMINATION QUELLS INDIA BLOC RUMBLES The ongoing confusion in the Mahagathbandhan alliance appear to have settled down after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav was declared as the chief ministerial face of the India Bloc alliance in Bihar on...
Trump Tirade Against Colombia’s Petro Meant To Scare All Left Regimes
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Donald Trump upends Marx’s famous observation on history repeating itself. If his first term was farce, his second looks more like tragedy. Trump’s second administration is more serious than his first in its assault on democratic rights in the United States, as well as...
75 Years On, India’s Silence On Preventive Detention Echoes Loudly
By Swarati Sabhapandit In his dissenting opinion in Liversidge vs. Anderson (1942), Lord Atkin valiantly said, “In England, amidst clash of arms, the laws are not silent. They may be changed but they speak the same language in war as in peace. It is always been one of the pillars...
Sangh’s Nationalist Line Restrains Modi From Early Deal With Trump
By Nitya Chakraborty The twist and turns in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dealing with the overtures to him from the US President Donald Trump in the last three weeks speak eloquently of the tussle that is going on at the highest level of the BJP leadership and the...
Tejashwi Takes Centre-stage As INDIA Bloc’s CM Face In Bihar Elections
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Political campaigns in all 243 seats have begun in right earnest after the end of the withdrawal of nominations on October 23, 2025 for the 122 constituencies going to poll in the second phase. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav has entered the centre stage with...
Caste-Driven Assaults On Dalits Getting More Vicious By The Day
By P Sudhir The Ekalavya episode in Mahabharata is widely known. But it is sought to be embedded in the narrative of valour of Pandavas and their shining tales of struggle for justice. Dronacharya’s extreme act of cruelty on Ekalavya’s incessant effort to accomplish mastery over martial prowess...
Gorkhaland Issue Back On Table With New Interlocutor On Board
Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: As 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal are inching closer, the divisive Gorkhaland issue has been stoked by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre. It has appointed former deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) Pankaj Kumar Singh as an interlocutor to decide whether the Bengal hills...
Shiromani Akali Dal Looks At More Panthic Support For 2027 Polls
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: After tasting a win to govern the state in 2007 and 2012 assembly elections in Punjab, Badal family led Shiromani Akali Dal, had to face a shameful defeat in the later Assembly and Lok Sabha elections continuously. In 2017 assembly elections, it had...
US Sanctions Embargo-Dodging Russian National Oil Cos: Lukoil, Rosneft
By TN Ashok NEW YORK: On Wednesday October 22, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC, and a range of their subsidiaries. The move is explicitly linked to the war in Ukraine: the Treasury states...
Karnataka HC Not Staying SIC Order Unsettles Constitutional Guarantee
By Syed Raiyyan On October 15, Karnataka High Court refused to stay an order of the Karnataka State Information Commissioner (‘SIC’) blacklisting a person from making further requests for information under the Right to Information (‘RTI’) Act . While doing so, it emphasised that it will not permit the Act...
Lokpal’s BMW Fixation Is Outright Corruption, If Not Vulgar
K Raveendran The very idea of a Lokpal riding in a BMW, reeks of irony so strong that it almost feels like satire. The institution that stands as the sentinel of public probity, the watchdog against corruption, has managed to draw ridicule upon itself by its desire...
Bihar Heading For Triangular Contest In Most Of 243 Assembly Seats
By Dr. Gyan Pathak After the scrutiny of nomination papers on October 21, 2025 for the second phase of Bihar Legislative Assembly election, one can see the electoral battle scenario for the entire state. It looks like Bihar is heading for triangular contests in majority of the...
Indian Presence In Chagos Islands Is Crucial For Maritime Security
By Asad Mirza India has secured an agreement with the government of Mauritius allowing it to establish a satellite station in the Chagos archipelago, near the controversial Diego Garcia base. According to reports the purpose of the new station, will be to track satellites and “to serve as...
Pakistan’s Policy Blunders Have Turned Taliban Into An Adversary
By Manish Rai Recently, a deadly series of clashes occurred on the Durand Line between Taliban fighters and the Pakistani Army. The disputed 1,600-mile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was the site of intense confrontations. Afghanistan initially accused Pakistan of conducting airstrikes in the capital, Kabul, and launched...
Trump’s Fragile Middle East Ceasefire Faces First Real Test
By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s most celebrated foreign policy achievement — the Gaza ceasefire that he triumphantly described as “the dawn of everlasting peace” — is now facing its first and fiercest test. Barely a week after the guns fell silent, the fragile...
Tamil Self-Respect Movement Had A Big Role In Anti-Colonial Struggle
By Krishna Jha In a class society, there is always the one that dominates over the other living in the lower depths. They are the bearers of the torch showing the way, but carry the flame that often scorches them. Violence is organized by the vested interest when victims...
Sarkozy’s Imprisonment Mirrors Turmoil Within Western Democracies
By T N Ashok NEW YORK: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the first ever president of the country to be sent to prison for five years in ignominy over an alleged Libya campaign fund scandal. The global politics is taking a tumble as US President Donald Trump...
Louvre Heist Reminds Us Of Eastern Artefacts Stolen By The West
By Anjan Roy One of the most iconic museums of the world, the Louvre in Paris, has been looted by an organised gang of thieves who got away with priceless crown jewels of nineteenth century France. The items stolen would provide a list of most coveted jewellery...
