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Nilambur Bypoll Result Throws Up A Disturbing Trend In Kerala Politics

By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The result of the Nilambur by-election has thrown up an extremely dangerous trend in Kerala politics, which must cause grave concern among the secular parties. The victory of the Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukat is being widely ascribed to the solid support it has received —...

Jun 24 · >

Israel-Iran Ceasefire After 12 Days Of War Is A Big Relief To The World

By Nitya Chakraborty The most unpredictable President in the history of the United States Donald Trump has done it again. At a time when the world was expecting fierce retaliation by the US missiles after Iran’s attacks on US bases in Qatar in the early hours of Monday, President...

Jun 24 · >

AAP Is Back With A Bang With Bypoll Results In Gujarat And Punjab

By Dr. Gyan Pathak Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is back with a bang by winning 2 of the 5 bypolls, just after four and half a month of the setback it had received in Delhi Vidhan Sabha election held on February 5, 2025. BJP had thrown AAP out of...

Jun 24 · >

India Has Tactfully Tackled The Challenges To Economy From Russia-Ukraine War

By Subrata Majumder Concerns loomed large on India’s double standard for its neutral stand on Ukraine – Russia war and sanction on Russia. Analysts apprehended India’s isolation from global geopolitical influence and global market, which could slow down its growth. Nevertheless, outsmarting all the apprehensions, India underpinned a smooth...

Jun 24 · >

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s Sycophancy Of Prime Minister Crossing All Limits

By Sushil Kutty Flamboyant Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and “dynamic” Prime Minister Narendra Modi — a mutual fan club with Tharoor losing no chance to present Prime Minister Modi with accolades and bouquets, beholden to the Indian Prime Minister for the trust placed on him to defend India on...

Jun 24 · >

Kaligunj Bypoll Result Shows Continuing TMC Dominance In Rural Bengal

By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: The outcome of Kaligunj by-election in which Trinamool Congress convincingly defeated both BJP and Left supported Congress candidates has given rise to factors which only a decisive electoral triumph could underscore. Trinamool supremo, Mamata Banerjee spearheading the contention that BSF personnel pushing back some Bengali...

Jun 24 · >

Former CJI Instituted 64 Page Probe Report On Justice Yashwant Varma Is Out

By Indira Jaising, Sushovan Patnaik On June 19, We at The Leaflet took the decision of publishing the coveted 64 page report of the in-house inquiry committee formulated by former chief justice Sanjiv Khanna to investigate the matter of piles of burning currency being discovered at former Delhi HC...

Jun 24 · >

Government ‘Confident’ Of Early-Phase Trade Deal With US By July 9

NEW DELHI: The government is ‘confident’ that the early tranche of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the United States will be signed by the July 9 deadline, even as last-minute negotiations are under way to iron out certain critical differences in areas like agriculture, a top official told...

Jun 24 · >

India May Face Fiscal And Monetary Policy Challenges If War Intensifies

NEW DELHI: The Iran-Israel tensions, escalated by the US bombing of Tehran’s nuclear installations may deliver additional external shocks to the India’s economy. Worse, the West Asian crisis comes at a time the economy was already facing a slowdown. There are challenges on multiple fronts: from inflationary and fiscal...

Jun 24 · >

Retail Credit Market Grows At Slower Pace In Q4 FY25: Report

NEW DELHI: The retail credit market continued to see a softening in the last quarter of 2024–25, as new loan originations (partly a measure of credit demand and supply) grew at a slower rate of 5 per cent in March 2025 against 12 per cent a year ago, according...

Jun 24 · >

Repo Cuts, Regulatory Easing To Boost Credit Growth To 12-13% This Fiscal

MUMBAI: Accommodative monetary policy and easing funding conditions will help banks grow their assets a tad better this fiscal at 12-13%, over 10.6% in the previous fiscal, an international rating agency has said but has flagged the need to improve deposit mobilisation to maintain the nearly 120 bps improvement...

Jun 24 · >

PMI Touches 14-Month High, Private Sector Gains Momentum

NEW DELHI: India’s private sector activity accelerated sharply in June as companies ramped up production to meet surging domestic and international demand, according to a survey released on Monday that showed record export growth and robust hiring. The HSBC Flash India Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P...

Jun 24 · >

The Western Nations Are Concerned About A Shia Nuke

By Nantoo Banerjee It may be wrong to believe that Israel and the United States of America are the only two countries strongly against Iran’s bid to become a nuclear-armed country. The entire world is concerned about nuclear proliferation and nuclear smuggling and its falling into the wrong hands....

Jun 23 · >

Bypoll Results Give Boost To INDIA Bloc Parties, More Worry For The BJP

By Dr. Gyan Pathak The results of the byelections held in five Assembly seats across the four states indicate that BJP has reasons to be worried, at a time when the party is in desperate need of strengthening itself. These four states where byelections were held are – Gujarat,...

Jun 23 · >

U.S. President Donald Trump Is Favouring Pakistan Again Ignoring Indian View

By Kalyani Shankar There is an ongoing discussion regarding the involvement of the United States in facilitating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that took place on May 10 at 5 PM after four days of limited missile war. US President Donald Trump has claimed, “I stopped the war,”...

Jun 23 · >

Trump Says That The Nobel Peace Prize Is Not For Him Since It Is Only For Liberals

By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump botched up. He had Pakistan by the scruff of its neck and Pakistan recommended his name for the Nobel Peace Prize 2026. Pakistan, the land of wisdom and Islamic valour. But Trump turned against himself and screwed up – he went to war...

Jun 23 · >

Emmanuel Macron’s Bid To Divide The Left In France Is Paying Off

By Harrison Stetler PARIS: Monday, June 9, marked one year since Emmanuel Macron’s surprise move to call snap elections to the National Assembly. It was a perilous move for the second-term president — ending four weeks later with a hung parliament in which his own camp was reduced to...

Jun 23 · >

“Integral Humanism” Is Being Projected As A Ploy To Undermine Religious Freedom

By Dr. Ram Puniyani During the last four decades India has witnessed the rising intimidation and targeting of religious minorities. After the demolition of Babri mosque the country witnessed unprecedented violence in Mumbai leading to the loss of nearly one thousand lives. In 1999 the most horrific act of...

Jun 23 · >
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