By Dr. Gyan Pathak Maharashtra’s Mahayuti, the ruling NDA in the state, is still struggling to overcome a deep political trouble from within. The most serious political development is that Shiv Sena believes BJP and NCP are hand in glove in clipping the wings of their party and leader...
By Arun Srivastava The BJP is in hurry to appoint a new national president by December end. Electoral process for the election of the new president is underway. But the contentious issue whose candidate, either of the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat or of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will...
By Sushil Kutty Finally, the cat is out of the bag and hopping mad on the hot tin roof! Techie Atul Subhash, 34, strung himself up like a ceiling fan and left a placard with the three words ‘Justice Is Due’. Atul Subhash also left a 24-page suicide note...
By Asad Mirza The dramatic toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime at the hands of rebel forces this weekend could have far-reaching consequences for Syria, global and regional powers, and alliances. It also may prove to be a replay of earlier events in Iraq courtesy the western powers. Over...
By Tirthankar Mitra Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has refused an alliance with Congress in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. It assumes significance on two counts. It marks a turning point in the political landscape of the national Capital. It underscores AAP’s confidence in its political dominance. But...
By Krishna Jha It was a huge pile of debris left on the ground where Babri Masjid, with its undeniable grandeur, stood. Space was slowly emptied, leaving behind a vast loneliness, desolate and wet. Nothing remained the same. It was not only an attack on a mosque, it injured...
By Ben Chacko LONDON: Israel has invaded Syria, its tanks moving beyond a “buffer zone” adjacent to the illegally occupied Golan Heights to within a few miles of Damascus. Its Defence Minister Israel Katz boasts that its bombers have entirely destroyed the Syrian navy as it sat idle in...
MUMBAI: Sanjay Malhotra, the newly appointed governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Wednesday stressed continuity, stability, and inclusivity in policy making as the guiding leadership principles for the storied institution that, he said, symbolised both unwavering commitment to public good and inherent dynamism to help meet new-age...
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday lowered its India growth forecast for the current financial year (FY25) to 6.5 per cent from 7 per cent earlier. “India’s growth in Q2 slowed more than expected due to weak industrial output as tighter prudential norms by the central...
NEW DELHI: Chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday underscored the need to distinguish between regulations for financial and non-financial sectors, arguing that competition in the financial sector can at times lead to excessive risk-taking and instability, as manifest in the 2008 global financial crisis. Regulators, he said,...
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has notified the expansion of the definition of “connected persons”, who have access to price-sensitive information, with effect from December 5. Bringing in more people under the scanner, the regulator has included relatives, related firms or partners and people living...
NEW DELHI: Telecom operators have deployed technology to block all pesky messages with immediate effect, industry body COAI said on Wednesday. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had set deadline of December 11 for telecom service provider to trace and block all messages that do no comply with...
By Nitya Chakraborty On December 9 Monday, Indian foreign secretary held crucial talks in Dhaka with his Bangladesh counterpart as also the head of interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus to find some ways for improving the bilateral relations in the wake of reports of attacks on Hindus by the...
By K Raveendran Syria, a relatively minor player in terms of oil production, has emerged as a key player in regional geopolitics. The country’s strategic position in the heart of the Middle East, combined with its deepening ties with Russia and Iran, places it at the centre of ongoing...
By Anjan Roy Just as the first Christmas tree of the season is going to be lit up in New York’s iconic Rockefeller Plaza, a popular American TV channel was holding an interview with maker of native Christmas trees for decorating American homes. Lo and behold, what the interview...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak In an unprecedented move in the parliamentary history of India, the opposition INDIA bloc submitted a notice on December 10, 2024, at the Rajya Sabha Secretary General P.C. Modi’s office seeking removal of the Chairperson of the Upper House the Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar...
By Sushil Kutty Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna has only a short six-month tenure to leave a stamp on India’s psyche. His predecessor Justice DY Chandrachud got two years and he left a stamp, which now refuses to leave him in peace. CJI Chandrachud allegedly played possum...
By Matein Khalid The late summer and autumn of 2024 may well go down in history as the Berlin Wall moment for the Middle East as the collapse of the Assad dynastic dictatorship will have a seismic geopolitical fall out across the region. Iran has lost its land bridge/weapon...