By Edgar Kaiser On July 20, when thousands of youth marched towards the Indian parliament, the police cracked down with tear gas, pellet guns and nail-studded lathis, leaving more than a hundred injured, with a 22-year-old man losing his eyesight. While most evidence shows that it was a peaceful...
By Rob Warzyniak NEW YORK: Last week, the United States State Department released a 100-page document titled “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism.” Those 100 pages contained a multitude of outright lies, excoriating damnations, and the creation of a mythical nation of epic proportions, hell bent on destroying...
By Nitya Chakraborty Nearly a week has passed since the withdrawal of the historic students and youth protests at Jantar Mantar on July 25 following the resignation of the education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the centre agreeing to the other demands of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Since then...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Union Government led by PM Narendra Modi and the RSS-BJP clan ruling elsewhere in other states have now started witch-hunting students and others who participated in the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) led protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi and across India, despite the words of...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An attempt by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government in Kerala to politicize the police force has failed with the High Court frustrating the move. The court has stayed the operation of an order by the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to reorganize the Kerala...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The long-pending expansion and reshuffle of the Karnataka cabinet is expected soon and the Congress high command is keen to use the rejig to project a fresh image and showcase generational transition within the party. Sources signal that the Congress leadership approves the induction of...
By T N Ashok In an age when political dynasties cultivate celebrity with the precision of a public relations campaign, one woman stands apart by doing almost the opposite. For nearly two decades, Nara Brahmani has quietly occupied one of the most extraordinary intersections of power in India. She...
By Benjamin Santer NEW YORK: In a post on Truth Social earlier this month, Trump claimed that the National Academy of Sciences published “fraudulent, biased, and misleading Manuals on climate change.” He has now ordered “Federal Suspension and Debarment Officials” to review the organization’s conduct. Although he referred to...
By Nick Wright LONDON: When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited the exhibition marking the anniversary of the death of Italian Communist Party leader Enrico Berlinguer, her remarks, respectful in form but polemical in content, resulted in a sharp exchange with opposition figures. In recalling that Giorgio Almirante —...
By Dr. Gyan Pathak National Convention of Workers and Farmers has called for a nationwide protests on August 10 as part of immediate programme of action against the anti-workers and anti-farmers policies of the Union Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They have resolved organize demonstrations at state and...
By Anjan Roy The Iran-US war has dangerously escalated all of a sudden when there were indications of resumed talks between the combatants post a lull in US strikes over Iran. The extension of the conflict to a major oil producing country, Saudi Arabia, had pushed oil prices immediately...
By Paras Nath Singh Immediately after the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, which happened weeks after mass demonstrations by students all over India, an understanding was reached between representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (‘CJP’) and the Union of India through its two ministers, namely J.P. Nadda...
By Tirthankar Mitra The 20 rebel Lok Sabha members of Trinamool Congress, now under NCPI, are having an anxious time as the central BJP leadership has been continuously postponing its decision to admit them in BJP which the rebels are looking for. BJP high command has postponed scheduled meeting...
By Nilotpal Basu The outcome of the battle has been stunning. In a way, the energy, resilience and fortitude were unprecedented. Since the BJP-RSS led Modi Government has assumed office, arrogance and insularity has perfected an imperial style of governance which abhors accountability. In fact, the hollowing out of...
By T N Ashok MUMBAI: Two decades on, the burning of coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express remains one of the most fiercely contested mornings in independent India’s history. The Sabarmati Report, the 2024 Hindi thriller starring Vikrant Massey, Raashii Khanna and Riddhi Dogra, tries to dramatize that morning...
By Krishna Jha There has been discontent simmering among youth caused by the BJP government’s systematic attack on India’s education system, including against examinations for admissions and recruitments. The recent movement seeking resignation of the central education minister was one example of that when the government was forced to...
By Jag Mohan Thaken CHANDIGARH: Despite Central government’s assertions and forceful claims that the scientific studies, field validation and extensive real-world operating experience have shown that E20 is a safe, cleaner and technologically superior fuel when used in accordance with the prescribed specifications and manufacturer recommendations, why the usage...
By Nitya Chakraborty U.S. ambassador to India as also Trump’s special envoy for South Asia and Central Asia Sergio Gor will be visiting Dhaka on Thursday July 30 to have discussions with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as also other important ministers of the government including the foreign minister...