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Bengal border drive tightens deportation push
West Bengal’s campaign against undocumented migration from Bangladesh has moved into a sharper enforcement phase, with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari placing deportation, holding centres and border fencing at the centre of his government’s security agenda. State figures put the number of alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrants sent back so far...
Opposition bloc faces key Delhi test
Opposition leaders are meeting in New Delhi today to redraw the INDIA bloc’s political strategy after the exit of the DMK from the alliance framework and a weakened Trinamool Congress altered the balance inside the grouping ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament. The meeting at the Continental Club...
Youth protest reaches Jantar Mantar
Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday after police granted permission for a day-long demonstration, turning a viral youth-led online campaign over examination failures into its first major street mobilisation. The protest, allowed from 10am to 5pm, followed hours of uncertainty...
Opposition bloc faces widening alliance strain
Opposition unity under the Congress-led INDIA bloc has come under sharp pressure after the DMK moved away from a planned national strategy meeting, the Trinamool Congress was hit by open internal dissent and the Aam Aadmi Party continued to keep itself outside central seat-sharing arrangements. The strain has exposed...
Trump presses India over tariff imbalance
US President Donald Trump has sharpened pressure on New Delhi during trade negotiations, accusing India of benefiting for years from uneven market access while signalling that a bilateral agreement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government remains within reach. Trump, responding to a question on the talks, said India had...
Washington tariff threat tests India’s exporters
Washington’s proposal to impose an additional tariff of up to 12.5% on exports from India has opened a new front in trade negotiations, targeting a legal gap rather than a direct allegation that factories in India use forced labour. The action proposed by the United States Trade Representative places...
