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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The stage is set for an absorbing electoral race between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the by-election to the Nilambur assembly constituency in Kerala. The by-election has been necessitated by the exit of PV Anvar from...
Bihar Congress Organisational Meeting Revealed Fissures Over Dalits Issue
By Arun Srivastava It was a meeting with difference. Usually the organisational meetings are held to project a leader or strategize the policies and ideas. But the June 15 meeting convened by Krishna Allavaru, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi and in-charge of Bihar where Assembly elections, turned out...
The Capitalist Social Order Has Always Been Based On Subjugation And Violence
By Krishna Jha It was in the decade of 1840s, dominated by strikes and struggles and signified by upheavals and uprisings. Among them the most popular but brutally suppressed one that remained alive only for four days – but has kept echoing even after almost two centuries — was...
The Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede Leads Us To Rethink Crowd Safety
By Tarun, Anamika Shukla June 3, 2025 marks the end of an eighteen year wait for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (‘RCB’) to be crowned champions of Indian Premier League (‘IPL’) 2025. On June 4, an open bus victory was organised by the RCB management, DNA Event Management and the Karnataka...
Was Israeli Strike Against Iran A Part Of Donald Trump’s Game Plan?
By Nitya Chakraborty Israeli missile strikes against Teheran and Iran’s counter offensive entered its fifth day on June 17 Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically cutting short his stay in Canada for G-7 meeting for Washington indicating that he would be busy in peace moves in the next...
Intensification Of Minority Pushback In Assam Sparks Outrage
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Intensification of minority pushback drive after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s reaffirmation during the special session of the Legislative Assembly of the State held on June 9, 2025, that his government will not halt the pushback drive against alleged Bangladeshi infiltrators, has sparked the...
After Instigating Israeli Attacks Against Iran, Trump Is Working For Truce Between The Two
By Sushil Kutty President Donald Trump is leading the attack on Iran. This much is clear when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there were two assassination attempts on President Trump by Iranians, once when he was campaigning and the bullet nicked his now famous ear! Then at the...
Akhilesh-Rahul Pact Has Boosted Morale Of Opposition In Uttar Pradesh
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav’s announcement that his party will contest as part of INDIA alliance in 2027 assembly has boosted the morale of opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh. While addressing the office-bearers and leaders of Samajwadi Party minority cell at party headquarters Akhilesh...
India’s Platform Workers Deserve A New Lease On Their Social Security
By Gayatri Singh, Akhil Surya As new and myriad forms of employment come into play, it is essential that we critically rethink what a “traditional employer-employee relationship” means and analyse these forms by broadly interpreting an “employment relationship” under the existing labour laws. In India, the Industrial Disputes Act,...
Bank Rate Cut By RBI Will Have Little Impact On Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee With the country’s consumer price inflation rate hovering around 3.20 percent in the last two years, the Reserve Bank of India’s latest decision to cut the bank rate by 50 basis points, the third consecutive reduction since February this year, may be understandable. However, it seems...
Implementation Of 33 Per Cent Women Reservation To Take Place From 2029 Polls
By Kalyani Shankar The Modi government’s recent announcement of the Census date as March 2027, before the implementation of a 33 per cent quota for women in Parliament and State legislatures in 2029 polls, has been welcomed by women. This is not just a step but a monumental leap...
Backbreaking Price Rise For Poor Is Not Reflected In India’s Inflation Data
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Only a few days ago on June 12, 2025, the Union Government released its inflation data based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May, 2025, and said that the year-on-year headline inflation of the country declined to 2.82 per cent (provisional) over May, 2024. It...
Massive Protest Rallies Against Trump Overshadow His Birthday And Army Day Festivities
By T N Ashok WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump celebrated his 79th birthday in June 14, Saturday with much pomp and fanfare befitting only emperors and kings as Heavy tanks, armoured vehicles and thousands of soldiers showcasing all military eras marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that...
Israel Has Degraded Iran’s Missile Infra And Neutralised Early Warning System
By Asad Mirza Iran and Israel continued their military strikes against each other for a fourth straight day (June 16). Last night, Iran targetted the northern Israeli port city of Haifa. As Israel’s defence system intercepted Iran’s ballistic missiles, two hypersonic missiles reportedly hit Haifa, causing several injuries, according...
Trump Not Unhappy At Israeli Missile Strikes Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
By Sushil Kutty Another ‘war’ and we have balcony seats, some front row ones, and it doesn’t matter so long as you aren’t in danger of catching a missile, forget the odd ‘enemy drone’ which escaped the iron dome or the Iranian shield, which folks say works considerably less...
Can Zohran Mamdani Expand Democratic Socialist Base In American Politics?
By Bhaskar Sunkara NEW YORK: A little over a year ago, I organized a meeting in New York City between a visiting member of Congress and a handful of local activists from across the Left. Among those present was New York Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani wasn’t the most...
ANI’s De Facto Monopoly In Govt Media Work Is Dangerous To Democracy
By Avani Bansal Videos from the recent all party delegation to different countries on the India-Pakistan conflict had one thing in common – Asian News Agency’s (‘ANI’) logo. So a question naturally arises – can one news agency (ANI), which is a private company (unlike some others such as...
All Eyes On What Iran Does To Oil Traffic Through Strait Of Hormuz
By K Raveendran Israel’s strike against Iran has reignited a familiar tension in global energy markets, sending oil prices climbing into the mid-$70 per barrel range. The impact is not just visible in the numbers, but in the broader nervousness sweeping across energy trading floors and geopolitical circles alike....
