Last night’s week-end debate on CNN News involving three of its editors—Rahul Shiv Shankar, Anand Narasimhan, and Jacob Zakka—delved into the complexities surrounding the safety of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh amid recent unrest. The conversation, which exposed differing viewpoints, also underscored the broader discourse on religious persecution, regional politics, and media narratives. In this context,…
Pakistan, a nation once regarded as a strategic counterbalance in South Asia by global superpowers like the United States and China to check India’s rise, is now grappling with an unprecedented economic collapse that threatens its very existence. The country’s deepening crisis has sparked fears of potential disintegration as both internal and external pressures converge,…
With the election schedule for Jammu and Kashmir officially announced, the region stands at a significant political crossroads. All major political parties are actively engaged in intense strategizing, maneuvering through permutations and combinations to secure power after a decade-long gap. The last assembly elections were held in 2014, marking a significant shift in the region’s…
The Supreme Court’s decision to take cognizance of the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at KR Medical College in Kolkata, albeit delayed, is a welcome move. This action follows nationwide protests and is crucial given the increasing vulnerability of medical professionals not only in Kolkata but across the country. Despite multiple…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s ruling party, has announced the upcoming second phase of its membership drive. Already recognized as the world’s largest political party, with a staggering 18 crore members—equivalent to the population of Europe—the BJP aims to increase its membership by another 10 crore in the coming months. This ambitious target presents…
In a significant development, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah finds himself at the center of a political storm following Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s approval of an investigation into the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, a scandal involving a staggering Rs 4,000 crore. The complaint, raised by an RTI activist, casts a shadow over Siddaramaiah’s integrity,…
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR), the former IT Minister and son of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) supremo K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), has once again exhibited his characteristic arrogance by dismissing reports suggesting that his party’s merger with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is imminent. Despite suffering a significant setback in the last parliamentary elections, where…
In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmly declared his government’s intentions to implement a secular civil code in the form of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and establish One Nation One Election (ONOE). These initiatives are integral to his vision of transforming India into a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by the time it celebrates centenary…
The shocking incident at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, should be the final straw for the Union Home Ministry to invoke President’s Rule in West Bengal. The raid on early Thursday by an organized mob to ransack the hospital is a glaring…
India, the world’s largest democracy, marked 78 years of independence today, August 15, 2024. As the tricolour flutters with pride, it serves as a reminder of the nation’s remarkable journey since 1947, when it broke free from colonial shackles. Over the past seven decades, India has evolved from a newly independent nation with deep-rooted challenges…
