“A 5-day long Sharadiya Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangladesh Hindu Community ended peacefully through the immersion of deities at different water bodies, on 2024 Oct 13..It…
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri concluded a one-day visit to Dhaka, on Dec 9, meeting Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh’s Interim Government. (Photo by DD). The meeting, some…
Bangladesh Assistant High Commission office in Agartala was attacked on December 2 by Hindutva hordes… Frenzied up by misinformation, ”thousands of people took out a massive rally to the mission”…
Bangladesh says, ‘ We are probing if there is any conspiracy both at home and abroad to destabilize the interim government’,even as India indulges in brazen intervention in the internal…
Bangladesh Hindus participate in a rally demanding that an interim government withdraw all cases against their leaders and protect them from attacks and harassment, in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Nov. 1, 2024.…
The Sanatan Jagran Manch, Bangladesh, on Oct 25 Friday, organised a massive rally at the historic Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong, where thousands of Hindus came together to demand minority rights…
The one-man committee of Justice K Chandru handed over its 600-page report to the the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin (second from Right) on June 18, 2024. Three…
On the role of religion in politics, participants at a student-led round-table at The Daily Star, critically examined the influence of religion on political dynamics in Bangladesh. They emphasised that…
Hundreds of students from Dhaka, Chattogram and districts in between were seen marching towards Feni on August 22 last. They travelled in trucks, with speedboats and life jackets, on a…
On 5 August Sheikh Hasinaof Bangladesh resigned from the post of prime minister and went to India. The next day the parliament was dissolved. On 8 August the interim government…
That is the message they left behind for democrats and revolutionaries in India “It is a constitutional autocracy,” veteran communist revolutionaries, T Nagi Reddy and DV Rao, told a special…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 20 Thursday met with a bipartisan United States Congressional delegation, led by Congressman Michael McCaul, that had met the Dalai Lama the previous day.…
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's election was set aside by the Allahabad High Court’s Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha on June 12. It was on this day in 1975 that the Court passed…
“Election Commission (EC) is behaving like BJP’s puppet,” complained many including the Congress. “EC has emerged as a significant loser in this election,” said a senior fellow of CPR, referring…
A BJP election rally in Salem: It was Modi’s sixth visit to Tamil Nadu, on March 19, 2024. Dr Ramadoss' PMK had just joined hands with BJP. Modi is flanked…
Photo Courtesy narendramodi.in: Modi addressed election rallies in both Telugu states that will cast vote on May 13. Photo is of rally at NDA Rally in Rajahmundry, AP, on May…
Several Hindu communities, not to speak of Muslims, came out against the then BJP government’s decision (of March 24, 2023) to remove the 4% quota to Muslims, and allocate it…
Modi’s charisma is a myth, and BJP banks on corrupt political families to make a dent in the South Modi embraces Yeddyurappa, former CM of Karnataka, who was earlier expelled…
Modi hates and targets Nehru and his dynasty, but emulates them by continuing in Commonwealth: Modi with British Queen Elizabeth II, its figurehead, during Commonwealth Summit, London, in April 2018.…
"There is a great need of someone with sufficient courage to tell Indians - beware of Parliamentary Democracy, it is not the best product, as it appeared to be". “Parliamentary Democracy is…in…
‘Parliamentary Democracy is…in reality a government of a hereditary subject class by a hereditary ruling class’, said in 1943, Dr. BR Ambedkar, who is celebrated as a key founder of…
Thousands of farmers, most of them from Punjab, are seeking to enter the capital Delhi. Feb 16 all India shut down or Bharat Bandh, including this time a 'Grameen Bharat…
Kamegowda was nicknamed ‘Adhunika Bhagiratha’ by local villagers for his tireless efforts in digging 17 ponds over the last 40 years. The 84-year-old Kamegowda shot to fame after Prime Minister…
The big media, fed by the West, manufactures news about Taiwan. It always reports thus: “ Taiwan which China claims as part of its territory,” a cliche. It hides the…
More shocking is this: Despite High Court orders, a CB-CID probe and CM’s assurances in the legislature to nab the culprits, attention of National Commission for Scheduled Castes, no arrests…
The state visit to Vietnam by Xi Jinping is the most significant political event in China-Vietnam relations this year, and has achieved tremendous success, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
In a background, wherein ‘reforms’ are ever more turning reactionary and beefing up the reactionary ruling classes,that we look back on Bhagat Singh’s revolutionary viewpoint on caste question. We feel…
Map Courtesy : A.G. NOORANI, The Truth About 1962 (frontline.thehindu.com) November 21 of 1962 was the day China had declared unilateral ceasefire. The war that commenced on Oct 20 had…
There has been a big furore in India, for over a week now, about a map released by China. One can see that it is a “standard map” of…
A 17-year-old Dalit student Chinnadurai, and his 14-year-old sister were attacked with sickles, at 10:30 pm on August 9 at his house, by six minors in Nanguneri in Tamil Nadu’s…
Map Courtesy/ EU DisinfoLab. In 2019, the Lab uncovered a vast network of 265 coordinated fake local media outlets in 65 countries serving Indian interests, as well as multiple dubious…
A full page Ad in US media, covering Modi’s current visit to USA, urged India: “ free the press.” It features photos of some Indian journalists-writers harassed and imprisoned,…
‘Aatmanirbhar and indigenous’ in Defence : Camouflage for Adani’s deep penetration? The Defence sector is increasingly a happy hunting ground for private sector, including foreign capital. Adani too made a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Aero India 2023, the Runway to Billion Opportunities. It "is a wonderful platform to showcase the unlimited potential our country has in defence and…
Opening Pandora's Box of CAA in northeast : Chakmas and Hajongs Protest in Jantar Mantar, Delhi, on January 8, 2023, against cancellation of Residential Proof Certificate (RPC) by the…
The whole length of the Himalayan border, not just Uttarakhand, now in news because of Joshimath disaster, faces the risk. “Multi-hazard risk is expected to increase in the Hindu Kush…
Courtesy: timesofindia.com. “Historically, people in the north-east haven’t worshipped Ram as a deity...Hundreds of saffron activists quietly hit the streets to bring the people of the north-east on the…
India's Prime Minister Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Welcoming Dinner during G20 Leaders' Summit, 15th November 2022, in Badung, Bali. (Photo | PTI) It was the first…
Map of western sector of LAC, with different claim lines. On July 1, 1954, Nehru wrote a directive ordering the withdrawal of "all our old maps dealing with the frontier…
The Mac Mahon Line drawn by the British was never accepted by China, even in the pre-Communist era, even a century ago when it was drawn. It was a…
This is part-1 of a Review of the recent, India-China December 9 clash. Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) statement on the December 9 clash between Indian and Chinese troops at…
India-China war of 1962 ended in late November 1962, 60 years ago, by an unilateral ceasefire declared by China despite having an upper hand in the battle field. China had…
Real wage growth indices in G20 countries, 2008-13, (2008=100) Source: Estimates based on NBS: National Data; and ILO: Global Wage Database. *** *** Media across the world and India is…
(This is part-1 of a two-part article on Emergency, formal and Undeclared.) “People lost even right to life during Emergency” said Prime Minister Modi, in the 90th episode…
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, center, who resigned on May 9, seen with his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who three days before in a Cabinet meeting, pressed for the…
Melavalavu massacre, on June 30, 1997, is a landmark case that haunts Tamilnadu polity for over two decades, and hence merits a relook. Panchayat president Murugesan, vice president Mookan, along…
Vishnupriya (in the photo), aged 27, a woman police officer of DSP rank, dalit by birth, was found hanging at her official residence in Tiruchengode (Tamilnadu) on 18th September 2015.…
Yuvaraj, at the Madurai district court, was recently, on 5th March, 2022, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder (in June, 2015) of Gokulraj , for being friends with a…
A screengrab from the video showing a dozen men lowering the dead body of N. Kuppan. Courtesy: India today, August 22, 2019. There are still cases “ where the dalits …
300 Dalits were murdered in Tamil Nadu between 2016 and 2020 This is a sad story on ‘Honour killings’ in Tamilnadu, the land of ‘self-respect movement,’ being published on December…
“Communist Victory in Beijing, China “ (photo by Andre Vltchek) In this review article, we remember Andre Vltchek who passed away last year Sep 22, was a friend of all…
The Nizam taking oath as Raj Pramukh, the first governor, of Hyderabad state on January 26, 1950.He continued in the post until 1956 October. The recalcitrant Nizam of Hyderabad ((Right in…
MEA’s statement Aug 31 said Indian envoy Deepak Mittal met Sher Mohd Abbas Stanekzai, Head of Taliban’s Political Office, in Doha that day, in the first formal exchange. India’s concerns…
This is a review, in two parts, of some aspects of the All-Party Meeting on Afghanistan August 26, convened by the Modi-led Indian govt. This Part-1deals with India’s foreign policy…
This is Part-1 of a two-part article. This part shows how peace and tranquility at LAC is sought to be restored, in spite of a rare clash at Galwan last…
Bikinis are a mandatory part of female handball players’ dress code. In contrast, male players wear shorts. Similar sexist discrimination prevails almost in all events. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, a retired…
“Relief to thieves, and Thousands of Crores of Rupees Loss to Government and Public,” says Swadeshi (SJM) leader, on Modi Govt Bill . Modi’s “swadeshi” regime passes Bill to benefit…
We are supposedly natural allies: the Biggest (Indian) and greatest (US) “democracies”, sharing the same values, it is claimed. People know and see how US has been fighting for…
Modi on April 19 announced "liberalised vaccine pricing” policy. "Private vaccination providers shall transparently declare their self-set vaccination price.” This is part-2 of a two-part article, dealing with Politics And…
US announcement to discuss IPR relaxation came as Modi regime, a QUAD ally, was gasping for political breath after election setbacks, and an oxygen crisis in India. In a sudden…
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