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Jagannath Dham literally means the “Abode of the Lord of the World”. Sri Jagannatha Temple at Puri is called Jagannath Dham, since it is abode of Jagannath, Krishna, who was one of the ten incarnations of Vishnu in Hindu mythology.BJP led government of Odisha has expressed its intention on Sunday, May 4 to send a letter to Bengal government led by another political party TMC requesting her to stop referring the Jagannath Temple at Digha as Jagannath Dham. It has given a new twist to Jagannath Dham controversy. Do Lord Jagannath devotees among non-BJP Hindus need special permission from BJP or their governments permission to build an abode (dham) for Jagannath anywhere else than BJP’s bigotry permits?

Well before RSS could strike at the fundamentals of the INDIA bloc and make it dysfunctional at the block level before the assembly elections in Bihar by the end of 2025,, the INDIA bloc retaliated and stuck hard at the saffron ecosystem at its third coordination committee meeting held in Patna on Sunday by announcing its plan to contest all the 243 assembly seats jointly and intensify grassroots-level engagement ahead of the election to be held in November this year.

'Abir Gulaal' was Indian actress Vaani Kapoor’s film till Pahalgam became a terrorist blockbuster. Paired with Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, Vaani was looking forward to a block-buster release for ‘Abir Gulaal’, but it didn’t play out quite like she thought, indicating that there’s more to India-Pakistan ties than a romantic pairing of Indian and Pakistani actors.

KOLKATA: Anger against and blaming it all on the Union home ministry are conspicuous in the resolution adopted by Meitei organisations on Saturday May 3 to mark the second anniversary of the widespread Manipur ethnic violence that broke out on May 3, 2023on the issue of ST status for the Meiteis who inhabit the Valley in the small state and account for 53 per cent of its population (as per the last census held in 2011).

Since 2021, seizing power yet again after a gap of 20 years, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers were termed as ‘pariahs’ and shunned by the international community, but recently the hard-line militants have notched up some big wins in their diplomatic efforts to forge international ties.

KOLKATA: It is an open secret that West Bengal unit of BJP is a divided house. Another yawning crack in it is discernible post former state chief Dilip Ghosh's visit to the inauguration ceremony of Jagannath temple in Digha at chief minister Mamata Banerjee's invitation.

India is intensifying its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, with efforts now underway to push for Islamabad’s re-listing on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. This renewed push, backed by an unusually strong expression of support from the Trump-led U.S. administration, marks a strategic escalation by New Delhi to hold Pakistan accountable for its continued complicity in cross-border terrorism.

The two-months workers’ campaign against the new labour codes and privatization of public sector undertakings, that began on March 18, 2025 at the National Convention of workers in New Delhi with a call for an all India workers strike on May 20, has been getting wider support from workers, farmers, employees unions, and federations of various sectors including bank and insurance. Left political parties have also fully supported the strike. Farmers unions are also backing it. Chakka Jam for few hours have also been planned during which road transport and railway movements will be stopped.

Britain’s politics witnessed a shakeout leaning towards far right as the pro-Trump Nikel Farage’s Reform Party UK trounced both the entrenched Tories and the Labour Party in the local council elections held on Thursday signalling the arrival of new leader Nikel Farage who triumphantly announced after the results were out on Friday that’ there are no Tories, We are the opposition. We will form the next government”.

Munir Ahmed is the fifth happiest man in Jammu & Kashmir. The four others are the ones who have escaped the dragnet. The four (five?) who shot dead 26 Indians and a Nepal national in the Pahalgam meadow. These terrorists continue to elude security including CRPF personnel. Ahmed is also CRPF but his happiness stems from the relief his Pakistani wife got from the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.