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Hindu organizations, including RSS, BJP, VHP are silent on the scam at Ram Mandir. They would. It is expected of them. It is wrong to believe that they are maintaining silence out of shame and public outrage. It is also not the fact that they are silent as they don't yet know who is the perpetrator. Inside the saffron ecosystem.

In most countries, the question would sound absurd. "Can you prove you are a citizen?" A citizen reaches into a wallet, pulls out a passport and the conversation ends. Not in India anymore.

KOLKATA: In recent years, migration has become more difficult for Bangladeshi immigrants, in the context of unsettled economic/political conditions worldwide, the continuing Ukraine war and the US/Iran conflict. Somewhat worryingly for the present BNP Government it seems the hard times will continue for Bangladeshis as the situation in the country's 'near abroad' — Nepal and India — has also worsened sharply, migration-wise.

For decades, the conventional wisdom of Indian cinema was remarkably simple. Producers discovered stories, assembled stars, hired directors, raised money, marketed the film and hoped for a blockbuster. Actors merely performed the role assigned to them. The producer carried the financial burden while the star carried the audience's expectations. Over the last fifteen years, however, South Indian cinema has quietly rewritten that equation.

LONDON: Heavy on rhetoric, light on detail, Andy Burnham set out his vision for “change,” delivered symbolically from the People’s History Museum in Manchester this morning.

West Bengal’s first ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s resolve to rebuild the state to its “old glory” sounds good though reversing decades of economic stagnation and industrial decline remains an incredibly difficult challenge. Economically, West Bengal’s rank among Indian states has dropped from No.1 till the mid-1960s to below 10 now. Currently, even the 10th ranked Haryana counts more than 10,389 operating registered factories, serving as a major automotive, auto-component, and consumer goods manufacturing hub. Official statistics from the annual survey of industries indicate that West Bengal has only around 6,100 factories operating actively at any given time. Factory jobs are shrinking in traditional sectors. A severe talent paradox exists. Localized manufacturing in light engineering, food processing, and specialized textiles is actually facing massive mid-level technical vacancies.

On June 19, the Shiv Sena marked its 60th anniversary. Since its inception, in the past 60 years. The party has experienced several splits, with the latest occurring on June 26. Shiv Sena's 60th anniversary is contested by two factions—Thackeray's Sena (UBT) and Eknath Shinde's Sena—each claiming the party's original ideological legacy.

Former CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat has alleged that the eight rules published by the centre for the implementation of the new VB-GRAMG Act replacing MGNREGA have been set without having any consultations with rural and MGNREGA workers associations. She has mentioned that the rules of the central ministry go a step further than even the flawed VB-GRAMG law in excluding the voice of the workers and their problems.

The ink on the Islamabad Memorandum was barely dry when missiles and drones began flying again across the Persian Gulf. A week of tit-for-tat strikes between Washington and Tehran, compounded by Israel's relentless pounding of Lebanon, has exposed the US-Iran ceasefire of June 2026 as a fragile construct held together more by diplomatic exhaustion than by genuine strategic convergence.

In the just concluded G7 Summit, in addition to the seven member states, several other countries—including India, Brazil, South Korea, Kenya, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—were invited to participate. This may reflect a growing realization among the G7 powers that their global dominance is no longer as unchallenged as it once was. As their influence gradually declines, they find it increasingly necessary to engage emerging powers. Yet, despite this changing reality, these countries continue to pursue a worldview rooted in an imperialist outlook.