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The Supreme Court vacation bench’s observation that the “heavens are not going to fall” if petitions seeking an independent investigation into the alleged misappropriation of donations to the Ayodhya Ram Temple waited for the regular judicial process was an unfortunate choice of words. The bench may have been procedurally justified in declining an urgent hearing, but its rhetorical dismissal failed to recognise the extraordinary moral, institutional and political dimensions of the controversy.

Unemployment rate in million-plus cities is higher under the usual status at 4.9 per cent compared to 4.8 per cent in urban India, while stark inequality in earnings also persists among various categories – such as casual and regular wage workers within, and in comparison to both areas.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The V. D. Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Government cannot escape the responsibility for the Wayanad debris slip tragedy which has so far claimed seven lives.

In the pursuit of gaining strength in the Parliament of India – both in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – the ruling BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has adopted a national political strategy of splitting the opposition political parties, that has reached its height of shamelessness on July 9, 2026 creating a feeling of deeper disgust among lovers of democracy and fair ethical and moral politics. The party has renominated three TMC leaders for Rajya Sabha, who had resigned from the House between June 8 and 11.

Pakistan-administered Kashmir has once again emerged as one of South Asia's most politically volatile regions. What began as protests over soaring electricity bills, inflation and governance has now evolved into a broader political movement questioning the relationship between Islamabad and the territory it officially calls "Azad Jammu and Kashmir" (AJK).

Democracy has no space for blind surrender. The right to dissent makes media the fourth estate, with its sanctity under Article 19(1)(a) in the Constitution of our country. Every citizen has the right to freedom of speech, and despite this constitutional safeguard, the effective exercise of this right in India under the BJP rule faces daunting challenges today.

The internet is rocking. It's not Trump with his strikes on Iran breaking the ceasefire. It's not India PM Narendra Modi getting another great civilian award from Australia or New Zealand. It's the Vertical Screen Melodrama — VSM — that set the internet on fire just as Facebook, Instagram did when they made them.

The Loot of the huge funds and jewelleries from the coffers of Ram Mandir Trust has led to intensification of factional battles between the VHP and the RSS on the one hand and the RSS-BJP on the other. Interestingly, insiders say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken his position supporting the VHP as against the RSS in this tussle within the Hindutva eco-system.

Monsoon flooded large part of the country during the first eight days of July with 42 per cent above-normal rainfall causing heavy loss of lives and property. Rain deficit in June was 40 per cent. Northwest, central and western India suffered from the excess rains. The eastern, northeastern and central regions suffered the most from deficit rainfall. The deficient rainfall in June and heavy rainfall in the first week of July have thus created multiple challenges and put the country’s preparedness to test.

KOLKATA: Prabhas Mondal's death in police firing in Baruipur in West Bengal on early Wednesday after he allegedly tried to escape snatching fire arm from a policeman is a major police administration lapse. The deceased was an accused in the rape and murder of a minor. His killing signals the adoption of the first BJP led state government in Bengal of the encounter policy of the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.