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KOLKATA: The goal of the national leadership of BJP to attain majority in Rajya Sabha to enable it to pass Bills is eroding its credibility in West Bengal at a time when the first saffron state government is firmly in the saddle. Things have gone from bad to worse after some senior BJP leaders accused their party to be not unlike from Trinamool Congress flinging charges of extortion at it.

Andy Burnham entered Downing Street on July 20, 2026, without winning a general election. He inherits a stagnant economy, a fractured Labour Party, and an anxious relationship with Washington, Beijing and Brussels alike. History suggests unelected prime ministers can govern effectively - but only if they move fast.

While wishing acting legend Naseeruddin Shah a Happy Birthday on turning 76 and looking so young, we celebrate his cinematic career with this article by mentioning that as JRD TATA in the OTT serial TITAN the Story, he looked, walked, talked like the legend JRD TATA. I was immensely pleased by his portrayal of the great industrialist who built modern India.

Cockroach Janata Party movement was reported in a section of media as one of the reasons for abrupt removal of Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha on Friday July 17, 2026, who was replaced by Anurag Kumar. A day after, in the early hours of Saturday July 18, 2026, Delhi Police removed the activist on hunger strike for 21 days by force from the protest site and shifted him to Safdarjung Hospital, purportedly on the Delhi High Court Order to save his life. Government claimed this operation “smooth” but Delhi Police admitted in its statement that “slight commotion ensued” and said “we request the protestors at Jantar Mantar to peacefully vacate the place at the earliest.”

The expanding war around Iran has moved beyond the stage at which India can regard it as a dangerous but geographically contained conflict. The latest military deployments, repeated waves of American strikes and Iran’s threats of larger retaliation point towards a prolonged contest whose economic consequences may ultimately prove more damaging than the battlefield destruction. For New Delhi, the central concern is no longer merely whether crude oil prices rise sharply on a particular day. It is whether the physical availability of oil, gas and shipping capacity begins to shrink faster than governments can compensate.

India's digital commerce industry has reached an inflection point. What began barely two decades ago with a handful of online bookstores and travel portals has today grown into a multi-layered ecosystem worth hundreds of billions of dollars, touching almost every aspect of daily life—from shopping and food delivery to mobility, financial services, healthcare, logistics, tourism and artificial intelligence.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no denying it. The opposition to the Chief Minister V D Satheesan’s style of functioning is gathering momentum within the Congress itself.

KOLKATA: Fencing of the India-Myanmar border in trouble-torn Manipur remains a tough job for the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) as the task is not merely of demarcating the boundaries but also of thwarting the recurring challenges that the Indian security agencies face from insurgent movement, drug trafficking and illegal migration.

LONDON: British politics has once again demonstrated why it remains one of the most unpredictable democracies in the world. Barely two years after leading Labour to one of its biggest electoral victories in modern history, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is leaving 10 Downing Street as the 6th prime minister after — David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.

WASHINGTON: Even before his 20-minute speech blaming his 2020 election loss on everyone but himself and his own administration, President Donald Trump’s primetime “election fraud” broadcast got some pretty bad reviews.