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Delimitation : Will BJP Get More Power After Boundary Changes?
Poonam Sharma
India is about to embark on a delimitation exercise that will redraw the country’s electoral map, a process that has always carried profound political implications. Basically, delimitation is the process of equalizing the…
Political discourse and the erosion of democratic civility in India
Poonam Sharma
The case of Rahul Gandhi
In the Indian political landscape, the tone and language used by leaders, especially opposition leaders, are under a microscope. Recently, a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress, Rahul…
Parliament Must Reclaim the Lost Hours
India’s Parliament is not merely a chamber for passing legislation; it is the country’s principal forum for argument, scrutiny and democratic accountability. That is why the conclusion of the 2026 Monsoon Session deserves to be assessed…
Parliament Must Function: Democracy Cannot Remain a Casualty of Political Deadlock
By Dr. Kumar Rakesh
The repeated disruptions in Parliament have once again raised an important question: Can democracy truly serve the people if the House itself is prevented from functioning?
According to sources, during the Business…
Why FCRA is Giving Jitters to the US Senate
Alok Lahad
New Delhi: A routine domestic law meant to regulate foreign money flowing into Indian non-governmental organisations has suddenly become a bipartisan talking point on Capitol Hill. Both Republican and Democratic senators have…
Meta’s ‘Algorithmic Glitch’: The Tipping Point for Social Media’s Wild West Era
By Alok Lahad
NEW DELHI — To understand how a single computer glitch in Silicon Valley triggered a diplomatic crisis in New Delhi, one must first understand the invisible legal shield that built the modern internet: "Safe Harbour."…
Ceuta Invasion: Was Pedro Sánchez punished for his adventurism?
Alok Lahad
2 August 2026, Ceuta/Barcelona: In the last days of July 2026, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta experienced a migration surge of a scale not seen in modern times. Tens of thousands of people, mostly young men, crossed from Morocco…
Prolonged ‘Compulsory Waiting’ of Tripura’s Senior Most IAS Officer Raises Humanitarian…
Jayanta Debnath
The prolonged compulsory waiting of senior IAS officer Barun Kumar Sahu (1992 batch) has emerged as a matter of growing humanitarian concern, with administrative sources claiming that the nearly three-year period without…
Ceuta’s Night of Chaos: How a Mass Border Surge Exposed Spain’s Migration Fault Lines
Alok Lahad
Ceuta / Madrid — 1 August 2026: In the final days of July, the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta experienced one of the most dramatic migration events in recent European history. Within roughly twenty-four to forty-eight hours,…
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Hero Brigadier BK Ponwar Passes Away, Tripura Remembers a…
— Obituary by Brigadier (Retired) Sarvesh Dutt Dangwal
Agartala, 28th July: Brigadier Basant K Ponwar (Retd), VSM, a decorated veteran of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, former DIG of the 21 Sector Assam Rifles in Agartala, and one…