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Opinion: With Trinamool Exodus, Bengal's Political Culture Enters New Phase
The Trinamool exodus is no ordinary wave of opportunism. It reflects the deep-seated political culture of West Bengal, where power has historically concentrated in one party.
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Opinion | An Indian-Origin Sikh, A Dead Teenager: The Murder That Has Set Britain On Fire
The horrific details came to light last week when a court sentenced the 23-old-old Vickrum Digwa, a British-born man of Indian Sikh heritage, to life imprisonment.
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Opinion | The Story Of A Hotel Check-In, And An India That No Longer Exists
Recently, a Muslim BJP leader was denied a room in a hotel in Aurangabad. Therein lie both the tragedy and the irony of our times.
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Opinion: Occupation, Oppression, Outburst Of A People's Movement In PoK
The agitation in PoK and the attention it is attracting around the world is a massive blow to the Pakistani narrative on Jammu and Kashmir.
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Opinion: Courage Or Folly? Inside Rahul Gandhi's Big Madhya Pradesh Gamble
How the Congress chose confrontation over compromise, even at the risk of going one down in the Rajya Sabha
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Opinion | A Fauji's Salute To India's Longest-Serving Prime Minister
The year was 2013. I had just returned to my ooru (village) after serving the Indian Army. Like many young Indians of my generation, I stood at a crossroads. I knew I wanted to continue serving the nation, but I was still searching for the path through which I could do so. The country too stood at a crossroads. Across India, there was a growing ...
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Opinion | Punjab And Its Discontents: How The Akali Factions Are Faring
Its votebank has crashed from 35% to 13%, and its seat share in the state assembly has declined from 58 to three since 2012.
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Opinion | Why India Appointed A Non-Muslim Ambassador To Saudi Arabia, For First Time Ever
It breaks the established convention since 1948 of sending a Muslim ambassador to the country.
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Opinion | The Most Accurate Prediction About Trinamool? An MS Aiyar 'Joke', From 1997
Towards the end of 1998, Mani Shankar Aiyar briefly tried the Trinamool experiment. He did not stay long. But while leaving, he offered a diagnosis that holds true even today.
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Opinion | America Has Never, Ever Looked This Humiliated: The Story Of A Superpower's Fall
America's position was not this weak until recently; in fact, it was riding high. Then it chose to make all the wrong choices, and turned into a 'superpower' no one takes seriously anymore.
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MHT CET Result 2026 Highlights: Check PCM Result Date, Scorecard Download Link
MHT CET 2026 PCM Result is expected soon at cetcell.mahacet.org. Check how to download scorecard, latest updates, exam details and PCB result statistics.
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Opinion | A Life Pledged To India: PM Modi's Historic Democratic Milestone
No government in a vibrant democracy should be beyond scrutiny, and this one has never sought to be. But on the measures it chose to be judged by, the years since 2014 will rank among the most consequential in the history of the Republic.
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Opinion | The Many Meanings Of A 'Banana Republic'
A Banana Republic was where institutions went to die, where narrative-building often became a government's most effective tool of governance.
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Opinion | The Chinese Are Using LinkedIn 'Jobs' To Spy On Countries. Is India Prepared?
A recent report throws light on how Chinese operatives frequently disguise themselves as representatives of private consultancies, research institutions, or human resource firms, posting seemingly legitimate job opportunities for foreign policy, defe
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Opinion | Why Trump's Attention Is Quickly Becoming Pak's Biggest Headache
Pakistan's real challenge may not be winning Trump's attention - that it has certainly been successful at. It may be surviving the consequences of that.
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Opinion | Ignored By Rahul, Haunted By Pilot: Inside Ashok Gehlot's Grand Meltdown
Going by Gehlot's outburst, it remains unclear who he is accusing of 'conspiring'. But the 75-year-old seems to be getting uneasy about his growing irrelevance in the party.
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Opinion | Vasu Dada Shroff To Yusuff Ali MA, The Indian Entrepreneurs Helped Build Dubai
Recently, when Vasu Shroff died at the age of 85 on April 26, Dubai did not simply lose a businessman. It lost one of the early figures who had helped give the Indian community in the city a sense of permanence.
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Opinion | How A Photograph in Delhi Says Something Important About Trump's America
During her visit to New Delhi this week, Venezuela's Delcy Rodrguez, met US Ambassador Sergio Gor. Had the meeting taken place in Washington or Caracas, it would have attracted little attention. In Delhi, however, it carried a different significance.
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After Bengal Defeat, Is Mamata Banerjee Preparing For National Politics?
Mamata Banerjee has always been known as a leader who carefully calculates her political timing. She does not take steps impulsively, especially after a major electoral setback. That is why her recent shift toward more Delhi-centric politics is now becoming one of the most discussed developments in national opposition politics. The question many...
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Opinion | The Kashmir Nobody Mentions - And How Pakistan Is Quietly Profiting From That
Recent elections in Gilgit Baltistan - and the protest note India had to issue for them - lay bare concerning but oft-ignored realities.
