Author: Tirthankar Mitra
Without a single Congress legislator in West Bengal Legislative Assembly post 2021 elections hopes of the Grand Old Party making its presence felt in 2026 polls appears slim. A growing rift between the Congress and Trinamool Congress at national level will prevent the Congress of being a power to reckon with in the next year’s election in the state.
Once poised to sweep Trinamool Congress from its perch of ruling party in West Bengal, the state unit of BJP appears to be a pale shadow of itself. Even after Samik Bhattacharya replaced Sukanta Majumdar as state unit chief, the former. continues to be a divided house ..
Grasping sense and sensibility that was typical of the ’70s, Deewar turns 50 with a quiet distinction.
After having worked out an electoral alliance with Congress since 2016 Assembly polls, the CPI(M) wants the other political outfit to make the first overtures for a poll pact in 2025 Assembly elections.
With 2026 Assembly elections inching closer, West Bengal unit of Congress finds itself at a crossroads. It has to make a choice betwern going for an electoral alliance with the state’s ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress or revive it’s poll pact with the CPI(M)-led Left Front with which it has been hitching it’s band wagon since 2016 Assembly elections.
Jana Aranya (The Middleman) inarguably the bleakest of Satyajit Ray’s films is five decades young. Looking back on its turning 50 the director shows he was in pace with the prevailing times as his anguish bursts into almost every frame.
India England cricket test series has ended in a 2-2 draw. The honours are even.
How much India should trade with any country must be guided by its national interest. No diktat from any country should govern it as it would amount to sacrificing its right to govern itself.
India beginning to issue tourist visas to Chinese nationals after a gap of five years is much more than a bureaucratic gesture. It is a diplomatic signal to improve relations.
United States President Donald Trump has imposed 25 per cent tariff on India’s goods. The imposition will start from August 1 Trump cited India’s “high trade barriers” and purchase of arms from Russia in a message in his X-handle. India is a “friend”, the US President stated who has imposed some of the highest tariffs on United States and maintained “obnoxious” non-monetary trade barriers. Continuing in the same vein, Trump stated ” Remember, while India is our friend, we have over the years done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high among the highest in…