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Manash Ghosh | How, in 1971, BSF Foiled Kissinger Plot on Bangladesh

Manash Ghosh | How, in 1971, BSF Foiled Kissinger Plot on Bangladesh

How an alert morning walker in Calcutta (now Kolkata) averted a Nicolas Maduro-type covert regime change and kidnapping...

27 March 2026 3:14 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | In Bihar, When Netas Move, Babus Follow

Dilip Cherian | In Bihar, When Netas Move, Babus Follow

Is this unusual? Somewhat. India has no shortage of capable former babus, but very few manage to stay in circulation at...

27 March 2026 3:08 AM IST

Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran who is contesting as an independent candidate greeting voters at a polling booth during voting for the Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Supplementary’ SIR Row; LPG Pressure Amidst War

West Bengal voter lists row raises concerns over poll fairness

25 March 2026 10:21 PM IST

Kamal Davar | Conflict in Mideast Needs To End Now… Let Gandhi’s Land Take the Initiative!

Kamal Davar | Conflict in Mideast Needs To End Now… Let Gandhi’s Land...

Strikes near Strait of Hormuz disrupt oil flow, markets hit

25 March 2026 10:04 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Persian Lesson: Can US & Iran Find A Way Out?

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Persian Lesson: Can US & Iran Find A Way Out?

The US and Israel hoped to bring Iran to its knees with an air offensive alone, as the terrain is highly unsuitable for...

24 March 2026 10:25 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | NIA’s Arrest Of 6 Foreigners Exposes Plot To Hit India In N-E

Pradeep C. Nair | NIA’s Arrest Of 6 Foreigners Exposes Plot To Hit...

Ukraine’s ambassador to India, Oleksandr Polishchuk, handed over an official note of protest demanding the immediate...

24 March 2026 10:08 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Can Iran ‘Win’? Will US Agree To Tehran’s Terms & Do Right Thing?

Aakar Patel | Can Iran ‘Win’? Will US Agree To Tehran’s Terms & Do...

Why do I want Iran to win? At the most basic level, it is the underdog in the fight against two nuclear-armed opponents,...

23 March 2026 10:26 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Trump & Bibi: Diminishing Dividends Of Belligerence…

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Trump & Bibi: Diminishing Dividends Of...

Hamas’ political leader Ismael Haniyeh was killed in an Israel bombing in Tehran in July 31, 2024. On September 9, 2025,...

23 March 2026 9:57 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Beyond ‘Blue Book’ Rules and Protocol: How Statesmen Can Uphold Constitution

Bhopinder Singh | Beyond ‘Blue Book’ Rules and Protocol: How Statesmen...

Protocol breach in West Bengal sparks debate on constitutional roles

22 March 2026 9:34 PM IST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on early Tuesday carried out searches at multiple locations in various states across northern India (Representational image: ANI)

Bharat Bhushan | Alien Mercenaries & Revival of Conspiracies in N-E...

National Investigation Agency action fuels debate on foreign role in Myanmar conflict

22 March 2026 9:21 PM IST

Anita Anand | The Conundrum Of The Mideast War, As Tradition Is Pitted Against Modernity

Anita Anand | The Conundrum Of The Mideast War, As Tradition Is Pitted...

British sociologist Anthony Giddens defines modernity as a shorthand term for modern society or industrial civilisation,...

22 March 2026 12:04 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Why Hormuz crisis must lead to a strategic reset

Manish Tewari | Why Hormuz crisis must lead to a strategic reset

Due to interconnectedness of global energy markets, even a disruption not actually a blockade of the delivery of goods...

21 March 2026 11:48 PM IST