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The dais appears to be heavily loaded against the moderates as jailed MP Amritpal Singh is finding a lot of traction among the traditional Akali supporters, particularly across rural Punjab. He has the advantage of appealing to the younger generation also.

The suspected Berlin Pride attacker had a past linked to ISIS, bringing the threat of jihadist radicalisation back into focus. The attack also raises questions about who the "new Jihadis" are and why ISIS ideology continues to find an audience in Europe.

The party’s post-mortem of its electoral performance in West Bengal and Kerala has revealed systemic flaws, from ineffective campaigning to poor candidate selection. But the most striking realisation is political rather than organisational: a considerable section of Left supporters in West Bengal drifted towards the BJP, driven by the belief that unseating the Trinamool Congress was the immediate priority. This shift, once dismissed as anecdotal or exaggerated, is now being acknowledged as a central factor in the Left’s decline.

US tariff refunds may return billions to businesses, but they cannot undo the wider economic damage, uncertainty and disruption caused to global trade.

As the elections draw closer, the problem of factionalism is becoming increasingly serious for the Congress. So much so that people close to Channi and Randhawa do not rule out the possibility of the two leaders quitting the Congress and joining another party or even forming one of their own.

A minister's resignation may be a victory, but it will do little to fix the deeper, systemic problems at the heart of India's massive youth unemployment crisis.

The timing of Bittu's resignation was significant. It was obviously aimed at conveying a message to a section of people in poll-bound Punjab where the BJP has raised high stakes. Bittu’s resignation is inconsequential at the national level, but for Punjab it is significant.

Education is known to be the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world. Paradoxically, the recent struggle against the system was a fight to save that very 'weapon' using its own power.

No matter how much credit the Congress and the Cockroach Janta Party may claim for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the fact remains that it was the nudge from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, that expedited the resignation.

Apart from Starmer himself, ministers sacked or not reappointed in Burnham’s takeover include chancellor Rachel Reeves, deputy prime minister and justice secretary David Lammy, housing secretary Steve Reed, business secretary Peter Kyle, health secretary James Murray, and Cabinet Office minister Darren Jones.

The construction project began on September 22, 2025, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order purporting to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist organisation. The order describes antifa as “a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government.” It directs every relevant agency to investigate and dismantle its operations.

The government has obviously taken the wind out of the opposition's sails and that of the Cockroach Janata Party. Opposition parties, particularly the Congress, have insisted that they will continue their protest until Pradhan is sacked, a demand that is quite unlikely to be met by the government. The Government of India is right in its stand that its minister should not be made to resign over an issue with which he has no direct link.