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Factional Firestorm
Factional Firestorm

The Congress party in Karnataka is struggling to keep its house in order. Despite public proclamations of unity and reassurances from senior leadership, the party is being buffeted by growing undercurrents of dissent, factional rivalry, and the slow unravelling of a leadership pact that now appears to be more political myth than a roadmap.

Testing Leadership
Testing Leadership

In a moment that briefly pierced the steely façade of British parliamentary politics, Chancellor Rachel Reeves was seen wiping away tears during a tense Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons.

The Pope’s challenges

Pope Leo XIV has heavy responsibilities ~ not just because the Catholic Church has reached global proportions, but because it has many problems ~ both internal and external.

The Pope’s challenges
Green transformation through environmental governance

Traditional wisdom on environmental governance, captured through the Environment Kuznets curve, posits that countries grow first and clean up later. This empirical insight is informed by the experience of now developed countries which exploited the natural environment, at home and abroad, to feed the resource requirements of the growth process.

Green transformation through environmental governance
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CS writes another letter to Odisha govt

Trinamul Congress leadership has come down heavily on the Odisha government for not releasing the migrant workers though the documents proving identity with proper authentication have been submitted to the government.

CS writes another letter to Odisha govt
Statesman Special
‘Yamuna is dead at ISBT’
‘Yamuna is dead at ISBT’

Susmita Sengupta is a senior programme manager with the Water Programme at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy group.

Down bad for the unattainable

They don’t exist. They can’t love us back. And yet, fictional characters hold a strange power over us that real people often don’t. We laugh with them, cry for them, and fiercely defend them in online debates as if they were of flesh and blood.

Down bad for the unattainable
‘More women leaders needed’

Senior Congress leader Shobha Oza was inspired by the personality of late prime minister Indira Gandhi from an early age, which led her to choose politics as her calling in life.

‘More women leaders needed’
World
Business
Bank of Baroda reduces home loan rates

Bank of Baroda has announced a further reduction in its home loan interest rates, lowering it to 7.45 per cent p.a., with immediate effect and also offering nil processing fee.

Bank of Baroda reduces home loan rates
Entertainment
Ibrahim Ali Khan vs Prithviraj: Sarzameen trailer is out now

The trailer for Sarzameen is finally here, and it delivers a gripping first look. Featuring a star-studded ensemble of Prithviraj Sukumaran, Ibrahim Ali Khan, and Kajol, the film promises a powerful emotional story set against the backdrop of a tense, high-stakes patriotic thriller.

Ibrahim Ali Khan vs Prithviraj: Sarzameen trailer is out now
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Education
New classrooms at Siliguri school
New classrooms at Siliguri school

Siliguri Ace Round Table 232, under the aegis of Round Table India, inaugurated a newly constructed three-classroom block at Bharati Hindi Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School on Sunday, marking a major boost to the school’s educational infrastructure.

Book fair date advanced to avoid clash with Madhyamik

The Publishers and Booksellers Guild today announced that the 49 International Kolkata Book Fair will be held earlier than usual in 2025 to avoid overlapping with state secondary (Madhyamik) school examinations.

Book fair date advanced to avoid clash with Madhyamik
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