West Bengal, still reeling from one of the most dramatic political verdicts in its modern history, has been rocked by a chilling act of violence. Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district on the night of Wednesday, May …
The 2026 West Bengal Assembly election will be remembered not just for ending Mamata Banerjee's 15-year reign, but for the extraordinary aftermath that followed. In a moment that stunned political observers across India, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo flatly refused to step down as Chief Minister, even after her party suffered a crushing defeat at …
The waterway is narrow. The stakes are not. The Strait of Hormuz crisis 2026 has, in just over two months, redrawn the world's energy map, rattled equity markets from Mumbai to Frankfurt, and forced governments across Asia and Europe to confront how dependent they remain on a single 33-kilometre channel between Iran and Oman. With …
The political map of eastern India has been redrawn. The 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election results, declared on 4 May 2026, have delivered one of the most consequential mandates in the state's post-independence history. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has crossed the majority mark with stunning ease, dethroning the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after fifteen …
The votes have been counted. The trends have crystallized. And Tamil Nadu — a state that has alternated between two Dravidian titans for nearly six decades — is staring at a result that almost nobody saw coming. Actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has crossed the 100-seat mark in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2026, …
Introduction: The Two Indias of News When a flood devastates a district in Assam, national news channels in Delhi may spend thirty seconds on it before cutting to a studio panel debating something else entirely. But Pratidin Time, a regional Assamese channel, will anchor its entire prime-time broadcast around it — with reporters on the …
A few years ago, identifying a fake news article required some effort—usually spotting bad grammar, suspicious websites, or wildly unbelievable claims. In 2025, that's no longer enough. AI tools can now produce news articles, social media posts, video scripts, deepfake images, and even synthetic voices that look and sound indistinguishable from professional journalism. Entire websites …
