The Special Intensive Revision has exposed deep political divisions over India’s electoral rolls. While opposition parties have attacked the Election Commission over voter deletions, the commission maintains that the exercise is intended
The already volatile strategic triangle linking China, India and Pakistan has acquired another layer of complexity after Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed a new defensive alliance in Mecca. The agreement, which
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Dr. Lauren Dagan Amoss has spent much of her academic and professional career examining India from outside South Asia, studying the country’s foreign policy, security calculations and
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India has sharply criticised the United States Senate’s passage of legislation that could allow President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying large quantities of Russian oil
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Bharat’s youth who fall under 35-years age bracket total to over 800 million. Only a few thousands of these youngsters joined Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) led Jantar Mantar protests on NEET paper
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The gradual repair of ties between China and India has opened diplomatic and economic channels that were largely closed after the deadly 2020 border clashes. Yet improved government-to-government relations have not translated
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Editorial What exactly did India leave out of the statement issued after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to Colombo? More importantly, why are the questions that matter most to Sri Lanka missing
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Two Sikh activists. Two assassination plots. Two democratic allies. Yet three years after the events that shook relations between India, Canada and the United States, the legal record points in opposite directions.
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As India marks the eightieth anniversary of its independence this month, it is worth returning to the opening words of Jawaharlal Nehru’s historic “Tryst with Destiny” speech. Few passages in modern political
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo India has called on Sri Lanka to release all detained Indian fishermen and fishing boats at the earliest, urging that humanitarian considerations should take precedence as both
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India’s central bank is expected to hold off on raising interest rates until December or later, with economists pointing to subdued core inflation despite recent increases in headline consumer prices. The outlook
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The Sri Lanka Navy has launched a special rescue operation to assist 11 Indian fishermen after their fishing vessel ran aground near Delft Island while allegedly operating illegally inside Sri Lankan territorial
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The lack of adequate and dignified housing has been one of the primary human rights and infrastructure issues faced for decades by the estate community, who are the producers of Sri Lanka’s
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It has been seven years since Article 370 and 35A were read down and the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into the Union Territories of J&K (with a legislature)
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.25% on Wednesday, choosing to wait for clearer evidence on whether rising global oil prices are feeding into broader
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Passenger transport in Sri Lanka shifted from British double-decker buses to Indian Ashok Leyland and Tata buses in the 1960s. Until then, the backbone of Sri Lanka’s passenger transport system had been
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