CPI(M) leader Awadhesh Kumar says this time elections in Bihar will be fought on issues, NDA will face defeat and Prashant Kishor is not a factor.

Eminent historian Prof Irfan Habib, 92, speaks on The Left in the National Movement and its Legacy on the occasion of the First Sitaram Yechury Memorial Lecture held to a packed house in HKS Bhawan, New Delhi, on Monday, September 14, 2025.

The bulldozer has been transformed into a weapon of State power, an instrument of dispossession and punishment, while shielding elite encroachers and corporate land grabs.

Climate24 was launched last week during The Green Summit 2025 held in Kolkata Press Club.

A recent Mahapanchayat against the Mundka-Bakarwala toll plaza, under the leadership of 360 villages of Delhi and Palam-360 Khap, threatened to intensify their stir.

If Delhi is to embrace technology in the criminal justice system, it must be within the constitutional bounds, under the judicial roof, not the police.

In a string of recent orders by sessions courts and the Orissa High Court, the accused from Dalit and Adivasi communities have been directed to engage in forced labour as a condition of their grant of bail.

Take any issue related to health, education, inflation and unemployment. There is little done on the ground by the state apparatus, say critics.

A personal experience of an emotionally, physically and financially draining stint with corporate slavery in Indias finance capital.

Erratic rainfall, agricultural shocks and rising migration have emptied villages in Purulia, leaving older residents to fend for themselves.

Bezalel Smotrich is one of the architects of Israeli genocide in Gaza and has been banned by several countries. There is a pending ICC warrant against him.

CPI-ML leader Dipankar talks about the ground issues in Bihar apart from vote theft, and how his party views the situation in Nepal.

The singer, who turned 92 recently, is the aural architect of post-colonial emerging Indian womans persona, the voice of a new female prototype on screen.

The city witnessed four-days of cinematic storytelling devoted to climate change, environmental justice, and cultural memory from various countries.

The dreams of Pakistani Hindu refugees, who came to India in search of a better life, lie shattered. A Newsclick ground report.

The resignation of Nepali PM KP Oli, amid massive youth-driven protests has raised many questions for the people of Nepal and its once united Left. While many have accused the uprising about merely being in response to a social media ban, the roots are much deeper.

Indias neighbour Nepal is in political turmoil. Newsclick Editor Prabir Purkayastha discusses why the youth are angry and what direction the movement could take.

From migrant workers vanishing in midnight raids to a Kolkata man driven to suicide by fear, reports across states reveal a disturbing pattern of expulsions without due process now under scrutiny in Indias courts.

Lawyers of district courts in Delhi called off their strike after the government accepted their main demand -- the physical presence of police officers in court.

Unless there is a dip in government tax revenues, the tax burden on working households will remain unchanged.

Mohan Bhagwats three recent lectures clearly outline Sanghs ongoing agenda of imposing Hindu identity on all Indians, presenting it as national identity.

From ghost voters in Bihar to duplicate entries in Maharashtra, years of citizen warnings have exploded into a national flashpoint after opposition parties accused the Election Commission of enabling vote theft.

Without clear mechanisms for compensating states, this policy change could create additional fiscal tensions.

Three freedom fighters from Erode in Tamil Nadu reveal what textbooks will not tell you about India's independence struggle.

The Opposition is gathering steam to tame the BJPs genie.

Shivasundar, a freelance journalist, writer, and longtime associate and dear friend of fiery activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was assassinated on September 5, 2017, pens this heartfelt poem on the eighth anniversary of her assassination.

In comparison to their counterparts in the US and Europe, Indian farmers get very little to no support from the government assuring profitability of their labor which makes them highly dependent on protection from foreign competition.

China can retaliate where it hurts, while India still has not threatened any, and differs in this respect even from Brazil, the only other country slapped with 50% tariff.

How a parents-teacher body in this UP village brought attendance to 100% in primary school.

Bharat Jodo Yatra and #VoterAdhikarYatra are showing new mobilisation in terms of social reform in the electoral process as well as society.

Release of the Delhi riots conspiracy prisoners, who continue to face incarceration for five plus years without a trial, is no longer a legal issue. It is a test of this nation's moral conscience.

Political observers feel BJDs stance on recent issues and Naveens mental subservience to BJP, is contrary to late Biju Patnaiks secular ideology.

Gravediggers live with stigma, poverty, and health risks, yet remain unrecognised by the state and society.

The CCGs concern that the proposed PPOHS Act is unconstitutional and is an open invitation to oppressive misuse needs to be heeded.

During Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, over 3 lakh voters were flagged for document discrepancies, field checks raised suspicion of foreign originBangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan or Nepal, the suspected voters have been served notices and directed to appear before authorities within seven days.

Modest export duties on high-margin sectors dominated by corporate giants could finance subsidies for vulnerable industries.

Microfinance, which was supposed to be an antidote to mass poverty within capitalism, has become an instrument of pushing people, including women, deeper into poverty.

The tribunal report has recommended a dedicated Central financial package for the state, high court bench for the hills.

In Coimbatore, small-scale government works have turned dry fields green again, restoring both water and hope.

Staggering 96.6% Spike in just 48 Hours: new voter inclusion forms double from 4.33 Lakh to 8.51 Lakh as claims & objections period in Bihar SIR enters day 29, with 4.18 lakh forms flooding in between August 2628.

From duplicate voters to deleted names, opposition parties accuse the ECI of dereliction and collusion; the law makes clear the duty is non-delegable.

The Indian Constitution with scientific temper stands for social change, while Hindu nationalist ideology stands for reversing the gains of freedom movement.

Compassion is not an optional add-on; it is the very foundation of quality maternal healthcare.

Centres decision to remove raw cotton import duty is anti-farmer, say farmer leaders.

When banks criminalise minor changes and freeze accounts, they dont just defy RBIs re-KYC norms, but also punish people they are meant to serve.

In the national capital, the annual cycle of floods push the migrants living on the banks of the river deeper into instability.

Only a government given to hyperboles in describing its performance can claim tax concessions of a paltry 0.1% of GDP as constituting a Diwali gift.

India could deepen SouthSouth cooperation and seek to reclaim economic sovereignty instead of bowing to US pressure.

Political observers see a kind of Sasikala syndrome around the ailing BJD leader, alleging that his health is being kept under wraps by Pandian even from top party leaders.

An AIDWA public hearing reveals loot in the name of empowerment of crores of women who are caught in the debt of microfinance companies.