Assam's eviction drive turns violent; 2 killed in police firing, 34 hurt

Two protesters were killed and 11 others were injured in police firing during a drive to evict alleged encroachers in Kamrup (Metropolitan) district of Assam on Thursday, a top police officer said.......

BJP sees opportunity in Bengal post TMC-Cong break up

Struggling to gain political traction on issues of corruption, the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party is shifting its focus to emotive topics such as the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the Citizenship......

'Sheikh Hasina is better than the others. But is that good enough?'

'Are we supposed to look the other way as Islamists go on a rampage against Hindus and the Hasina government pay lip service to secularism?' A revealing excerpt from Avishek Biswas and Deep......

Assam's eviction drive ends, 1900 hectare land freed; Oppn calls it illegal

An Assam Congress MLA on Thursday attempted to stall the state government's anti-encroachment exercise for a brief period on the third and final day of the drive to clear nearly 1,900 hectares of......

'Women make very good peacekeepers'

'If you look at peacekeeping right now, it is fraught with accusations of sexual abuse or peacekeepers involved in deals that are outside their purview, human trafficking.' 'When a contingent of......