KRISHNA N. DAS Modi administration are in touch with Bangladesh and Myanmar about its plan to deport around 40K Rohingya Muslims it says are living in the country illegally, a government spokesman said in Delhi, with state governments told to form task forces for the purpose. Tens of thousands of Rohingya have fled persecution in…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Indian External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj held her first high-level meeting after the Doklam standoff, with Bhutanese counterpart Damcho Dorji in BIMSTEC sideline in Kathmandu, and expressing hope that the situation is resolved peacefully. The two ministers met on sidelines of the BIMSTEC foreign ministers’ meeting. The meeting was focused mainly on the…
Read moreBRAHMA CHELLANEY The more power China has accumulated, the more it has attempted to achieve its foreign-policy objectives with bluff, bluster, and bullying. But, as its Himalayan border standoff with India’s military continues, the limits of this approach are becoming increasingly apparent. The current standoff began in mid-June, when Bhutan, a close ally of India,…
Read moreFRANZ–STEFAN GADY Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems successfully completed integration of the I-Derby beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile on the Indian Air Force’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) with test firing of the missile scheduled for the end of this year. According to a Rafael representative, the new missile is slated to become the…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK The Indian government has refused to clear West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s proposed trip to China in June. She was destined to visit provinces like Shandong, which have a thick concentration of manufacturing industries, to attract investment for West Bengal. The Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi has told Banerjee in response…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has turned to the right to placate hard-line Islamists after facing flak for her recent visit to neighboring India, a trip her opponents have claimed sold out national interests to its giant western neighbor. Hasina’s concessions to hard-line Islamists have upset her own party supporters who value Bangladesh’s…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Bomb making is no longer a cottage industry in West Bengal. By the look of it, it is large scale and perhaps the only industry doing well in Didi’s Bengal. At least eight people were killed while making crude bombs that were being rushed to rival groups locked in a turf war over…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK The nosedive in Sino-Indian relations over Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh (Southern Tibet to Beijing, integral part of India as far as Delhi is concerned) has left many worried. The Dalai Lama has visited Arunachal Pradesh six times between 1983 and 2009 — so why is Beijing so upset now ! Beijing…
Read moreIndia moved to upgrade its defence infrastructure along the border with China, announcing the construction of two Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) at Tawang and Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh, a day after Beijing gave its own names to six places in the northeastern state. Defence Secretary G. Mohan Kumar held a high-level review meeting with Arunachal…
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Prasanta Paul | OIL India Limited (OIL) has stepped up exploration and supportive logistic work in the wake of striking… Read more…
West Bengal | Who Will Toll The Bell For BJP In Birbhum ?
Special Correspondent February 17, 2026 THE chapters in the controversial multi–crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal are yet to… Read more…
Rohingya Immigrants A Big Burden On Bangladesh | Hasina
PRIME MINISTER Sheikh Hasina calls Rohingya immigrants a big burden on Bangladesh, wants India to take more of them. Meanwhile,… Read more…
