Correspondent

The heckling of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee during the latter’s visit to Sonarpur is a stark reminder that fear has an expiry date. For years, West Bengal’s politics has been defined by intimidation. First the Communist, and later during Mamata Banerjee’s TMC regimes, the state’s political discourse has been overwhelmingly accompanied by violence, cadre dominance, partisan policing and a culture in which dissenters were expected to keep their heads down and their opinions to...

Family members greet an Agniveer recruit of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI) during the passing out parade of the seventh batch at JAK LI Regimental Centre on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday. A farmer sows paddy in the field as the annual cultivation season begins in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday. Two women take a selfie during the Kypseli Mundial in Athens, Greece, on Sunday. Tiffany Ariana Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, poses for a...

The Congress party has finally performed the political equivalent of a hostage exchange in Karnataka. After months of whispers, denials, tantrums and choreographed smiles, Siddaramaiah finally resigned as Chief Minister, making way for his deputy, D.K. Shivakumar under the fabled “rotational formula” crafted after the Congress’s emphatic 2023 victory. The transfer of power was projected by the party as orderly, democratic and consultative. In reality, it resembled a palace coup conducted with...