With the renewed conflict involving Iran sending tremors through global energy markets, India once again stares at creeping inflation. Oil prices are rising, the rupee is under pressure and the costs of everyday essentials from milk to transport, are beginning to climb steadily. The question now is no longer whether the geopolitical crisis in West Asia will affect India, but how deeply it will hit the ordinary Indian household. While the government has not announced any fuel

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “austerity” triggered a blistering political broadside from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who accused the Centre of hypocrisy, economic mismanagement, reckless political extravagance and attempting to shift the burden of its failures onto ordinary citizens. In a scathing statement, Raj questioned the moral authority of the PM to preach sacrifices to the country while the ruling establishment indulges in lavis

The appeal reflects an exercise in ‘nudge theory’ — using behavioural change to support macroeconomic stability. The recent economic appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes at a critical juncture for the Indian economy. Amidst global uncertainty driven by geopolitical tensions in West Asia and volatile crude oil prices, the government has proposed a 7-point behavioural shift to safeguard our national interests. From a chartered accountant’s perspective, these suggestions

Mumbai: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon citizens to embrace austerity and voluntarily refrain from purchasing gold for at least a year, a nationwide furor erupted over India’s deep emotional, cultural and economic relationship with the precious, glittering yellow metal. The PM’s innocuous appeal for frugality quickly snowballed into a larger debate on the staggering quantity of gold lying idle in Indian households, estimated at over 35,000 tonnes. The PM’s rem

The renewed conflict involving Iran, America and Israel has pushed global oil markets into panic while revealing India’s dangerous dependence on imported energy and vulnerable maritime chokepoints. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unusually stark appeal to Indians to conserve petrol, diesel and cooking gas reflects the seriousness of the moment. India imports nearly 85 percent of its crude oil and depends on the Strait of Hormuz for roughly half of those imports. The narrow wat

BJP candidate for Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the prestigious Bhabanipur seat, shows a certificate of election on Monday. Pic: PTI Mumbai: The Bengali word “Poriborton” translates to profound change. While it was initially fiercely utilized as the central battle cry for the assembly elections in West Bengal, the final tally from all five state elections reveals that the spirit of the word

BJP's Bengal 2026 victory stemmed from grassroots organization, "Panna Pramukh" strategy, high turnout, anti-incumbency, youth support, targeted campaigns, and Amit Shah's planning, turning electoral psychology into decisive political success. New Delhi: Major shifts in Indian politics are rarely born out of noise, but they emerge from the quiet, layered execution of strategy and patience. The 2026 West Bengal election results reaffirm this enduring truth. This is not merely

The keenly-contested state elections in four states and a union territory witnessed mandates that have taken a tectonic turn in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The voters here have delivered verdicts that have completely upended entrenched narratives and redrawn the Indian political map with unusual force. The most dramatic upheaval unfolded in West Bengal, where the Bharatiya Janata Party pulled off what once seemed improbable: dislodging Mamata Banerjee and her All Indi

India and Italy are rediscovering each other as partners in a more fractured, multipolar world Diplomacy often advances through the steady accumulation of modest alignments. The recent warming of relations between Narendra Modi’s India and Giorgia Meloni’s Italy suggests just such an incremental and pragmatic shift, one that is shaped by the pressures of a changing geopolitical order. An unremarkable bilateral relationship is now being recast as a partnership spanning defence

For months, speculation of a chill between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has animated India’s commentariat. This was particularly pronounced in the aftermath of the 2024 Lok Sabha election where the BJP, despite emerging as the single-largest party, had failed to form the government on its own. This fuelled talk of a ‘cold war’ between the ideological fountainhead and the political executive. It is against this backdrop that RSS general secr

Political circle wonders whether the historic 92.88 per cent turnout reflects anti-incumbency or stronger support for the ruling regime Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a roadshow amid the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections in Dum Dum, North 24 Parganas district. New Delhi: West Bengal's political landscape appears to be scripting a new narrative this time, one written through numbers, but rich in deeper meaning. In the first phase of the assembly elections, 92.8

BJP is blending ideology with pragmatism, elevating leaders from rival parties to power New Delhi: The growing tendency of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to elevate leaders from other parties to the position of Chief Minister represents a shift, one that reflects not only a recalibration of the party's strategy but also the evolving character of Indian politics itself. Once known primarily as a cadre-based party anchored firmly in ideological commitment, the BJP has entered

When sections of India’s self-anointed ‘liberal’ media cheer Pakistan’s fleeting diplomatic theatre, they reveal less about geopolitics than about their own reflexes. There is a peculiar reflex that grips a section of India’s self-styled ‘liberal’ media whenever the world tilts even slightly against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government. It is not analysis, not even contrarianism in the noble sense, but a barely concealed thrill - an instinct to diminish India’s

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi with party leaders during a public meeting ahead of the Kerala assembly elections in Kallachi, Kerala on Tuesday. | Pic: PTI Kerala: Kerala's assembly elections face surging anti-incumbency against LDF after a decade in power, fueled by corruption, nepotism, unemployment, and youth migration. Rahul and Modi intensify a tight triangular race with UDF slightly ahead. Kerala's political landscape stands at a decisive crossroad