Gaurav Gogoi alleges threats to democracy and electoral integrity

IANS | November 26, 2025 10:59 PM

Guwahati, Nov 26 (IANS) Lok Sabha MP and Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday said the Constitution is the strongest shield of the people against autocracy, warning that democratic institutions are increasingly coming under threat in the country.

Verdict against Sheikh Hasina not just miscarriage of justice, but warning for Bangladesh: Report

IANS | November 26, 2025 8:45 PM

Dhaka, Nov 26 (IANS) The death sentence handed to Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demonstrates a political execution carried out in the name of law, approved by an unelected authority, and announced through a tribunal reshaped for eliminating a former PM who once challenged the very networks now sitting in judgement over her. The judgement against Hasina is not a miscarriage of justice but a warning for Bangladesh, a report detailed on Wednesday.

Constitution Day: BJP launches blistering attack on Congress 'legacy'

IANS | November 26, 2025 8:03 PM

New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) As the nation observes the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution, what is officially celebrated as ‘Samvidhan Divas’, it became the stage for a fierce political showdown, with the ruling BJP tearing into Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and the entire INDIA bloc for what it called “hypocrisy of the highest order” on constitutional values.

Did Muhammad Yunus hijack famed microcredit model? Decades-old documents raise many questions

IANS | November 26, 2025 6:32 PM

New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Muhammad Yunus, widely recognised as the founder of Bangladesh’s conglomerate Grameen Bank is set to come under the cloud, over ‘revelations’ of decades-old documents by a former intelligence officer, which claims that the microcredit model was actually a university research program and it was subsequently hijacked by the Nobel Laureate and “projected as his own”.