Eye on upcoming polls, Trinamool for state-centric issues rather than allying with pan-India protest formats

IANS | December 4, 2025 11:15 PM

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Members of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress may appear to be largely ploughing a lonely furrow with an occasional voice raised in unison with other Opposition leaders, but it is all about a directive from above to assert an independent identity, especially ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election expected to he held next year.

How Pakistani military is rewriting nation's democracy (IANS Analysis)

IANS | December 4, 2025 9:52 PM

New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Pakistan is living through a quiet constitutional gerrymandering whose ramifications are not loud street protests. Rather, there is a slow and a methodical shift being orchestrated by an increasingly assertive military establishment, which is duly enabled by pliant political parties eager to comply.