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Poonam Sharma The demolition of 11 illegal coke plants in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district is more than a routine administrative exercise. It marks the latest chapter in a long, uneasy confrontation between extractive industry,…

Poonam Sharma Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-nation tour beginning December 15, spanning Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman, is not merely a sequence of diplomatic engagements. It is a carefully choreographed geopolitical arc that links…

Poonam Sharma In Bihar’s political history, few names have been as persistently linked with words like “scam,” “bail,” “hearing,” and “adjournment” as that of Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family. Over decades, the Lalu family has ceased to be…

Poonam Sharma  Sudden Attack Shatters Normalcy A recent terrorist attack suddenly turned a festive atmosphere into one of dread and terror. More than a dozen innocent lives were lost in an attack in which terrorists opened fire…

Imperial Ambition and a Calculated Exile Mir Jumla’s invasion of Assam in 1662–63 stands as one of the most dramatic yet paradoxical episodes in Mughal imperial history. Launched under Emperor Aurangzeb, the campaign combined…

Poonam Sharma There has been a new trend emerging in the socio-political arena of Assam—that of being “Assam without religion,” but in reality, it has been targeting only one community. There have been a number of postings by secular and…

Poonam Sharma Between August 31 and September 4, Bangladesh saw one of the most significant secret escalations in its modern political history-an undeclared war fought in hotel rooms, island corridors, border jungles, secret training…

Poonam Sharma Until 10 December 2025, Australia stepped into uncharted territory: children under the age of 16 are now legally prohibited from maintaining accounts on major social-media platforms. The following have been restricted:…

Poonam Sharma There are moments in geopolitics when silence is not emptiness—it is pressure building beneath the surface. Over the past few weeks, something similar has unfolded around India, Russia, the United States, and the global trade…

Poonam Sharma There are few debates in Indian politics as persistent—and as politically convenient for some—as the question of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's role in the freedom struggle. For decades, the Congress Party has repeated a…