A political row has erupted between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over a Delhi Police letter referring to documents written in “Bangladeshi.” The Trinamool Congress accused the BJP of targeting Bengalis and promoting xenophobia. Banerjee condemned the letter as “anti-national” and “unconstitutional,” claiming it insulted Bengali speakers across […]
Pakistan and China launched talks in Kunming on June 19 on a new South Asian regional grouping that would exclude India, underscoring the strategic costs of New Delhi’s estrangement. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), formed in 1985 by India, Pakistan and five other nations, has lain largely dormant since 2016 after India withdrew, […]
India’s border forces have been accused of threatening to shoot Indian Muslims unless they crossed into Bangladesh, amid reports that Indian citizens are being illegally deported across the border at gunpoint. Hazera Khatun, 62, from Assam, said she and a group of 14 other Muslims were forced into a van by police on May 25 […]
With newly authenticated audio evidence linking Sheikh Hasina to the deadly 2024 crackdown on protesters in Bangladesh, the responsibility now lies with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that justice is served. India’s continued refusal to extradite the former Bangladeshi leader, despite formal requests from Dhaka, is no longer tenable. The BBC’s investigation, conducted […]
A leaked phone call appears to show that former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina personally authorized the use of lethal force during a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests in Dhaka last year, according to an investigation by the BBC. Sheikh Hasina, 76, of Gopalganj, is being tried in absentia by Bangladesh’s International Criminal Tribunal for […]
A cross-border kidney trafficking network between Bangladesh and India continues to flourish, despite arrests and pledges of reform. At the center of the illegal trade are brokers, forged documents, and lax oversight at private hospitals, including Venkateshwar Hospital in New Delhi and Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Kolkata. Bangladesh police say they […]
India’s recent military operation, dubbed Operation Sindoor, has shed new light on the evolving regional power dynamics in South Asia, revealing what senior Indian military officials describe as an emerging strategic axis between Pakistan, China and Turkey. The operation, which targeted alleged terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, followed a deadly terror attack in […]
With diplomatic ties between India and Bangladesh at a low point following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024, foreign policy experts are warning that China and, to a lesser extent, Pakistan are steadily gaining influence in Dhaka under the caretaker government led by Mohammad Yunus. Mohammad Yunus, a former economist, assumed leadership […]
India’s outsourcing industry is facing a major upheaval as rapid adoption of artificial intelligence threatens to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs over the next two to three years. Mark Serdar, who advises Fortune 500 companies on global workforce strategy, warned that “AI is going to crush entry-level white-collar hiring over the next 24 to […]
Pakistan’s recent diplomatic maneuvers appear to have won President Donald Trump’s favor in a way that New Delhi did not, leaving India diplomatically sidelined even as it insists the U.S. played no mediating role in ending May’s flare-up along the Line of Control. In mid-June, Islamabad formally announced it would nominate Trump for the 2026 […]
