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The Sunday Guardian
Bengal sees spike in communal rhetoric ahead of polls
As West Bengal gears up for the 2026 Assembly elections scheduled for March-April, religious symbolism and communal rhetoric have emerged as dominant themes in the political discourse, with both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) deploying temple projects and religious imagery to mobilize their respective vote banks.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Digvijaya’s reality check for Congress
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has received praise from completely unexpected quarters, with several Congress leaders, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijaya Singh, notably, lauding its organizational strength.
3 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026
Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Chaitanya Baghel walks out on bail in liquor scam case
Chaitanya Baghel, son of the former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, has been released from Raipur Central Jail after bail was granted in connection with the alleged multi-crore liquor scam.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
ISI backing brings Jamaat to the heart of Bangladesh politics
Multiple inputs indicate that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has executed a sustained political influence operation in Bangladesh aimed at repositioning Jamaat-e-Islami as the dominant force in the post-Sheikh Hasina order, culminating in the party’s emergence as the anchor of a broad opposition alliance ahead of the 12 February parliamentary election.
4 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
US carries out direct regime change operation in Venezuela
The United States on Saturday carried out a direct military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture and removal of President Nicolás Maduro, marking one of the most consequential US interventions and regime changes in the western hemisphere in decades and a sharp escalation from years of sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and covert efforts to isolate his government.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
NITIN NABIN FACES CRUCIAL TEST IN BENGAL ELECTIONS
BJP leadership sees West Bengal result as defining moment for Nitin Nabin’s organisational authority.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Indian auto sector ends 2025 on strong note with decisive YoY growth
The Indian automotive sector concluded the final month of 2025 with robust performance across major segments, driven by improved macroeconomic conditions and positive rural sentiment.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
An exchange of gifts
Guru Gobind Singh is sitting by a river when Har Gopal, a rich devotee, presents two gold bracelets.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
MAMDANI ON TEST AS NEW YORK MAYOR
Zohran Mamdani, the 111st Mayor of New York City, has secured his election because of the many promises he made to the electorate.
3 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
CONGRESS' SAVE-MGNREGA STIR TO LAST FOR 45 DAYS
Congress claims VB G RAM G Bill, which replaces MGNREGA, opens door to underpayment and wage suppression, pushing workers further into poverty.
5 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
‘WHY SHOULD I BE ANTI-INDIA?’ BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA HAD ASKED
This reporter had a conversation with Begum Khaleda Zia in Dhaka in 2015 for The Sunday Guardian. Now that she has passed away, what is her legacy and what is the way forward for India-Bangladesh relations?
4 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
KERALA GOVERNMENT GRANTS RS 93.72 CRORE AID TO KSRTC
The Kerala government has sanctioned an additional Rs 93.72 crore as financial assistance to the KSRTC, state Finance Minister K N Balagopal said on Saturday.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
2025: The year when strategic autonomy became fashionable
Donald Trump's re-ascendance to the apex of American politics, his 'Make America Great Again' and 'America First' politics have reshaped the contours of international relations.
4 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Six dead, 200 hospitalised over water contamination
Six people have died and more than 200 were hospitalised in an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea caused by contaminated drinking water in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, a senior official said on Saturday.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
INDIA'S FOREX RESERVES JUMP BY USD 3.293 BLN
India's forex reserves jumped by USD 3.293 billion to USD 696.61 billion in the week to December 26, the RBI said on Friday.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
India's Bangladesh conundrum: A recalibration of policy is needed
India has been too friendly and too forgiving with respect to its smaller neighbours. India need not become the neighborhood bully, but it needs to draw a red line in the sand asa stern warning.
5 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
CRYPTO MONEY TRAIL EXPOSES BISHNOI GANG'S EXTORTION MODE
An interstate extortion network allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has come under the scanner after police traced a cryptocurrency driven money trail operating amid Jodhpur to Punjab.
3 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Calling God (Dua)
Dua (prayer) means a call.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
From fragmented higher education regulator to Viksit Bharat command
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill 2025, introduced in Parliament on 15th December, responds to a longstanding need in our higher education system.
5 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
TESLA LOSES TITLE AS BIGGEST EV MAKER
Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Keen to part ways with DMK? Congress faces a TVK dilemma
With Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu all set to take place later this year, a section of Congress leaders is backing an alliance with the actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) over the party’s long-trusted ally, DMK.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
1971 WAS NOT AN ENDING, IT WAS A PAUSE
This is the second of a four-part series returning to 1971 to explore how India and Bangladesh remember the war in different ways and how those memories continue to shape the present. It asks what must now be acknowledged, confronted and acted upon before the unfinished lessons of that conflict surface again in a more dangerous form.
6 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
ANGELINA JOLIE VISITS RAFAH CROSSING AMID CLAIMS OF AID SUSPENSION TO GAZA
Hollywood actor and former special envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency Angelina Jolie visited the Rafah Crossing on Friday as part of a humanitarian trip to Egypt, her representatives said, amid Israel's decision to suspend the operations of several aid groups working in the Gaza Strip, according to CNN.
2 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Re-reading Bankim
Anandamath, Sanyasi resistance, and the Hindu awakening
5 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Passing of the Old Year: II
Nothing lasts forever, and that is such a boon.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
UP MAN JAILED 20 YEARS FOR MINOR RAPE AND KIDNAPPING
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a 17-year-old girl.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
CID WILL CLOSE CASE THAT SENT NAIDU TO JAIL
Andhra Pradesh CID cites mistake of fact as basis for dropping high profile corruption charges.
3 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
Defence, capital goods to lead India's Capex revival
India’s capital expenditure (capex) upcycle is showing early but credible signs of revival, and market strategists believe several investment-linked sectors are poised to benefit the most over the next two to three years.
1 min |
January 04, 2026
The Sunday Guardian
India's forex reserves jump by USD 3.293 billion
FPIs pulled out about USD 17.5 billion from Indian equities in 2025, the highest annual outflow on record in absolute terms.
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