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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicSouth 24 Parganas

Topic: South 24 Parganas

No Amphan relief, ‘cut money’ & violence rule, but this Bengal district will vote for Didi

South 24 Parganas is Bengal’s No.1 district in terms of political violence and voters live in fear. But TMC dominates the area and the BJP’s chances look slim.

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Our people should learn Persian, your people should learn our languages: Nehru in Iran

On 21 September 1959, PM Jawaharlal Nehru delivered an address at a public function organised by the Indo-Iranian Association in Tehran during his four-day visit to the country.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.