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By Ashis Biswas Within the South Asian context, a noticeable coarsening of diplomatic discourse among four countries has occurred, following the violent regime change in Bangladesh, a brief encounter involving India and Pakistan and sporadic skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan. A new political alignment, whose contours will be clearer after the Bangladesh general elections, is […]

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By Ashis Biswas How serious is the slogan for wresting the seven sister states in India’s northeast region, raised by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh, for New Delhi? For a proper assessment of the political challenge this poses for India, a brief study of background information is necessary. Bangladesh sought to revive old links with Pakistan […]

The article Bangladesh’s Bluster On Northeast India: Empty Threats, Or More? appeared first on Latest India news, analysis and reports on Newspack by India Press Agency).

By Ashis Biswas Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh is the winner from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency, putting the central government in a fix. The government appears undecided on what should be done with him. Speculation is rife over whether he would be released on interim bail from Dibrugarh Central jail in Assam, where he is […]

The post Centre In A Fix Over ‘Khalistani’ Lok Sabha MP Amritpal Singh first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas At the end of the bitterest general elections in recent times, it is only in Assam that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition, the Congress, are broadly satisfied with the outcome. The BJP won 11 out of 14 Lok Sabha seats while the badly divided, and always under-estimated […]

The post Desperate Contests Later, Win-Win For Both BJP, Congress In Assam first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In Assam, bad news continues for the opposition: little tangible progress has been made in pre-election seat sharing talks among major parties opposing the ruling Bharatiya Janata party(BJP), as they desperately struggle to build a united anti-Saffron front, in recent weeks. Unless major opposition parties including the Congress, Raisor Dal, Asom Jatiya […]

The post Opposition Talks On Seat Sharing In Assam For Lok Sabha Polls Not Progressing first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In recent weeks, Nepal has taken several major steps to firm up its faltering economy during the difficult post Ukraine war period. In the process, two of its recent decisions in terms of their diplomatic impact, can be perceived as a reminder to giant neighbours India and China, that Kathmandu prefers to […]

The post Nepal Balancing Well Its Economic Relations Between China And India first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Ms. Mamata Banerjee has just publicly rejected an alliance with the state Congress for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, but in truth, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had decided to shake up the still evolving opposition I.N.D.I.A anti-BJP coalition some days ago. There had been […]

The post Mamata’s Announcement Of TMC Going Solo In Bengal Can Be A Part Of Pressure Tactics first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, the recent Awami League (AL) victory in the 2024 parliamentary polls has left major world powers sharply divided and common people confused. Significantly, the none-too-unpredictable outcome has not left too many Bangladeshis noticeably jubilant, excepting ruling AL leaders. The comfortable margin of the AL’s victory has bought ruling Prime Minister […]

The post A Confident Sheikh Hasina Is Set To Combat West’s Political Pressure In Her Fresh Term first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Despite four rounds of prolonged talks, unity eludes, even on basic issues, potential partners in the much-hyped opposition alliance – famously christened INDIA – in east and northeast India. Major opposition parties of Assam   and Bihar have rejected two proposals, one on seat-sharing and the other on projecting a “PM face” for […]

The post INDI-Alliance In Assam, Bihar Cannot Agree On Seat-Sharing, PM Face first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In an ironic reversal of their assigned roles, regional Congress leaders are currently handling a scathing political attack on their party by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with greater confidence than their supposedly exalted High command Delhi-based leadership, post recent Assembly elections. Its recent drubbing in the five state Assembly elections, as […]

The post Regional Congress Leaders Defending The Poll Debacle In Their Own Ways first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In dramatic contrast to the frenzied anti-India celebrations in Bangladesh following India’s loss to Australia in the one-day cricket final at Ahmedabad on November 19,, people in Pakistan have reacted far more soberly: in the lively Pakistani social media , there have been some expressions of sympathy for India’s hard loss, unlike […]

The post Bangladesh Social Media Celebrated India’s Defeat To Australia In World Cup Final first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas As in neighbouring West Bengal, efforts to ensure a one-on-one contest by the INDIA constituents against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls are not going well in Assam , the biggest state in the Northeast with 14 seats. At the national level, parties like the Trinamool Congress […]

The post Congress Wants Decision Of Its Committee On Alliance In Assam Binding On Others first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas For Bangladesh, an inexorable decline of its economy during the last couple of years has added to the present tensions it faces in its uneasy relationship with the US. This has rendered the position of the ruling Awami League (AL) politically more vulnerable as it continues its pre-election campaign for the 2024 […]

The post American And Western Diplomats Are Openly Supporting Opposition In Bangladesh first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In Assam, Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma, responding to fresh charges of corruption from the opposition, has launched a sharp counter attack specially targeting the Congress party in the pre-poll campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam unlike in other states, appears to […]

The post Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sharma Leads Lok Sabha Poll Campaign Of BJP On Communal Plank first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas As both India and Bangladesh prepare to hold general elections early next year, concerned authorities are finding it extremely hard to maintain effective foodgrains supply chains and contain inflation. In addition, Nepal has been urging India to sell significant quantities of rice, wheat and paddy to meet rising demands in the coming […]

The post Bangladesh And Nepal Look To India For Emergency Foodgrains Supply first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: In Northeast India, the debate over officially proposed palm oil cultivation on a major scale has warmed up, with some opposition parties in Assam protesting the state’s decision to go ahead with the scheme. Already in Manipur, tribal organisations as well as the strong pro-environment protection lobby have warned the Central […]

The post North East: Political Parties Divided On Proposed Palm Oil Cultivation first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

  By Ashis Biswas   KOLKATA: In Assam, the job security of Bengali teachers working in many schools has been endangered by the circulation of widespread reports of organised corruption in the state Education sector of West Bengal. Many of these teachers—- local Assam media estimates put their number in hundreds— are degree holders from […]

The post School Recruitment Scam Is Having Impact On Bengalee Teachers In Assam first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Improved bilateral road and rail connectivity has helped the growth of Indo-Bangladesh import/export trade, during the past decade. In particular Tripura Chief Minister Mr Manik Saha, while welcoming the robust trend of bilateral trade, is hopeful of increasing exports from the state. However, India Government sources are concerned over the growing trade […]

The post Tripura Economy Gets Big Boost Following Trade Expansion With Bangladesh first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas In South Asia, East Pakistan used to receive international media attention only during its natural calamities.  Major powers remained mostly fixated on the tensions and conflicts involving India and West Pakistan. Even after breaking away from Pakistan, Bangladesh had to wait patiently for nearly three decades before Western countries — almost reluctantly […]

The post Big Power Rivalry Influencing Bangladesh Polls Due In January 2024 first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas From Manipur, the continuing ethnic strife far from being controlled, has currently impacted the political situation in neighbouring Assam: State Chief Minister Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma, regardless of his assiduously nurtured image as the region’s political strong man, is suddenly under acute pressure to explain his old links with terrorist and insurgent […]

The post Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Is Under Attack For His Extremist Links first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Long nurtured international prejudices die hard, if at all: However, the unrelenting Bangladeshi diplomatic initiative of recent years, seeking global condemnation of the Pak –sponsored mass slaughter of innocent Bengali civilian population during the 1971 freedom struggle, is beginning to pay off at last. The liberation fighters of the eastern part of […]

The post 52 Years After Army Massacre Of Bengalees, Pakistan Yet To Apologise first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Although a Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government has been re-elected in Tripura winning a second term early this year, centre/state talks on the separate tribal statehood demand remain stalled. Despite earlier announcements made by top leaders in the state capital Agartala, about GOI’s move to facilitate a dialogue between the BJP and […]

The post No Progress Yet In Centre-Tripura Motha Talks On Tribals Autonomy first appeared on IPA Newspack.

By Ashis Biswas Union Home Minister Mr Amit Shah’s belated announcement assuring that no official decision would be made regarding a proposed alteration in the status of Meitei tribespeople in Manipur state without a comprehensive discussion among all concerned groups and stakeholders is most welcome. However, the violent Manipur episode has left several disturbing questions […]

The post BJP Leaders’ Vote Bank Politics In Manipur Contributed To Ethnic Conflict first appeared on IPA Newspack.