The Pioneer (India)

6 days ago | dailypioneer.com | Pushpesh Pant

More than half a century after Indira Gandhi imposed the dreaded Emergency, it continues to be referred to as the ‘Darkest Chapter in the history of Indian Democracy’. Ironically, the majority of Indians that comprise more than two-thirds of the country’s total population are ‘pre-historic’ even the retired parents of Generation Z have no personal recall of forced nasbandi (vasectomies) and Nasha Bandi (prohibition).

6 days ago | dailypioneer.com | Pushpesh Pant

More than half a century after Indira Gandhi imposed the dreaded Emergency, it continues to be referred to as the ‘Darkest Chapter in the history of Indian Democracy’. Ironically, the majority of Indians that comprise more than two-thirds of the country’s total population are ‘pre-historic’ even the retired parents of Generation Z have no personal recall of forced nasbandi (vasectomies) and Nasha Bandi (prohibition).

1 week ago | dailypioneer.com | Biswajeet Banerjee

The Congress is recalibrating its strategy in Uttar Pradesh, preparing for the possibility of contesting the 2027 Assembly elections alone—even as public statements by alliance partners suggest otherwise. Shortly after Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav reiterated that the opposition INDIA bloc was intact, internal voices from both camps painted a different picture.

1 week ago | dailypioneer.com | Parul Chandra

The long-drawn bitterness in New Delhi-Ottawa bilateral ties is beginning to show signs of a rapprochement with PM Narendra Modi expected to meet his new Canadian counterpart Mark Carney on the margins of the upcoming G-7 Summit in picturesque Kananaskis in the Canadian province of Alberta from June 15 to 17. Both sides will need to ensure that a major irritant in the bilateral relationship — Khalistani extremism in Canada — is not allowed to derail efforts to normalise ties.

1 week ago | dailypioneer.com | Biswajeet Banerjee

A chilling video from Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district has gone viral, showing a woman brandishing a revolver and threatening to shoot a CNG station salesman during a heated altercation. The woman, identified as Ariba Khan, was caught on CCTV pointing the weapon at the employee’s chest and shouting, “Itni goliyaan maaroongi ki ghar wale pehchaan nahi payenge” (“I will shoot so many bullets that your family would not be able to recognise you”).