Counterview

By Raj Kumar Sinha*  Protests demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have continued in various parts of the country, including at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and in Mumbai. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court held a crucial hearing on petitions challenging Kumar's appointment and seeking his interim suspension as Chief Election Commissioner, along with allegations of unilateral decisions related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls .

By Lohit Sharma*  Republic TV has established itself as one of India’s most prominent English-language news networks, with Arnab Goswami serving as its Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief. Its prime-time coverage has also attracted sustained criticism from opposition politicians, journalists, and media observers who argue that the channel frequently adopts positions favorable to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its political outlook.

By By Likha Tana*   In late September 2026, Arnab Goswami , Chief Editor of the Republic Media Network , dismissed a report in The Indian Express as "nonsense" and "not worth mentioning." The report had claimed that two Election Commissioners , Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi , had raised objections on roughly 14 occasions over a ten-month period to internal measures adopted by the Commission — concerning information sharing, changes to electoral rolls, the process for filing Form 6, work allocation, and IT and oversight matters related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Goswami's reaction was not unusual in itself; it was, in fact, a textbook example of how much of Indian television news now functions — not as a forum for examining institutions, but as a battlefield where every report is treated as a political act requiring an immediate counterattack.

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan   For religious minorities in India, the roar of the bulldozer has become an ominous soundtrack to their daily lives. Ever since the saffron-led government came to power, these communities have voiced mounting concerns over what they perceive as systematic political action and discrimination. Across the nation, mosques, mazars, dargahs, madrasas, and various other Muslim religious properties have increasingly featured in high-profile demolition, eviction, and anti-encroachment drives conducted by municipal, state, and central agencies. 

By A Representative   The latest Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad's (IIM-A's) Business Inflation Expectations Survey (BIES) has said that one-year-ahead business inflation expectations have eased marginally, observing a nuanced picture on the cost front. At the same time, there is sustained improvement in sales levels and profit margins.

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak*  The technological automation driven by artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding on an unprecedented scale, transforming individuals and societies across the world while generating profound social and environmental consequences. Millions of jobs are at risk of displacement, while human skills and creativity are increasingly incorporated into machines, algorithms, and systems of commodified knowledge. Technology now penetrates almost every aspect of human life, leaving individuals with diminishing control over basic choices, including the right to privacy.

By Harsh Thakor*  A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jagdalpur, Bastar district, has sentenced 10 people to death in connection with the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack. The case concerns the attack on a Congress convoy in which at least 27 people, including senior Congress leaders, were killed and around 38 others were injured.

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By Martin Macwan*  The epicenter of the political cyclone sweeping through Gujarat, triggered by the utterances of former Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela , is the word " melu " (human excreta). Setting aside, for now, the question of who should pick it up, let us discuss the matter at hand.