NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||27th MAY 2026
NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||27th MAY 2026
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“यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः"
The Sanskrit phrase "यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः" (Yato Dharmastato Jayaḥ) from the Mahabharata translates to "Where there is Dharma (righteousness/justice), there is Victory". It is a well-known verse with 13 occurrences in the epic, associated with the principle that moral conduct triumphs.
INDIA:
(GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY).
Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia Penny Wong yesterday
called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. In a social media post, PM
Modi discussed the growing India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
in areas such as defence, trade, technology and ensuring supply chain
resilience.
India told Mr. Rubio that like USA, India also has ‘INDSIA
FIRST’ policy.
US State Secy Marco Rubio, Indian FM S Jaishankar sign key
pact on critical minerals, rare earths. At Quad Foreign Ministers' meet in
Delhi, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says, "I want to thank Minister
Jaishankar and the Indian government for hosting us here, not just in the
bilateral visit over the last three days, but for hosting this important
gathering here again today...”
Marco Rubio’s hurry to visit to ‘Missionaries of Charity’ organization at Kolkata is unbecoming of a STATESMAN. After Mr. Marco’s visit, NUNs rushed to meet Mamata Banerjee at her residence, as reported. And later Mamata made a ‘CRYPTIC COMMENT’ in her lecture in YOU TUBE, Bengal Voice, which I shared in social media.
The
whole episode, AT BEST, IS, QUESTIONABLE !!
The Government of Gujarat on Monday (May 25, 2026) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Meta Platforms Inc. to introduce WhatsApp-based access to government services across the State.
The Government is planning a major offshore oil-and-gas
exploration survey covering thousands of kilometres on India's east coast.
Uttar Pradesh govt extends role of GRAM PRADHANS as
administrators after panchayat tenure ends, and new bodies are formed or for a maximum period of six months.
In Punjab, polling
for municipal elections completed yesterday. Voting for 8 Municipal Corporations, 75 Municipal
Councils and 20 Nagar Panchayats took place.
Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray has joined
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was inducted into the party in the
presence of senior party leaders, including BJP General Secretary Arun Singh.
India has categorically rejected unwarranted references to
the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement between China
and Pakistan.
BENGAL
NEWS:
TMCP MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Tuesday attended an
administrative meeting held by West Bengal Chief Minister. Two TMC MLAs also
joined the meeting held at Kalyani in Nadia district.
“It is not any party programme. It is an administrative
programme, and administration is for all,” Dastidar clarified.
BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh toed the same line. “This government is
not only for the BJP; this government is for all. So, Opposition should have
some space in democracy,” Ghosh said.
Adhikari had announced in the Legislative Assembly that
representatives of the Opposition would be invited to all administrative
meetings so they could share their experiences.
No liquor shops within 1 km of temples, education
institutes; ‘maach-bhaat’ in 400 canteens for ₹5, says CM.
More than 100 TMC Councillors have resigned from various
Civic Bodies. According to the recent figures, resignations have been reported
from:
Bhatpara Municipality – 30 councillors -Garulia Municipality
– 18 councillors -Halishahar Municipality – 16 councillors -North Barrackpore
Municipality – 15 councillors -Contai Municipality – 14 councillors -Diamond
Harbour Municipality – 8 councillors.
Following the application of 3-D and activation of West Bengal’s first formal
detention and holding centres for illegal immigrants, visible movement and
tightening have been reported near the Hakimpur border. Home Minister Amit Shah
is scheduled to visit the state in June to inspect border security operations.
Illegal migrants are returning to Bangladesh.
NIA Crackdown: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has
intensified search operations across multiple districts in West Bengal,
resulting in multiple arrests linked to a previous local judge attack case in
Mothabari. A special court has remanded
15 more individuals to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till 5th
June in connection with the attack on judicial officers in Mothabari, Malda.
30 Kolkata Police
personnel are under the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) scanner in connection
with alleged land-grabbing racket in the city, a senior official of the central
probe agency said on Monday (May 25, 2026).
IRAN
WAR:
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a message
on the occasion of Hajj and Eid al-Adha declaring Israel “must certainly be
uprooted and it will be”.
He described Israel as a “dangerous and deadly cancerous
tumour of this region”--according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
This year’s Hajj season gave the call to disavow the US and
Israel. It gained heightened importance. “Death to America” and “Death to
Israel” has become “the prevalent slogan of the Islamic Ummah”.
Hezbollah released a statement saying there is a need for a
“clear national consensus rejecting occupation and aggression, and through full
adherence to the right of the Lebanese to defend their country”. Ratified on
May 23, 1926, the constitution remains the oldest in the Arab world still in
force. Actually—HEZBOLLAH is the source of all
troubles, and it shall be eliminated.
United States forces attacked missile launch sites and
mine-laying vessels in southern Iran in what a US military spokesman described
as “self-defence” strikes.
Following the US' fresh strikes against IRGC and Iran, the
Iranian foreign ministry has accused Washington of violating the truce. The
ministry added that Tehran will also respond and continue to “defend” itself
from such attacks.
Trump will hold an unscheduled cabinet meeting at the White
House on Wednesday amid efforts to end the war on Iran.
The discussion is paused at DOHA.
US President Donald Trump said an agreement with Iran should
include Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkiye joining the Abraham Accords to normalize ties with Israel.
WORLD:
(REUTER, AP, AFP, BLOOMBERG, CNN, WP)
QUAD
nations today launched the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration
aimed at strengthening the coordination in maritime surveillance.
No
clarity on next Quad leaders’ summit, sparking questions about the group’s
future.
As
officials struggle to pin down the schedules of Mr. Trump, Mr. Modi, Ms.
Takaichi, and Mr. Albanese, there is speculation that the Quad will be
downgraded to an FM-level meet or occur on the sidelines of other gatherings.
USA has compromised with
China and QUAD lost its significance. An alternative must be worked out.
Published
- May 26, 2026 09:14 pm IST - NEW DELHI
US
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov and exchanged views on the Russia-Ukraine war and the situation in Iran,
said the US Department of State spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
Turkish
riot police use water cannons ahead of deposed Opposition leader's speech to
rally. Ozgur Ozel and the core leadership of the Republican People's Party, or
CHP, were removed from their posts on May 26 by a court order that many people
consider to be politically motivated.
MISHAPS:
At
least 1 dead, 9 others missing in chemical tank implosion at Washington State
mill.
In Uttar Pradesh, at least ten people were killed in two
separate road accidents on the Agra-Lucknow and Purvanchal expressways
yesterday.
In the first incident, six people lost their lives and more
than ten others were injured after a bus overturned on the Agra-Lucknow
Expressway near Unnao district.
In another accident in the early hours today, four people
were killed on the Purvanchal Expressway near Barabanki district.
Three persons killed, six injured in car-van collision on
Chennai - Bengaluru Highway in Ranipet.
The police said the region has been witnessing heavy downpour before the
accident happened.
CLIMATE:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red
alert predicting heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha.
Monsoon has
officially set in over Mizoram yesterday, according to the India
Meteorological Department, New Delhi. Officials have urged people across the
state to remain alert as the rainy season begins.
Exceptionally early heatwave shatters records, brings deaths
in Europe.
CRIME
& PUNISHMENT:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today carried out search
operations at five locations across Chennai and Madurai in connection with a
major drug smuggling syndicate with international links.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the government is in the process of
installing anti-drone systems within the next six months to curb the smuggling
of narcotics and weapons through drones.
GAMES
& SPORTS: -
In football, India thrashed the Maldives 11-nil in their
opening Group B match of the SAFF Women’s Championship in Maragao, Goa.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into the final beating
Gujarat Titans.
DAS
KAPITAL:
Sri Lanka’s central bank has raised its key Overnight Policy
Rate (OPR) by 100 basis points to 8.75%, tightening monetary policy as the
island nation faces renewed economic pressures.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has
achieved a historic milestone in the financial year 2025-26, recording sales of
one lakh 87 thousand crore rupees.
The Government has revised the Minimum Assured Procurement
Price (MAPP) of onion stocks from one thousand 270 rupees to one thousand 580
rupees per quintal.
Indian Share Market: -
*BSE SENSEX*
76,009.70 −479.26 (0.63%)🔻
*NIFTY* 23,913.70
−118.00 (0.49%)🔻
BULLIONS:
*GOLD* : ₹ 15,900/ 01gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 2,85,000/KG
Currency Exchange Rates:
*Euro* : ₹112/-*USD*
₹ 95/- *China¥* : ₹ 14/-
POLITICAL
FORECAST:
A Bloomberg analysis of voting patterns in India shows Modi,
75, is seeing success with a playbook aimed at restoring the BJP's
parliamentary majority during the national vote due by mid-2029, which would
position him to become India's longest-serving leader.
"Three years is a long time, but I think that the BJP
is simply in a very strong position now to go into those elections as the heavy
favourite to win a fourth term," said Michael Kugelman, resident senior
fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic Council in Washington. "This is one
of Modi's biggest political wins in quite some time."
THE END.
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