‘Complete farce’: India says elections in PoK cannot hide ‘reality’
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday dismissed the “so-called” local body elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a “complete farce”, saying such exercises cannot conceal the “reality” in the region. The MEA also condemned Pakistan’s alleged brutal crackdown on protesters in PoK, saying the international community should see through Islamabad’s “flimsy…
Ex-Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin arrested for comment allegedly insulting Trisha
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged “double-meaning” remark alluding to popular actor Trisha and insulting her modesty, police said. Udhayanidhi was arrested and taken to Thanjavur in a police van. The DMK leader was arrested for his alleged remark at a protest meeting held at…
Asian Games already on mind as boxing, para stars return to grand welcome
New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Games medallists barely had time to celebrate their success before shifting their focus to next month’s Asian Games as they returned to a rousing welcome in the national capital in the early hours of Tuesday. Even as the athletes walked out of the airport to a rousing welcome, they spoke in…
AAP’s agitation against E20 fuel to continue, people must join protest: Kejriwal
New Delhi: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said his party’s campaign against E20 fuel would continue and urged people to join the protest in large numbers if they wanted to stop its implementation. Addressing a press conference after leading a march towards the Prime Minister’s residence with petitions opposing E20 fuel, Kejriwal said…
TCA opposes HCA’s District Expansion, alleges Constitutional violations
Our Sports Reporter Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has strongly opposed the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) recently announced district expansion programme, alleging that the exercise violates judicial directives, the BCCI Constitution and established governance norms. In official press release issued here on Tuesday, TCA General Secretary Dharam Gurva Reddy alleged that the district committees…
Twenty-five states file lawsuit challenging Trump’s latest tariffs on India and 58 other countries
Washington: Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February. The United States last month imposed double-digit tariffs on 59 countries and the European Union, charging that they had not done enough to crack down on imports produced…
TVK files complaints against Udhayanidhi”s double-meaning remark at NCW, police
Thanjavur/Chennai: The ruling TVK escalated its protest against DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over his allegedly offensive remarks directed at a film actor, filing complaints with both the local police and the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday. A police complaint was lodged at the Thanjavur East Police Station by S Bairavi, the TVK’s Central…
Will wipe off few players, benefit few others: Gopichand on badminton’s new scoring system
New Delhi: Pullela Gopichand still remembers the disruption caused by badminton’s scoring overhaul during his playing career and as the sport gears up to embrace another “tactical shift”, the India coach believes a few players will be “wiped off”. The 15×3 system (three games of 15 points each) will replace the current 21×3 format (three…
Probe Brahma Kumaris, GRC—Transparency alone will end the doubts
Democracy is not weakened when questions are asked. It is weakened when questions are dismissed without answers. In a constitutional democracy, no institution—whether it wears political colours, religious robes or spiritual attire—should claim immunity from public scrutiny. If governments, corporations, NGOs and religious organizations can all be investigated whenever credible complaints arise, why should any…
HCA Eyes Cricket Expansion Across Telangana
Special Correspondent In what is being viewed as a significant step towards decentralising cricket development across Telangana, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has constituted a District Cricket Infrastructure Development Committee (DCIDC) with former HCA Secretary T. Sheshnarayan as its Chairman. The development assumes significance in the backdrop of proceedings initiated by the Telangana Cricket Association…
