SC asks Allahabad HC not to proceed with hearing DA case against Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: In a major relief to Rahul Gandhi, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Allahabad High Court not to proceed with a case involving allegations of disproportionate assets against the Congress leader. The top court also asked the CBI and the ED not to file any report in pursuance of the directions of…
Seven killed, several injured in hotel fire in West Bengal’s Tarapith
Tarapith (WB): At least seven people were killed and several others critically injured in a fire at a hotel in West Bengal’s Birbhum district early on Monday, police said. The fire erupted around 5 am on the ground floor of the four-storey hotel in the temple town of Tarapith, when most of the guests were…
Six dead, several injured in stampede at Bihar temple
Lakshmisarai (Bihar): At least six people were killed and several others were injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred due to a heavy rush of devotees at the temple to offer water to lord Shiva in the holy month of Shravan. Sub-Divisional…
HCA’s selection pipeline needs a reality check -Part II
Special Correspondent If Hyderabad cricket genuinely wants to restore its lost glory, it must have the courage to examine not merely who occupies the offices of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), but how the entire talent-to-selection pipeline functions. It is easy to speak about systemic reform in abstract terms. It is considerably harder to identify…
Vande Mataram row: Politics meets national honour
MS Shanker The controversy at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day may have begun with a few seconds of a video clip, but it has quickly turned into something much larger: a political test of how Bharat’s oldest national party relates to one of the most emotive symbols of the freedom struggle. During the Congress…
Dimagi Naxal: Chidambaram’s curious confession
Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to “dimagi naxals” is being projected as a political retort. But it could well become something more significant—a revealing window into the mindset of a political generation that presided over the long and bloody battle against Left-Wing Extremism….
From a hesitant India to a confident Bharat
I grew up in an India that was barely a generation old. Looking back over the decades, what strikes me most is not merely how much the country has changed, but how much time we lost before discovering what India could actually become. The India of my childhood was poor, insecure and hesitant. We inherited…
Ankita Dhyani clocks personal best time in 1500m in USA
Portland (USA): India’s middle and long-distance runner Ankita Dhyani clocked a personal best time to finish second in the women’s 1500m race at the Stumptown Twilight event here. The 24-year-old Ankita clocked 4:06.75s in the World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger level meet (Category D) on Saturday. She improved upon her previous personal best by more…
LG to flag off Budha Amarnath yatra from Jammu on Aug 17; security tightened
Jammu: Amid tight security arrangements, the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan shrine of Budha Amarnath in Poonch district will begin today, with LG Manoj Sinha scheduled to flag off the first batch of pilgrims from Jammu. Security has been further tightened ahead of the yatra, with forces deployed along Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch highway amid operations at several…
Over 2.37 lakh evacuated as Odisha braces for more rain, CM to visit flood-hit areas on Aug 17
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to visit flood-hit Bhadrak and Jajpur districts on Monday as the state remains on high alert following an IMD forecast of extremely heavy rain in the wake of the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. The state has evacuated more than…
