Pretoria (South Africa): The end of South Africa’s G20 presidency does not mean the end of its ability or responsibility to promote the issues it prioritised during 2025. It can still advocate for action on some of these issues through its further participation in the G20 and in other international and regional forums. In this…
Online Desk At least 42 people were charred to death after a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims collided with a diesel tanker near Medina, according to local media in Saudi Arabia on Monday. The victims are believed to be Indian nationals, with several reportedly from Hyderabad. The Telangana government said it is in contact with the Indian…
New Delhi: Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya Lok Morcha president Upendra Kushwaha have held separate meetings with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was the BJP’s election in-charge in Bihar, at his residence here. The BJP’s in-charge of political affairs in Bihar, Vinod Tawde, was also present when the two NDA…
Sabarimala (Kerala): Hundreds of devotees thronged the famed Lord Ayyappa Temple here early on Monday, the auspicious first day of the Malayalam month of ‘Vrichikam’, which marks the beginning of the annual Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season. Dressed in the customary black attire and carrying the ‘irumudikkettu’ (sacred bundle) on their heads, pilgrims from inside and outside…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned that any country that does business with Russia will be “very severely sanctioned”, as his administration and Republican lawmakers push ahead with tough legislation targeting Moscow. Responding to questions from reporters on Sunday on whether it was time for Congress to pass measures aimed at pressuring Russia…
The bypoll rout in Jubilee Hills has done what years of internal murmurs could not: force the BJP to confront its own strategic drift in Telangana. And the message has come not from an outsider but from one of its most combative personalities—suspended Goshamahal MLA Raja Singh—whose blunt assessment of the party’s performance has gone…
India’s 30-run loss to South Africa in the low-scoring opening Test at Kolkata was not a bolt from the blue. It was the natural culmination of patterns long ignored, combinations left uncorrected, and a dangerous over-reliance on the lower order to bail the team out. When a side as formidable at home as India capitulates…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday once again played down speculation about a possible change in leadership in the state, popularly dubbed the ‘November Revolution’, declaring himself a “disciplined soldier” of the Congress and reaffirming that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will complete his full term. Emphasising unity within the party, Shivakumar said he…
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh enforced heightened security across Dhaka and other regions overnight amid sporadic arson and crude bomb attacks ahead of Monday’s verdict by a special tribunal against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a case of alleged crimes against humanity. Authorities ordered strict military, paramilitary, and police vigil after reports that Hasina’s now-disbanded Awami…
Kolkata: South Africa coach Shukri Conrad was overwhelmed to see his spinners rule the roost in the first Test against India at the Eden Gardens, signalling to him that the Rainbow Nation is no longer an exclusive “fast bowling country” and hoped that a lot more slow bowlers would emerge. Fresh off a hard-fought 1-1…
