Kolkata: Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Sunday, August 2, strongly pitched for the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in India, asserting that such a law was essential to eliminate discrimination, particularly against women. She also stressed the need for such a law in neighbouring Bangladesh and Pakistan. “All advanced countries have UCC-like laws. Bangladesh,…
New Delhi: Premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah is set to miss India’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka as he is yet to recover from his knee injury. Jammu and Kashmir seamer Auqib Nabi is all set to earn his maiden call-up to the national team. Nabi will be the third player after Parvez Rasool and Umran…
Thiruvananthapuram: Eight people have been killed while an equal number of people remain missing after heavy rainfall wreaked havoc across Kerala on Saturday, 1 August. The incessant rains, which began on the night of Friday, 31 July, triggered landslides, waterlogging and flash floods, causing widespread damage to property and lives. At least 13 people have…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the country’s youth to take a pledge against substance abuse, saying drugs can give them a “high” for some time, but would make their entire career and personal life “low”. Launching the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’, PM Modi said the country’s youth…
Margao: In a significant political development in the Opposition camp, senior leaders of the Congress and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) met on Saturday for the first time in recent months and expressed their commitment to strengthening their alliance ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls. Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai, accompanied by party leader…
Ramu Chelimella Every year, millions of devotees across Telangana come together to celebrate Bonalu with profound faith, devotion and cultural pride. The vibrant processions, beautifully decorated temples, rhythmic beats of the dappu, the energetic dance of Pothuraju, women carrying the sacred Bonam on their heads, and the rich display of folk traditions transform towns and…
Washington: Three people were killed, and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon, a Twin Falls city spokesperson said. Police who responded to the shooting found the body of the suspected gunman in an area near the restaurant, Twin Falls city public…
Washington: United States President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a planned large-scale military attack on Iran, claiming that the “perimeters of a deal” have been agreed upon. Trump announced the decision on his Truth Social platform late Saturday, a day after US media reported that Washington and Israel were preparing to strike Iran’s energy…
Vinay Rao Another Sunday, another round of legal notices flying across the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) Apex Council. But this week’s paperwork appears far more consequential than the usual factional sparring. It raises a larger question: how far can an Association continue testing the limits of a Court that has already spelt out, in black…
Islamabad: Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed to have died, and search teams are trying to recover their bodies, Purja’s expedition company said Saturday. “The world has lost one of mountaineering’s greatest climbers,” the company, Elite Exped, said in a statement. It stressed…
