Kolkata: Former BCCI president and batting great Sourav Ganguly on Monday side-stepped the debate surrounding Indian players’ refusal to shake hands with Pakistani cricketers after their Asia Cup clash in Dubai, but said terrorism must end “all around the world, not just India and Pakistan.” India won by seven wickets in the match that faced…
Purnea (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched multiple development projects worth around Rs 40,000 crore in Bihar’s Purnea district on Monday, saying the projects “spanning railways, airports, electricity and water” will serve as a means to fulfill the aspirations of the Seemanchal region. The PM also inaugurated a newly developed terminal building at Purnea airport,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would interfere if it finds any illegality in the Election Commission’s Special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, while fixing October 7 for hearing final arguments. Although the petitioners requested for a hearing before October 1 –when the final voters list would be published by…
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court order putting on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act as a win for the constitutional values of justice, equality, and fraternity, and asserted that it goes a long way towards undoing the “mischievous intentions” underlying the original statute. Congress general secretary in…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the three-day Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) at the Eastern Command headquarters of the Indian Army at Vijay Durg, the erstwhile Fort William, in Kolkata. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also attended the crucial meet, the first such conference after Operation Sindoor. Operation Sindoor was conceived as a punitive…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday released the final results of the District Selection Committee (teacher recruitment) examination for over 16,000 posts across six departments. According to Kona Sasidhar, secretary of the school education department, out of over 5.7 lakh applications, 3.36 lakh candidates were considered eligible, and the final District Selection Committee (DSC)…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Waqf law, saying there was a “presumption” of constitutionality in its favour, but stalled the operation of certain provisions, including the one which said only those who are practising Islam for the last five years can create a waqf. Pronouncing an interim order, a…
So, India did not boycott Pakistan. Shocking, isn’t it? After weeks of TV anchors foaming at the mouth, hashtags trending like monsoon floods, and boycott warriors demanding blood instead of bat, Suryakumar Yadav’s men quietly walked onto the ground in Dubai, played their cricket, and handed Pakistan a thrashing that will sting longer than any…
Houston: President Donald Trump has decried immigration policy forged under his predecessor, Joe Biden, in the wake of the brutal beheading of an Indian-origin motel manager in Dallas, allegedly by an undocumented Cuban immigrant with a prior criminal record. Posting on Truth, his social media platform, Trump called the attacker an “Illegal Alien” who should…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the three-day Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) of the armed forces at the Eastern Command headquarters here on Monday. The conference is the apex brainstorming forum of the armed forces, bringing together the nation’s top civil and military leadership to exchange views at the conceptual and strategic levels, a…
