Kolkata: (Apr 29) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of trying to “rig” the West Bengal assembly elections, alleging that central forces and election observers were acting at the behest of the saffron party. The BJP, however, dismissed her allegations, accusing her of “trying to create confusion sensing public anger…
Vinay Rao The latest verdict of the Telangana High Court on the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association is not merely another judicial intervention—it is a sweeping indictment of an institution that has, over the years, drifted from administrative inefficiency into deep-rooted structural decay. What emerges from the court’s findings is not a story of…
Kolkata: Voting began on Wednesday in 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, amid unprecedented security arrangements and a high-stakes contest that could decide whether the ruling TMC retains its dominance over southern districts or the BJP can force open the gates of power in the state. Polling…
Mullanpur: Donovan Ferreira’s audacious stroke-play handed Punjab Kings the bitter pill of defeat for the first time in this edition of IPL as Rajasthan Royals cantered home by six wickets in a high-octane chase here on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 223, Rajasthan Royals needed 71 off the last six overs when Ferreira smashed his…
Washington: US Marines boarded a commercial ship in the Arabian Sea suspecting it was headed to Iran in violation of the US-imposed blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The US Central Command said that the commercial ship M/V Blue Star III was searched and released after ascertaining that it was not headed to an Iranian…
Ahmedabad: The BJP on Tuesday emerged victorious in all 15 municipal corporations where elections were held on April 26, officials said. The party made a clean sweep in Morbi and Porbandar Municipal Corporations, bagging all 52 seats in both the local bodies. Of the 17 municipal corporations in the state, elections were held in 15….
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun in Bishkek to discuss maintaining peace and tranquillity along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and broader regional security concerns including the West Asia crisis. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ conclave,…
Long before Google became synonymous with search and artificial intelligence, an Indian-origin scientist working quietly in the United States had already begun reimagining how machines could think. Subhash Kak is not a household name in today’s AI-dominated discourse—but perhaps he should be. Because decades before Silicon Valley discovered “intelligence” in code, Kak was already asking…
Every election season brings with it a familiar spectacle: flashing graphics, confident projections, and the near-theatrical unveiling of exit polls that claim to decode the “mood of the nation.” Yet, beneath this data-driven bravado lies a deeper philosophical question—can voter behaviour ever be measured with precision, or are exit polls merely a sophisticated guess wrapped…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Gautama, son of Rahugana, in the sacred cadences of the Gayatri, Vṛṣṭik, and Triṣṭubh metres of the Rigvedic hymns, raises a profound invocation to Soma, blending devotion with reflective insight. With awakened intellect, the seer declares an intimate knowledge of Soma’s essence, not merely as a ritual offering, but as…
