Kolkata: Slamming the BJP for its “silence” over the death by suicide of a woman doctor in Maharashtra after alleged rape, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday wondered if the saffron party had now become “emotionally bankrupt”. West Bengal minister and TMC national spokesperson Shashi Panja said “all hell would have broken loose” had such an…
Bhopal: In a shocking incident, two Australian women cricketers visiting India for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup were allegedly stalked and molested by a motorcycle-borne man in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Acting on the matter, the Indore Police, after registering an FIR on the complaint of the Australian team’s security manager, Danny Simmons, tracked and…
New Delhi: Ahead of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission on Friday issued an advisory to political parties against the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based tools in political campaigns, saying such content poses a grave threat by its ability to masquerade as truth. The advisory came amid complaints by parties that their political rivals…
Kota (Rajasthan): Self-reliance is not just an economic policy, but the fundamental spirit of nation building, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday while urging people to adopt ‘Swadeshi’ products and services in their daily life. Addressing an Atmanirbhar Bharat conference organized here, the local MP said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra…
Riffa (Bahrain): India’s athletics contingent ensured a steady flow of medals, grabbing four podium finishes, including two silver through Edwina Jason and Oshin, to maintain the country’s fifth position at the ongoing Asian Youth Games, here on Friday. With two silver and two bronze from the track and field events, India’s overall tally rose to…
Dubai: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that India will supply food for the global community through Dubai, adding that the country is moving from ease of doing business to the speed of doing business. Speaking to PTI during his visit to the UAE, Naidu said that Dubai is a hub…
Hajipur (Bihar): Former Bihar Minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Friday asserted that he will ‘choose death over returning to the RJD”, from which he was expelled by his father Lalu Prasad a few months ago. In an interview with PTI Videos, Yadav, who has since floated Janshakti Janta Dal, and is contesting assembly poll from…
As Bihar heads to the polls on November 6, the state’s electorate faces a stark and familiar choice — between the shadow of jungle raj and the stability of good governance. The stakes are high, not merely for Patna’s corridors of power but for Bihar’s image as a state struggling to reconcile its past with…
Bhandaru Srinivasa Rao “One wonders why the language of our politicians keeps sinking lower every day,” said Dr. P. S. Gopalakrishna, former Director of All India Radio, over the phone one morning. A gentle, sensitive man, he would lose sleep over a single inappropriate word slipping into a radio broadcast. Imagine, then, his anguish today—listening…
The mighty Arjuna, his sinews hardened in the discipline of war, rested awhile amid the quiet pasture of cowherds, where the grasses bent in soft bushes and the mango groves breathed their honeyed scent. There, in gentle mood, he spoke to Subhadra with words of tender counsel: “When we walk together, beloved, let no idle…
