New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ex-deputy Manish Sisodia in an excise police-related corruption case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI chargesheet. Special Judge Jitendra Singh said that the chargesheet had several lacunae not supported by evidence, as he discharged 21 more besides the…
By Vinay Rao This is no longer about cricket. It is about control. The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) stands at the edge of yet another internal rupture — not between reformers and traditionalists, not between competing visions for the game — but between ambition and entitlement. Behind the scorecards, beneath the smiling press conferences, a…
Chennai: Abhishek Sharma rediscovered his form with a blazing fifty, Hardik Pandya bludgeoned a half-century and Tilak Varma allayed strike-rate worries in India’s massive 72-run victory over Zimbabwe, keeping them alive in the race to the T20 World Cup semifinals in Chennai on Thursday. Along with that ticking of several boxes in their must-win Super…
Chennai: India captain Suryakumar Yadav was not happy with the bowling performance despite a dominant win over Zimbabwe that kept the hosts in the race for a semifinal berth in the T20 World Cup here on Thursday. After a heavy loss to South Africa in their Super 8 opener, Indian batters lifted their game to…
Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet on Thursday decided to request the Gauhati High Court to set up a fast-track court to expedite the trial in the Zubeen Garg death case, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Addressing a press conference after a Cabinet meeting here, Sarma said the decision was taken following a request by Garg’s…
New Delhi: Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday made a strong case for multilateral cooperation and said in these times of protectionism, giving up on multilateralism was not an option. Delivering the inaugural Dr Manmohan Singh memorial lecture here, Merkel referred to the US-led protectionist trade policies and said the world order had been…
Jerusalem: Reena Pushkarna, arguably the most well-known Indian face in Israel, a celebrity chef, restaurateur and business entrepreneur, was mentioned by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press statement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, for having played a key role in his personal life. “I think our first or second date…
The Nifty IT index just shed over ₹4 lakh crore in a single week because the narrative that “AI will devour white-collar jobs” has become consensus. Everyone from Dalal Street analysts to coffee-shop pundits is convinced: Artificial Intelligence is not a tool — it is a wrecking ball aimed straight at India’s $280-billion IT-BPM industry….
The health of a state’s governance is often reflected not in its speeches, but in its records — land records, property registrations, mutation files, and title deeds. In Telangana today, that vital administrative backbone — the Revenue Department — appears to be in visible distress. What should have been a model of streamlined governance risks…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The central aspiration of Vedic culture is the creation and moulding of a self-sufficient, harmonious society rooted in truth, duty, and spiritual awareness. It does not merely prescribe beliefs; it establishes a living order. Food production, clothing, crafts, division of labour, taxation, governance, human relationships, and worship are not treated as isolated…
