Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered a CBI probe into alleged corruption involving close aides of CM Bhagwant Mann. The ED had written three letters to the senior cop alleging widespread corruption in government transfers and postings, Change of Land Use (CLU) matters, and other dealings in Punjab. The agency had sought action…
Chennai: DMK spokesperson T K S Elangovan on Monday backed Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s statement on the alliance, asserting that alliance victory is more important than seat-sharing and all must unite to defeat the BJP. Reports surfaced suggesting tension between the SP and Congress over seat sharing for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections….
Washington: In an apparent faux pas, US President Donald Trump mentioned India in a social media post to claim that the electoral process in the US was “corrupt”, when there were no elections in India, and the post clearly appeared to be about the presidential election in Brazil. In a Truth Social post on Sunday,…
Kolkata: As Nandigram and Rejinagar vote on Tuesday, the two bypolls in West Bengal carry significance far beyond the seats at stake — offering the BJP its first electoral test since ending the TMC’s 15-year rule and opening a battle over which opposition party can emerge as its principal challenger. The contests will give the…
Mumbai: Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar acted “completely illegally” and violated a parliamentary law on the powers of election commissioners, and sought his removal from the top post in the poll body. Serious questions were being raised about the Chief Election Commissioner’s functioning, Chavan said, alleging that…
Special Correspondent Golden Chances, Half Medicines Part 4A described how a few have kept the Hyderabad Cricket Association captive. This part asks the harder question: if the disease is so well known, why has nobody cured it? Few sports bodies in India have had so many eminent doctors. Since 2017, the Association has passed through…
Online Sports Desk Former India opener Wasim Jaffer believes Tilak Varma could be the ideal candidate to replace Virat Kohli at No. 3 in India’s ODI batting order after the 2027 World Cup. Kohli has confirmed that the 2027 edition will be his last ODI World Cup for India, leaving the team with a major…
Online Sports Desk Sunil Gavaskar said he was ‘disappointed’ to see Rohit Sharma get out for 92 against the West Indies in Sunday’s third ODI in New Chandigarh because he wants the Mumbaikar to end his career with more centuries than his age. Gavaskar conjectured that Rohit will call off his career after the 2027…
Shravasti/Bahraich (UP): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday accused the BJP and Samajwadi Party of engaging in “noora kushti (staged fight)” in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that the state’s Muslims were being denied justice. Addressing a rally in Bhinga, the headquarters of Shravasti district, Owaisi also criticised the INDIA bloc parties and said the All India…
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the protest march led by Uddhav and Raj Thackeray in Mumbai was an expression of frustration against the Election Commission after being rejected by the people, and termed the leaders as “Ghajinis”. “The morcha was an attempt to find back their lost ground. Despite all the…
