Kathmandu: Rastriya Swotantra Party is leading in 23 seats, while Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are leading in three each as per the preliminary election results. Vote counting started late on Thursday night, according to the Election Commission. Counting is expected to be completed by Friday night. Nepal witnessed about 60% voter turnout during the elections…
New York/Washington: Amid the escalating conflict with Iran, the US said it is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. “President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded. To enable oil to keep flowing into the global market, the Treasury…
Institutions are often remembered for their scale. A few are remembered for their soul. The Exhibition Society belongs firmly to the latter category — an institution that has combined spectacle with service, enterprise with empathy, and tradition with transformation. Established in 1938 by the graduates of the illustrious Osmania University, the Society began as a…
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Thursday allowed a second Iranian ship to dock at the eastern port of Trincomalee and evacuated all 208 personnel on board, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said, a day after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation. In a televised address, Dissanayake said the vessel, IRINS Bushehr, had sought permission…
Guwahati/Diphu/Jorhat: A Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force went missing from radar contact while flying over Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Thursday evening, shortly after taking off from Jorhat airbase, officials said. Defence PRO Lt Col Mahender Rawat said that the Su-30 MKI fighter jet went missing from the radar when it was…
Mumbai: Opener Sanju Samson on Thursday conceded that the thought of cementing his place in India’s playing 11 for the T20 World Cup forced him to overreach in the preceding home T20I series against New Zealand, leading to a string of low scores. Samson misfired against the Kiwis, as Ishan Kishan overtook him and opened…
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has been appointed West Bengal Governor and Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) named the new Bihar Governor as part of major gubernatorial appointments effected by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday night. Ravi succeeds C V Ananda Bose, who resigned earlier today. President Murmu has accepted Bose’s…
Special Correspondent The slow decay of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is no longer merely an administrative crisis. It has now evolved into something far more troubling — a test of institutional credibility. At the centre of this unfolding drama lies an uncomfortable question: why are crucial verdicts in cases concerning the future of Hyderabad…
The Indian government has launched National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0), a scaled-up blueprint for unlocking value from public infrastructure assets to fund ambitious development goals without escalating debt. Unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 23, 2026, and prepared by NITI Aayog, NMP 2.0 targets an aggregate monetisation potential of ₹16.72 lakh crore over FY26–FY30 (2025-26…
The 86th meeting of the Board of Governors of the Institute was held on December 9, 2024. The attendance pattern itself revealed a troubling picture of disengagement and institutional indifference. The meeting was attended by Dr. Sushant Sharma, Deputy Drugs Controller (India), CDSCO, Baddi Sub-Zonal Office, representing the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Ministry…
