New Delhi: India has exported 4.3 tonnes of Banganappalli mangoes to Singapore through sea route with lower logistics costs, the government said on Thursday. In an official statement, the Ministry of Agriculture noted that logistics costs through sea route were significantly lower than those of air shipment. “In a breakthrough for India’s fresh fruit export…
Our Legal Correspondent Hyderabad: The ongoing proceedings before the Chief Justice’s Bench of the Telangana High Court may prove significant in the continuing governance-related issues surrounding the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). The Bench on Thursday heard three of the four petitions filed by certain affiliated club representatives and a serving HCA office-bearer. The proceedings arise…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here amid the buzz over a reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers. The president’s office shared a picture of the meeting in a post on X. “Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah…
Kolkata: SBI Research has said the West Bengal Budget for 2026-27 carries the most optimistic policy narrative in 17 years, marking a decisive shift from the redistributive framework that defined both the Left Front and Trinamool Congress rule. The BJP government in West Bengal sought to blend welfare continuity with political and administrative reset in…
Sydney: “Making peace with Iran may be just as painful as winning the war,” a recent CNN report noted. As negotiations roll on during a shaky ceasefire, what a deal between the US and Iran might look like and whether it holds is anyone’s guess. As a scholar of ancient Persia (which eventually became Iran),…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Emergency was a direct assault on the Constitution as the period witnessed the suspension of civil liberties, curbs on freedom of expression, and an assault on institutions that are the bedrock of Indian democracy. Paying homage to all those who steadfastly defended democratic values during…
Kolkata: Five workers perished and around 20 others were rescued and hospitalised after a three-storey under-construction warehouse collapsed in Kolkata’s Taratala area on Wednesday, prompting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to order a halt to all construction projects approved under the erstwhile TMC regime within the city’s civic body area till July 31. About 15 more…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh authorities on Wednesday intensified inspections of coaching centres, libraries and other educational institutions across the state in the wake of the Aliganj fire tragedy in Lucknow that claimed 15 lives earlier this week. In Lucknow, teams of the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), the fire department and the electricity department continued inspections of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received a phone call from his Armenia counterpart Nikol Pashinyan whom he thanked for facilitating the evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in Iran following the recent developments in West Asia. Modi also congratulated Pashinyan on the victory of his Civil Contract Party in the country’s parliamentary elections…
MS Sparsha History often remembers political leaders, kings and warriors. Yet some of India’s greatest nation-builders worked quietly in classrooms and laboratories, shaping the country’s future without seeking recognition. One such forgotten giant was Ganesh Prasad, a pioneering mathematician whose contributions laid the foundations of higher mathematical research in India. Born in 1876 in Ballia,…
