New Delhi: A prominent member of India’s shooting coaching staff, Ankush Bhardwaj, has been accused of sexual harassment by a minor shooter, prompting the national federation to suspend him. NRAI (National Rifles Association of India) confirmed that an FIR has been filed against Bhardwaj in Faridabad. “NRAI has suspended him and we will issue a…
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has slammed the BJP for targeting senior AAP leader Atishi for her alleged remarks on Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, which, he claimed, she never made. Alleging that the BJP has always been anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh, Mann said in a post on X, “Today, its (BJP’s) anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh face…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, beginning Thursday, is about remembering the countless children of Bharat Mata, who never compromised with their principles and ethos. The year-long celebrations mark the resilience of the Indian civilisation, which rebuilt the Somnath temple at Veraval in Gujarat that was ravaged repeatedly by…
MOSCOW: Moscow on Wednesday slammed the United States over the seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic that Washington’s forces had pursued from the coast of Venezuela. “In accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, freedom of navigation applies in waters on the high seas, and no state…
New Delhi: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and urged the Centre to grant statutory status to Amaravati as Andhra Pradesh’s capital by introducing a bill in Parliament. The chief minister said such a move is vital for the state’s long-term development and stability. The meeting, which took…
Jerusalem: Amid deepening bilateral engagement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday told his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi that Israel values its partnership with New Delhi and their shared determination to defeat terrorism. Netanyahu, in a telephone call with Modi – first in 2026 – also said he looked forward to meeting the Indian prime minister…
Guwahati: The Congress on Wednesday appointed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, and former Jharkhand MLA Bandhu Tirkey as the party’s senior observers for the upcoming Assam assembly elections. In a statement, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal announced teams of senior observers for the…
New Delhi: With the world witnessing a fractious geopolitical environment, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday said that India and France working together have become important to stabilizing global politics. The external affairs minister made the remarks during a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris. The two ministers largely focused on…
By Shesh Narayan As someone who has spent decades within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), watching its evolution from the inside, I write today not with anger but with deep concern. What is unfolding within the HCA is not mere administrative dysfunction—it is a systematic breakdown of governance, ethics, and respect for constitutional and judicial…
The gods hastened to Indra with tidings of Kartikeya’s sudden ascendancy and entreated him to restrain the boy lest he fall into peril under his hand; Indra summoned the Saptamatrikas—Brahmī, Maheshvarī, Kaumārī, Vaiṣṇavī, Varāhī, Indrāṇī, Chamundā—the concentrated powers of the universe, and bade them overwhelm the youth by their dread; they went forth and, awed…
