Special Reports
The Supreme Court’s directive to the Telangana Assembly Speaker to respond within two weeks on the long-pending disqualification petitions against BRS MLAs who crossed over to the Congress has done more than rattle the political establishment in Hyderabad. It has reopened a national debate on the credibility of India’s anti-defection framework and the uncomfortable truth…
Ramu Chilimella In Sanatana Dharma, our ancestors (Pitrus) are revered as silent guardians of the family lineage. When they are remembered with gratitude, their blessings sustain harmony, prosperity, and continuity. However, when ancestral duties remain incomplete or remembrance is neglected, scriptures describe a condition known as Pitru Dosha. Pitru Dosha is not a curse, nor…
As nationwide mass protests by the Iranian people enter their third week, the balance of power appears finely poised between leaderless demonstrators and the authorities representing the theocratic state. According to human rights activists and Iranian opposition figures, the regime has ratcheted up repression to unprecedented levels, with snipers reportedly positioned on rooftops and ordered…
Under the chairmanship of Dr. Girish Sahni, former Director General of CSIR, the 79th meeting of the Board of Governors of NIPER Mohali was held on March 22, 2023. The minutes of that meeting, if read carefully, do not merely raise questions—they expose a troubling pattern of administrative confusion, questionable priorities, and a casual disregard…
The proposal to subsume historic Secunderabad into later-sprung, administratively amorphous regions such as Malkajgiri and Rachakonda is not a mere bureaucratic exercise—it is an assault on history, identity, and civic memory. Cities are not Lego blocks to be rearranged at the convenience of governments. They are living organisms shaped over decades by culture, discipline, geography,…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad cricket was promised course correction. What it is witnessing instead is prolonged drift—quiet, procedural, and deeply consequential. Governance at the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), far from stabilising under judicial supervision, appears to be slipping further into ambiguity. The tragedy is not loud chaos, but slow erosion—where decisions are taken, time is sought,…
For decades after Independence, India spoke eloquently about women’s empowerment but acted timidly. Gender equality was celebrated in speeches, referenced in policy documents, and showcased on paper—but rarely backed with sustained budgets, institutional urgency, or political competition. That inertia decisively broke after 2014. Especially, with the ban on Triple Talaq, which indeed remove gender inequality,…
M S Shanker Today marks the 100th birth anniversary of Korlipara Balagangadhara Tilak—KB Tilak garu to those who knew him closely—one of the finest, yet most understated sons of the Telugu film industry. A fearless filmmaker, a committed social reformer, a freedom fighter, and above all, a principled human being, Tilak garu belonged to a…
Raja Rao Pochiraju Today, January 12, India bows in reverence to one of its greatest sons—Swami Vivekananda, born in 1863 as Narendranath Datta. While the nation commemorates his birth anniversary, the relevance of Vivekananda today is so profound that his ideas feel not 162 years old, but urgently contemporary. Swami Vivekananda was not merely a…
This article is relevant and significant in the present-day context of the game, when Hyderabad cricket is sliding downhill—not for lack of talent, but due to nepotism, corruption, and the erosion of merit. “Pay-to-play” has replaced performance. Even court-appointed ombudsmen and supervisory committees—by the Supreme Court and state High Courts—have failed to arrest the decline….
