New Delhi: At least nine people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar early Sunday, officials said. The incident was reported around 3.48 am at a four-storey building in Vivek Vihar Phase-I, following which police, fire and disaster management teams rushed to the spot. According to…
Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that despite foreign invasions and hardships, tribal communities and Scheduled Castes preserved the country’s identity and soul, stressing the need to integrate them into the mainstream development process. He was speaking on Saturday at the Karmayogi awards ceremony in Mumbai, where Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin…
Special Correspondent For months now, this publication’s relentless exposés on the murky functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association have consistently flagged deep-rooted concerns—ranging from opaque administration to alleged manipulation of opportunities. Those concerns have now found a powerful, if unusual, reinforcement in a series of anonymous whistleblower emails sent under the name “Robo Run” to…
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings produced a thoroughly professional display to outclass Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in a critical Indian Premier League match and significantly boost their playoff prospects in Chennai Saturday. Afghanistan left-arm spinner Noor Ahmad led a disciplined bowling effort to help CSK restrict a lacklustre Mumbai Indians to 159 for seven. Noor returned…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday described Operation Sindoor as a reflection of the Modi government’s “unwavering resolve” to eliminate terrorism through “decisive action”. Singh also said the “unmatched valour” of the armed forces during the operation has marked it as a “golden chapter” in India’s military history. The defence minister made the…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said adoption of technologies like Cell Broadcast and CAP will significantly strengthen disaster preparedness, improve governance, and ensure timely and effective outreach to every citizen. Shah said this while conveying his best wishes on the launch of the cell broadcast alert system that would warn citizens…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered repoll in all 285 polling booths of the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on May 21, an official said. The repoll was ordered due to “severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process” on April 29, when voting in Falta was held…
On the eve of the verdict, I will stick my neck out and say this: we may well be staring at a 4–1 verdict in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party across key battlegrounds—Assam, West Bengal, Puducherry, and, in a more complex arithmetic, even Tamil Nadu through alliances. That may sound bold. But elections are…
In his second term in office, President Donald Trump’s name has become synonymous with “U-turns”. His instant U-turn, calling India a great country within an hour of reposting a racist remark, India – a hellhole, shows the desperation and the frustration of the most powerful man in the world, who is consistently inconsistent in his…
There are many ways to respond to a new expressway. You can measure its length, its engineering, its economic impact, or the hours it shaves off a weary journey. Or you can stand at the median, squint into the distance, and ask – what is the hurry? Ravish Kumar has chosen the latter. The reduction…
