Girja Shankar Dixit The recent discourse surrounding athletes in their 40s often carries a tone of inevitable decline. While the spotlight has been on MS Dhoni’s evolving role at Chennai Super Kings, with questions arising about the impact of age on his once explosive batting, a different narrative unfolds in the realm of Indian football….
How a Jharkhand minister’s casual communalism mirrors a deeper and dangerous mindset When Jharkhand minister Hafizul Ansari declared with unsettling ease that for Muslims, ‘Shariat comes first, Constitution later’, he wasn’t merely expressing a personal belief. He was, in essence, renouncing the very oath he took when he assumed public office. A minister in a…
A marvel of strategy, wisdom, and meticulous planning, Sugreeva, after assembling a formidable team for the southern expedition and dispatching them with flawless guidance from inception to return, now turns his keen gaze westward. He seeks to constitute another elite search party, and to this end, he approaches Sushena—his father-in-law, the father of Tara—whose form…
The Anasuya Devi Temple is situated at Mahur in Maharashtra’s Nanded district. It is a powerful symbol of devotion, purity, and divine motherhood. Dedicated to Mata Anasuya, the wife of Sage Atri and mother of Lord Dattatreya, this temple is one of the most sacred spots in the region. The temple is believed to have…
Bengaluru: Strongly defending his government’s move to provide 4 percent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, questioning why shouldn’t it be done, said giving strength to anyone who are economically and socially weak, is the mission and commitment of the Congress party. Alleging that he is being labelled as…
Patna: Former Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Monday announced that his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party was no longer with the BJP-led NDA, which has chosen to back his estranged nephew Chirag Paswan. Paras, whose party came into being in 2021 as a result of the split he engineered in the Lok Janshakti Party, founded…
New Delhi: (Apr 14) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Modi government of paying only “lip service” to B R Ambedkar’s legacy but doing nothing to fulfill his wishes and claimed the BJP-RSS were “enemies” of the architect of the Constitution. Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his criticism of the…
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana unit welcomed the arrest of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi in Belgium, hailing it as another significant step in fulfilling the NDA government’s commitment to bring back economic offenders who fled the country after defrauding Indian banks. Choksi, a key accused in the ₹13,000 crore Punjab National Bank…
Yamuanagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said there were blackouts when the Congress was in power before 2014, but India’s power production has doubled in the last decade, and it is now exporting electricity. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of an 800-MW ultra-critical modern thermal power unit at the Deenbandhu Chhotu…
In a strategic move ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections, actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Vijay, has challenged the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in the Supreme Court. As president of the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), Vijay’s decision aligns with a broader trend among regional parties seeking to appeal to minority…
