Chennai: In the first Joint Action Committee meeting of states hosted by Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK over the proposed delimitation of Parliamentary seats by the Centre, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday made it clear that the fight is likely to be taken forward through the legal route also. In the meeting, Kerala Chief…
MS Shanker The cracks in Maharashtra’s Mahayuti government are widening, exposing the fragile nature of this alliance. While the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena stand united over the recent Nagpur riots—where police investigations confirm that elements within the Muslim minority provoked large-scale violence, including the molestation of women cops—Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)…
Nagpur: At least 14 more persons have been arrested in connection with the violence in Nagpur earlier this week, taking the total number of arrests to 105, a senior police official has said. According to the police, 14 persons, including 10 juveniles, were nabbed on Friday. The official said three more FIRs have been registered…
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor slammed the Centre over private members’ business “scrubbed” from the Lok Sabha’s revised list of business on Friday and wondered whether Parliament exists only for the government to pursue its own agenda. Tharoor pointed out that there has been no private members’ business in the Lok Sabha since July…
Chennai: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, state Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud and opposition BRS leader K T Rama Rao on Friday reached Chennai to attend the meeting on delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. The Telangana CM reached the Tamil Nadu capital Friday night,…
Washington: President Donald Trump said on Friday that war plans should not be shared with his adviser Elon Musk because of his business interests, a rare suggestion that the billionaire entrepreneur’s expansive role in the administration will face limits. Trump made the comments during an Oval Office meeting on developing a new fighter jet, and…
MS Shanker As the author of the six-part investigative series Who Ruined Hyderabad Cricket? I have extensively analyzed the factors behind the decline of Hyderabad’s cricketing legacy. Now, I turn my attention to a broader issue—why has cricket, despite being India’s most beloved and financially dominant sport, been excluded from the National Sports Policy? This…
The Indian judiciary, once considered the last bastion of justice, is now under a dark cloud of suspicion. The recent developments involving the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the Supreme Court collegium have only fuelled concerns about the integrity of our judicial system. The transfer of a Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Verma—under…
If we consider ponds and stepwells as mere places to store water, then perhaps we are not doing them justice. These are not just water sources but living witnesses of stories, mysteries, traditions, and folklore of centuries. Old ponds and stepwells are those pages of the book of history on which the drops of time…
With bows slung over their shoulders, quivers brimming with arrows, and swords gleaming in the light, two noble warriors advanced with a majestic stride toward Mount Rishyamuka. Their formidable presence cast a shadow of dread upon Sugreeva, the son of Ruksharajas, and his gathered counsel. Uneasy, the monkey prince paced to and fro, his gaze…
