Kolkata: As Nandigram and Rejinagar vote on Tuesday, the two bypolls in West Bengal carry significance far beyond the seats at stake — offering the BJP its first electoral test since ending the TMC’s 15-year rule and opening a battle over which opposition party can emerge as its principal challenger. The contests will give the…
Mumbai: Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar acted “completely illegally” and violated a parliamentary law on the powers of election commissioners, and sought his removal from the top post in the poll body. Serious questions were being raised about the Chief Election Commissioner’s functioning, Chavan said, alleging that…
Special Correspondent Golden Chances, Half Medicines Part 4A described how a few have kept the Hyderabad Cricket Association captive. This part asks the harder question: if the disease is so well known, why has nobody cured it? Few sports bodies in India have had so many eminent doctors. Since 2017, the Association has passed through…
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was enacted for a compelling and necessary purpose: to protect vulnerable communities from genuine discrimination, humiliation, violence, wrongful dispossession, and atrocities. There can be no argument against such protection. But precisely because the law is powerful, its provisions cannot be allowed to become a convenient…
Online Sports Desk Former India opener Wasim Jaffer believes Tilak Varma could be the ideal candidate to replace Virat Kohli at No. 3 in India’s ODI batting order after the 2027 World Cup. Kohli has confirmed that the 2027 edition will be his last ODI World Cup for India, leaving the team with a major…
Online Sports Desk Sunil Gavaskar said he was ‘disappointed’ to see Rohit Sharma get out for 92 against the West Indies in Sunday’s third ODI in New Chandigarh because he wants the Mumbaikar to end his career with more centuries than his age. Gavaskar conjectured that Rohit will call off his career after the 2027…
Shravasti/Bahraich (UP): AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday accused the BJP and Samajwadi Party of engaging in “noora kushti (staged fight)” in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that the state’s Muslims were being denied justice. Addressing a rally in Bhinga, the headquarters of Shravasti district, Owaisi also criticised the INDIA bloc parties and said the All India…
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the protest march led by Uddhav and Raj Thackeray in Mumbai was an expression of frustration against the Election Commission after being rejected by the people, and termed the leaders as “Ghajinis”. “The morcha was an attempt to find back their lost ground. Despite all the…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said the Asian Games 2026 have witnessed outstanding performances of Indian athletes and that the nation is proud of every member of its contingent who represented Bharat with dedication and commitment. “Congratulations to all our medal winners, especially our women athletes for their impressive performances,” she said in…
The allegations of sexual harassment against Delhi Police personnel during Saturday’s protest near Jantar Mantar are serious. They cannot be dismissed, trivialised or explained away merely because the allegations have been made against members of the uniformed force. At the same time, neither can an allegation, however disturbing, automatically become an established fact. The truth…
