Chennai: After three silent outings, Sanju Samson rediscovered his batting range with a fabulous hundred and bowlers’ fangs regrew as Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals by 23 runs to register their first win of IPL 2026 here on Saturday. Samson (115 not out, 56 balls) and Ayush Mhatre (59, 36 balls) milked 113 runs for…
Siliguri: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a massive roadshow in Siliguri in northern West Bengal on Saturday evening, drawing huge crowds who lined the streets to greet him. The roadshow, which passed through key stretches of the city, began near the Bagdogra airport. Thousands of people gathered on two sides of the road, waving, raising…
Abu Dhabi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday began his official visit to the UAE by interacting with the members of the Indian Community. Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to the UAE, is expected to focus on exchanging views on the West Asia conflict. “Started my visit to the UAE by interacting…
Mumbai: Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle was admitted to a private hospital here on Saturday evening due to chest infection and exhaustion, her granddaughter Zanai Bhosle said. The 92-year-old singer was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai. Sources had earlier said she suffered cardiac arrest and also had pulmonary problems. Treatment is ongoing,…
Katiar (Bihar): At least 13 people were killed and 30 others injured following a collision involving a bus, a truck, and a pickup van in Bihar’s Katihar district on Saturday evening, a police officer said. The accident took place at 6:30 pm on NH-31 in Kodha block of Katihar, Superintendent of Police Shikhar Choudhary told…
Special Correspondent If Part I (Rewinding HCA’s Original Sin: The Sub-Lease That Sold Hyderabad Cricket exposed the rot, Part II rips the mask off. What lands on the table now is not hearsay, not political mudslinging, not the routine blame game that has come to define the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). It is something far…
Call it lazy modelling, call it ideological comfort, or call it a refusal to confront inconvenient data—but I see the persistence of pollsters in projecting an “edge” for the Trinamool Congress as something far more deliberate. This is not misreading anymore; this is evasion. Because when you strip away the noise, the numbers tell a…
Man is unique in every way, the touch, the speech, the looks, the love, the care, the emotions, the passions towards fellow human beings can never be replaced by gadgets in any way. Depending on different devices by the youth, currently, 24/7 is killing human nature and a plethora. In this process, smartphone addiction and…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, we learnt about the purpose of Vrata-s and the importance of some specific observances that have the potential fetch us immense Punya. While not observing those Vrata-s…
Upadhayayula Lakshman Rao In the sacred lineage of Vedic wisdom, the illustrious sage Parāśara, son of the venerable Śakti, raises his contemplative voice in praise of Agni through the majestic cadence of Virāṭ chandas as preserved in the hymns of the Rigveda. His vision is not confined to ritual utterance alone, but expands into a…
