New Delhi: The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on Friday, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict. A 19-kg commercial LPG – used by establishments such as hotels and restaurants – now costs a…
Jabalpur (MP): The death toll in the Bargi Dam tragedy rose to seven on Friday, as rescuers recovered the bodies of three more persons who were on the cruise boat that overturned in the reservoir in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. Speaking to PTI Videos, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Dharmendra Bhav Singh Lodhi said that some tourists…
Ahmedabad: Jason Holder was immense on the night, taking two wickets and three catches. Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler then backed his all-round prowess with handy cameos as Gujarat Titans sealed a nervy four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an IPL match here on Thursday. Holder’s two-wicket burst (2/29) and those sharp catches helped…
Lucknow: Both Houses of the Uttar Pradesh legislature on Thursday passed a censure motion against the Samajwadi Party, Congress, and other opposition parties for allegedly obstructing women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha. The motion was adopted during a special session of the assembly and the legislative council, with Speaker Satish Mahana and Council Chairman Kunwar…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday landed up at the Sakhawat Memorial School in South Kolkata, the counting centre for the Bhabanipur assembly segment, which houses the strong room for EVMs of the polls which were held on April 29, suspecting malpractice and tampering of the voting machines. Banerjee reached the venue in…
Kolkata: Tension prevailed at central Kolkata’s Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, the counting centre for several north and east Kolkata assembly constituencies housing EVM strong rooms, after TMC candidates Kunal Ghosh and Shashi Panja staged a sit-in protest outside the premises, alleging electoral malpractice and tampering of the vote machines. The matter came to a head after…
Timing, in politics, is often everything. And the Centre’s decision to retain central armed police forces in West Bengal for 60 days after the Assembly elections is not just timely—it is, in many ways, a vindication of a position this e-papeer had already taken. In these very columns, we had argued that a token extension…
We are proud to introduce this special page, “Unsung Heroes,” dedicated to India’s “unsung heroes” — individuals whose brilliance elevated the nation, yet whose stories were quietly pushed to the margins. These are minds that shaped India’s intellectual and scientific foundations but were denied their rightful place in popular memory. For decades after Independence in…
In Indian politics, loyalty is often transactional, ideology routinely diluted, and promises made with little intent of fulfilment. Having witnessed firsthand how several so-called ideological parties function—and having been part of them—I say this without hesitation: India today needs the leadership of Narendra Modi not merely as a political choice, but as a national necessity….
The debate over reservations in India is not new, but from time to time, the issue returns to the forefront due to new circumstances and events. Recent controversies surrounding the University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding higher education and institutional policies have further intensified this discussion. While some believe that caste-based reservations have lost their relevance,…
