Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has permitted the existing elected members of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Apex Council, whose three-year tenure ended on October 21, 2026, to continue functioning in an interim in-charge capacity. In its order dated October 29 in I.A. No. 3 of 2026 in W.P. No. 21904 of 2025, the court…
Our Correspondent Hyderabad: Nearly a decade after the Supreme Court accepted the Lodha Committee’s reforms, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) remains under judicial supervision, with questions over governance and club memberships refusing to go away. The association rewrote its constitution following the Supreme Court’s August 9, 2018, judgment, while its 2018 Memorandum abolished proxy voting…
Three defeats, a 262-run hammering by Delhi and mounting questions over selection. How much longer must Hyderabad’s women cricketers wait for accountability? Special Correspondent Hyderabad women’s cricket is in free fall. Three matches, three defeats, and a reported 262-run assault by Delhi in 20 overs have raised serious questions about the team’s competitiveness, selection practices…
New Delhi: India will have a “strong comparative advantage” in the trade deal being negotiated with the United States, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, adding that no farmers’ interests would be compromised in the agreement. Goyal said that the people of India would “celebrate” once details of the deal are…
New Delhi: Several INDIA bloc leaders have given the final shape to the “public impeachment” proceedings that they intend to carry out against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on Friday as a symbolic protest over the “vote chori” issue. The INDIA bloc leaders met at Kharge’s residence here…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people from Ganjam district, where around 300 villages have been marooned by heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab, a top state official said on Thursday. Chief Secretary Anu Garg said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to issue any direction to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) mandating public disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners and portfolios of alternative investment funds (AIFs), foreign portfolio investors and their intermediaries in India. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna, R Mahadevan and DK Upadhyaya, hearing…
Patna: JD(U) national working president Sanjay Jha on Friday accused the Congress of trying to create anarchy in the country after being repeatedly rejected by voters. Speaking to reporters in Patna, Jha noted the Congress’s performance in the MLC elections to assert his point. “The MLC elections indicate that whatever be the mode of election,…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Thursday strongly criticised the Congress-led Opposition for staging a dharna near Rail Nilayam, the South Central Railway headquarters in Secunderabad, on Wednesday, demanding special trains to ferry its workers to New Delhi for the November 1 rally. BJP State Chief Spokesperson and Media In-charge N. V. Subash questioned the Opposition’s…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections could throw up a six-five result. While the BJP has already won six of the 11 seats, the Samajwadi Party is poised to bag five with three results announced and two yet to be. A senior district official said on Thursday that the SP has won the Lucknow…
