New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode a storm of sheer pace fury to annihilate Delhi Capitals by nine wickets in their IPL clash here on Monday, after unleashing a powerplay spell so vicious that it virtually ended the contest within the first three overs. It was carnage of the highest order, a powerplay ambush so…
New Delhi: As the intense heatwave conditions scorch the northern states, some relief from the soaring temperatures is likely on Tuesday with a forecast of thunderstorms and gusty winds in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. On Monday, many regions experienced no respite from the sweltering heat, leaving residents to cope with the extreme conditions….
Moscow: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday met Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hailed the Iranian people for fighting bravely and heroically for their sovereignty and said Moscow is ready to do its best to help bring peace to West Asia as soon as possible. Araghchi, who held talks with Omani and Pakistani leadership…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday met his national security team to discuss Iran’s latest proposal to open the Hormuz Strait, the crucial waterway for transporting one-fifth of the global oil supplies. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told a press conference here that Trump was discussing Iran’s latest proposal, but did not want to…
Vinay Rao This is not incompetence. It is not administrative decay. And it certainly is not an unfortunate accident. What has unfolded within the Hyderabad Cricket Association is far more sinister — a deliberate, layered, and deeply entrenched system that now resembles a cartel in both structure and intent. What began as quiet manipulation has…
One of India’s sharpest tech minds, Sridhar Vembu, has articulated what many in the country’s strategic and technological circles have long believed—but hesitated to say so bluntly. Coming in the backdrop of a US President dismissively calling India a “hellhole,” his appeal to the Indian diaspora in the United States to “come back home” is…
If political reinvention were as easy as changing a party’s nameplate, every fallen outfit would be reborn overnight. Kalvakuntla Kavitha seems to believe precisely that. Her reported attempt to float a “Telangana Rashtra Sena” — a cosmetic rehash of the old Telangana Rashtra Samiti — is not political innovation. It is desperation dressed up as…
India-South Korea relations are gaining new importance in today’s global era. Both countries are champions of democratic values, economic development, technological progress, and regional peace. The shifting balance of power in Asia, China’s growing assertiveness, supply chain crises, the Ukraine war, Middle East tensions, and growing competition in the Indo-Pacific region have provided opportunities for…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Gouthama, son of Rahugana, in the elevated cadence of Jagathi, Virat, and Trishtup metres of the Rigvedic hymns, unfolds a prayer that is at once delicate, analytical, and profoundly transformative. His invocation to the Visvedevas is not merely an act of devotion but an intellectual and spiritual exercise, where prayer…
Sanjaya reported to the blind king how, by the divine will of Śrī Krishna, the entire battlefield stood revealed before Arjuna. As Arjuna gazed, his eyes rested not merely on opposing ranks but on faces long known and loved. He saw fathers and grandsires, teachers and venerable elders, brothers and cousins, friends and companions, bound…
