Beijing/Hong Kong: The death toll in a deadly fire in multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong has risen to 44 with 279 people still missing, Chinese official media reports said on Thursday. Three men have been arrested for suspected manslaughter in the fire that broke out in Wang Fuk Court on Wednesday, Hong Kong Police…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday exuded confidence in organising “grand and historic” Commonwealth Games in 2030 after Ahmedabad was formally awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious sports event. Deputy CM and Sports Minister Harsh Sanghavi termed the award of hosting rights a historic moment for Indian sports. “A moment of immense…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday that in the name of SIR, the BJP is creating a voter list to its liking by removing backwards, Dalits, the deprived, and the poor from it, and claimed that the Election Commission (EC) is responsible for this “murder of democracy”. Gandhi’s remarks came over a…
Kolkata: The Election Commission has reported that nearly 26 lakh voters’ names in West Bengal’s current electoral rolls do not match the voter list of 2002, an official said on Wednesday. The discrepancy emerged after the state’s latest voter list was compared with the lists prepared across different states between 2002 and 2006 during the…
New Delhi: A bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as a “fitting tribute” to the architect of India’s Constitution. “It is a matter of immense pride that today, on Constitution Day, a bust of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO Headquarters…
Indian cricket is once again drifting into familiar, uncomfortable territory — a grand search for excuses. After the disappointing home series against New Zealand, the bruising tour of Australia, and now the stutter against South Africa in a home series, the knives are out. Some are pointing at Gautam Gambhir, others at the selection committee….
(………Continued) How “Mob-Lynching” Worked Against Dr. Neeraj Kumar Dr. Neeraj Kumar was appointed as an Assistant Professor on ad-hoc basis on 14.07.2003 at NIPER Mohali. His services were later regularized for five years on contract, effective 29.07.2003, via order dated 22.07.2004. He successfully completed this term on 28.07.2008 and became entitled to consideration for a…
Remembering Hanumant Singh In the annals of Indian cricket, few figures embodied aristocratic grace and sporting excellence quite like Hanumant Singh. A prince by birth and a batsman by calling, he brought to the cricket field the same elegance and dignity that defined his royal lineage. Though his international career spanned just 14 Test matches,…
I was overwhelmed to read today’s beautiful tribute to Bollywood star Dharmendra—the pain of Hindi cinema—who passed away on 24 November, this time for real, unlike the recent false alarm that upset his family. His family handled the funeral with quiet dignity, completing the rites swiftly in the presence of close relatives, friends, and colleagues…
Our Special Correspondent Guru Vinayji, Founder of the Wisdom Foundation, Hyderabad, concluded a highly successful lecture tour across Malaysia, delivering a series of talks on the Essence of the Bhagavad Gita between November 14 and 23, 2025. The programme was jointly organised by the High Commission of India in Malaysia, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose…
