Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a single judge’s order permitting the lighting of Karthigai Deepam at a stone pillar—identified as a Deepathoon—on the lower of the twin peaks atop the Thiruparankundram hillock, which houses both the Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple and the Sikkandar Badhusha Dargah. A Division Bench comprising Justices G. Jayachandran…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has congratulated Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as he is about to complete a record tenure, saying it is a proud moment and that the veteran Congress leader will continue to remain in the history books. “This is a happy moment. I wish him well. Everyone has an ambition…
Hyderabad: The Maoist activity in Telangana is in its last leg, and factors including lack of fresh recruitment has put the outfit on the bring of collapse, the state police chief said. Over 500 ultras have surrendered in the state in 2025, and only 17 Telangana natives are left in the proscribed organisation, Director General of…
Pune: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Suresh Kalmadi passed away in Pune early Tuesday following a prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 81. Kalmad breathed his last at around 3.30 am, the sources said. He had served as Union Minister of State for Railways and was a former president of the Indian…
At a time when the world is exhausted by ideological violence and religious extremism, it is imperative—especially for Indian Muslims—to pause, introspect, and decisively reject the path of radicalisation that has brought nothing but ruin wherever it has been tried. This is not a plea born out of hostility, but one rooted in realism, lived…
Dhaka: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam on Monday said that “we do not feel secure” in sending the national team to India for the T20 World Cup, considering the current circumstances. Aminul spoke to reporters a day after BCB formally requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to shift their T20 World Cup games…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the ground of delay in trial would not operate as a trump card for an automatic grant of bail for offences punishable under the stringent Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act (UAPA). The top court’s observation came while refusing bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the…
Dhaka: A Hindu businessman, who was also the acting editor of a newspaper, was fatally shot in the head by unidentified assailants on Monday in Jessore district in southern Bangladesh, officials said. “We have received information that one Rana Pratap Bairagi was shot dead at the Keshabpur area of Jessore,” Bangladesh Puja Celebration Committee President…
New York: President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US will be receiving more than USD 600 billion in tariffs, asserting that America is “far stronger” in national security and financially because of the levies it has imposed on countries around the world. “We have taken in, and will soon be receiving, more than…
The Supreme Court’s refusal to grant bail to the alleged conspirators, Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, in the Delhi violence case is not merely a judicial determination—it is a rare and welcome moment of constitutional clarity in an age of semantic sabotage. By firmly denying bail based on strong prima facie evidence pointing to an…
