What Exactly Is the Hidden Agenda Behind HCA’s December 7 SGM?

Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is once again hurtling toward a fresh crisis—this time over a Special General Meeting (SGM) abruptly announced for December 7. A circular calling the SGM has been circulated among members, but one fundamental question hangs over the entire exercise: Does the truncated Apex Council even have the legal…

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Mindful Memoirs – Robert S. Garrett, the Renaissance Man Who Made Olympic History

When the modern Olympic Games were reborn in Athens in 1896, few could have predicted that an American gentleman-athlete would capture two of the most prestigious events in track and field history. Robert S. Garrett, a Princeton University student with no prior experience in discus throwing, would not only compete but triumph, becoming the first…

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Owaisi’s Dream Shatters in Seemanchal: Bihar’s Election Reroutes the Politics of Identity

The 2025 Bihar mandate has done more than redraw the political map—it has shattered some long-nurtured dreams. Nowhere is this more evident than in Seemanchal, the northeastern cluster of districts where Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM hoped to script a revival. For years, this region—Shahpur, Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia—has been portrayed as fertile ground for minority-led parties. Yet…

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Delhi blast: Two doctors among three detained; FIRs registered against Al-Falah University

New Delhi: Delhi Police has detained three people, including two doctors from Haryana’s Al Falah University, in connection with the blast near the Red Fort, even as two separate FIRs were registered against the institution over alleged irregularities flagged by the UGC and NAAC, officials said on Saturday. The detentions and fresh criminal cases come…

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