Kolkata: India’s first World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev on Thursday said a modern-day head coach’s role is more about “managing” players than actually coaching them, amid criticism surrounding Gautam Gambhir’s working style. Following India’s 0-2 Test series defeat to South Africa, Gambhir has come under fire as India’s head coach, and his ploy of constant…
(From August 2016 to the people: The voice of Siwani Mandi and the question of district reorganization, a slogan, an idea, and the question of the future of Siwani.) In a democratic system, administrative boundaries are not set in stone. They are periodically redefined to suit public convenience, socio-economic realities, and regional balance. When an…
When I assumed charge as the Director of NIPER Mohali, I was taken aback by the manner in which the minutes of the Board of Governors (BoG) meetings were recorded and, more importantly, how critical decisions were actually taken and later altered. A Table Agenda Item No. 67.T1 titled “Charge of Director, NIPER S.A.S. Nagar…
Muscat: India and Oman on Thursday signed a historic free trade agreement, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sultan Haitham bin Tarik comprehensively reviewed the multi-faceted Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to regional peace and stability. Modi, who arrived in Oman on Wednesday on the last leg of his three-nation tour, was welcomed by…
New Delhi: Opposition leaders staged a 12-hour overnight protest dharna in Parliament complex on Thursday night, while protesting against the passage of the VB-G RAM G bill that seeks to replace the MGNREGA rural employment programme and said they would take to the streets across the country. Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose…
Dhaka: Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising and a spokesperson of the Inqilab Manch who was shot last week, died on Thursday night while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days. Unidentified gunmen last week shot Hadi in the head, leaving him critically injured….
Special Correspondent For Telangana cricket, despair is fast turning into anger. What began as cautious optimism with the appointment of a Telangana High Court–appointed One-man Supervisory Committee at the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is now giving way to a far more disturbing sentiment — that inaction may be enabling the very rot the office was…
What is unfolding in Bangladesh today is not a spontaneous democratic uprising but a carefully stage-managed implosion—one that has cynically weaponised misled youth, radical street power, and diplomatic intimidation. The reported plans by provocateurs to attack the Indian Embassy in Dhaka mark a dangerous new low, exposing how lawlessness and mob coercion have replaced constitutional…
K S Radhakrishnan I am a 78-year-old war veteran who served the nation during the 1971 war. I write not merely as an individual litigant, but as a whistle-blower and a citizen deeply concerned about the erosion of constitutional values. On November 10, 2025, I submitted a detailed complaint to the Central Bureau of Investigation,…
Come October–November and winter, the media once again sensationalises the narrative of Delhi turning into a “Gas Chamber.” In retrospect, this recurring alarmism amounts more to fraud-mongering than informed public discourse. Neither pseudo-intellectuals (across sections of the media and climate “experts”) nor political leaders have ever seriously discussed the specific annual winter meteorological phenomenon that…
