Our Sports Dek As this e-paper continues to report on alleged irregularities within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), signs of growing frustration among certain stakeholders are beginning to surface. Some individuals, expressing dissatisfaction over what they perceive as inaction, have pointed to the lack of visible progress from the High Court-appointed Supervisory Committee led by…
India’s opposition to incorporating the China-backed Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement into the framework of the World Trade Organization is neither obstructionist nor regressive—as some critics lazily claim. It is, in fact, a calibrated, strategic, and principled stand rooted in protecting policy sovereignty, preserving multilateral balance, and resisting the creeping normalization of backdoor rule-making…
Actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay says he wants to bring clean politics and not misuse public funds. A noble promise. One hopes he will begin by ensuring that his own political strategy does not impose avoidable costs on the public exchequer. Contesting from two constituencies has become the political equivalent of an insurance policy. It is rarely…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the hymns of the Rigveda composed in the Tristubh metre, the sage Savya Angirasa praises and invokes the mighty deity, Indra. These hymns present Indra not merely as a warrior god but as a cosmic force sustaining order, knowledge, rain, prosperity, and the moral balance between opposing powers. The narrative of…
In the great assembly of the Kurus, before the gathered elders and in the presence of his blind father, Duryodhana spoke with hardened resolve. He declared that he would not yield even a needle’s breadth of land to the sons of Pandu, no matter what fate might bring. Knowing well that Krishna was coming to…
Dharmrajeshwar Temple is located in Chandwasa Village, in Mandsaur District, Madhya Pradesh. It is situated near Shamgarh and about 78 km from Mandsaur. The temple lies in a rocky hill area surrounded by greenery and peaceful forest. This ancient temple was built during the 8th–9th century CE under the rule of the Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty. It…
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians rode on blistering half-centuries from former skipper Rohit Sharma (78) and Ryan Rickelton (81) to comfortably beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets thus breaking the hoodoo of not winning any of their opening games in last 13 editions of the IPL, here on Sunday. While they had lost each of their…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to join hands to overcome the “challenging” situation emerging due to the ongoing “fierce war” in West Asia. Addressing his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi also cautioned those politicising the present crisis and said there is no place for self-serving politics in…
Chennai: DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin would launch his first phase of election campaign from Tiruvarur constituency on March 31 for the upcoming Assembly polls, the party said on Sunday. Tiruvarur is the hometown of late DMK patriarch and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. Stalin will seek votes for the…
Malapuram (Kerala): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday termed the alleged seat-for-cash controversy linked to Congress in the Haryana Assembly elections as “extremely serious” and demanded the party leadership respond to the charges. Addressing reporters here, Vijayan said allegations have surfaced that senior Congress leaders and their close aides had allegedly sought huge sums…
