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…
Earlier, the Telangana Assembly was noisy, argumentative, and partisan, but it still remembered that it was a legislature, not a street corner. Members shouted and interrupted often. But they stopped short of dragging the vocabulary of the gutter into the sanctum that was once called the temple of democracy. That fragile line has now been…
With tranquil wisdom and ripened spirit, the sage Kausika thus addressed Dharmavyadha: “The approach of good and the decline of evil alike disturb the ignorant mind; the heart sways between elation and sorrow. But the wise perceive both in equal light. They seek remedies to balance the body and calm the spirit. The unlearned grieve…
Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple is located in Chamarru village in Achampet Mandal, in the Palnadu region (earlier Guntur district) of Andhra Pradesh. The temple stands close to the banks of the sacred Krishna River, surrounded by peaceful greenery and village fields. The presiding deity is Lord Ganesha, worshipped as Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka. He is believed…
New Delhi: Senior Election Commission (EC) officials held a “preparatory” meeting on Monday with the chief electoral officers (CEOs) of four states and a Union Territory that are going to Assembly polls in the coming months. Officials said the CEOs of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory of Puducherry discussed poll…
