Moscow: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has charged Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and launched procedures to place him on the international wanted list, according to Russian state-run news agency TASS. The FSB said Durov, who heads Telegram’s administration, has been charged under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘idiots’ remark sparked an uproar in the Lok Sabha on 29 July, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju urging the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) to refrain from using ‘unparliamentary’ words. Rahul Gandhi also targeted Home Minister Amit Shah over the recent police action against protesters in New Delhi, drawing…
Questions Raised Over Proposed AGM Amid Ongoing Controversies Special Correspondent The simmering factionalism within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) appears to have resurfaced yet again, with informed sources within the cricketing fraternity claiming that efforts are underway to convene the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association sometime during the second week of August. While…
The time has perhaps come for the Modi government to learn one important lesson from the recent agitation. In its anxiety to appear accommodative and democratic, it has blinked once too often before unreasonable demands. The consequence is there for everyone to see. Every concession has only emboldened those threatening more street protests, more disruption…
I woke up today with a profound, unexplainable sense of connection to my late parents. Yielding to modern habit, I opened WhatsApp, only to be met with an extraordinary sight. My screen was filled with messages from students, colleagues, and friends, including several from across the world I hadn’t heard from in years. Reading how…
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against 13 accused in the NEET UG 2026 paper leak case, including three paper experts, two associated with coaching centres, middlemen and several beneficiary candidates, officials said on Tuesday. In its chargesheet filed before a special court, the CBI invoked charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal…
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had an “excellent” meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, their first sit-down since launching a joint war against Iran and it offered Netanyahu a chance to smooth out strains in their relationship. The closed-door meeting lasted nearly an hour and a half…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the right to protest does not extend to damaging the “seat of sovereignty,” and a police officer’s image cannot be “tarnished” over an alleged “overuse of power” during the July 20 march to Parliament against the NEET paper leak. Justice Girish Kathpalia made the observations while…
M.S. Sparsha Ask any Indian who made the country’s first motion picture and the answer, almost instinctively, is Dadasaheb Phalke. And rightly so. His Raja Harishchandra (1913) occupies an honoured place in our cinematic history as India’s first full-length feature film. But history sometimes forgets its earliest dreamers. Twelve years before Phalke ever bought a…
The Supreme Court’s directive asking the Centre to extend relief to those below 18 years of age identified by the police for inclusion in the FIRs being prepared in connection with the recent Jantar Mantar agitation by the social media-based Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is welcome. More importantly, however, is the apex court’s unequivocal observation…
