Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Saturday dared CM Samrat Choudhary to evict her “by force” from the government bungalow that she has been occupying for over a decade. The RJD leader, who had an eight-year tenure as the CM from 1997 to 2005, blew a fuse when a couple of journalists asked…
BG Srinivas Green Revolution (wheat and rice, 1960s–70s): Driven by an acute famine threat, backed by concentrated political will, massive public investment in HYV seeds, irrigation, MSP support, and a clear geographic focus on Punjab and Haryana. The state stayed in the market through the FCI as a guaranteed buyer. Farmers had no uncertainty about…
Pune: Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said Operation Sindoor had set a benchmark for when national will was expressed with precision and resolve, defining India’s response to provocation. Reviewing the passing-out parade of the 150th course at NDA, Khadakwasla, General Dwivedi said the world cadets were stepping into “does not pause…
Singapore: India is “powerful” and “modernising” its military with heavy industrial and logistics capacity to sustain “high-end military operations”, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Saturday. Hegseth made these remarks while talking to the delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday in Singapore. “India is powerful and modernising its military,” he said and…
New York: Global pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to commemorate 25 years of its listing on the world’s largest stock exchange. Dr Reddy’s Chairman Satish Reddy, accompanied by the company’s senior management team, rang the closing bell at the NYSE on Friday afternoon. In…
New Delhi: Top Congress leaders were engaged in hectic deliberations on Friday over the new government formation in Karnataka on a day Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot formally accepted the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and dissolved the cabinet. The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Karnataka will meet on Saturday at 4 pm in the conference hall…
Amaravati: Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who sought the establishment of a NIFT campus in Amaravati and a PM MITRA Park in Chittoor district. During the meeting at the Secretariat, Naidu submitted a series of proposals aimed at strengthening the state’s textile ecosystem and creating…
Mullanpur: Shubman Gill produced a conventional batting masterclass in the age of muscle on the way to a majestic hundred here on Friday, leading Gujarat Titans to a dominating seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals and a third final in five seasons of the Indian Premier League. First it was boy wonder Vaibhav Sooryavanshi who played…
Special Correspondent The noise surrounding the proposed TG20 Premier League has once again exposed the deep fault lines within the corruption-ridden Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). Ironically, many of those now shouting the loudest against the league are the very individuals who presided over the steady decay of Hyderabad cricket administration for nearly two decades. In…
For nearly one-and-a-half decades, West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee and the All India Trinamool Congress was repeatedly accused of turning a blind eye to unchecked illegal infiltration from neighbouring Bangladesh. What was once dismissed by critics as “political rhetoric” now appears to have exploded into a national security concern. Reports emerging from the border districts…
