Special Correspondent For the first time in recent years, there appears to be a glimmer of hope among Hyderabad cricket stakeholders that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) might finally be heading towards meaningful course correction. The Single Member Committee (SMC), headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao, seems to have taken a timely and potentially significant…
The judiciary is fast losing the moral authority and public confidence that are indispensable to its credibility. Across the country, people are increasingly questioning whether the institution entrusted with upholding the Constitution and ensuring equality before the law is willing to apply the same yardstick to its own fraternity. When judges appear to enjoy a…
Online Sports Desk A lot of people believe that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the ‘Impact Player’ rule in the Indians Premier League (IPL) to possibly extend the career of former India captain MS Dhoni in the T20 league. Dhoni is already 45 years of age and is currently part…
Online Sports Desk Playing his first international match in over a month, Kohli scored a fluent 74 off 51 balls in Auckland, navigating spongy bounce and short-pitched deliveries that troubled other batters. His 113-run stand with Shubman Gill stabilised India’s chase after Rohit Sharma’s early exit, securing a five-wicket win under the DLS method. The…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav urged organisers and sponsors of religious programmes to stay away from controversial preachers, saying those making objectionable remarks about Hindu deities could create social discord and damage the reputation of those inviting them. Yadav’s remarks came amid a controversy over statements by Bageshwar Dham head priest Dhirendra Shastri concerning…
New York: India-born democratic socialist Nithya Raman is projected to win the Los Angeles mayoral election, defeating incumbent Karen Bass and becoming the first mayor of South Asian descent in the US city’s history. CNN projected Raman, a Los Angeles City Council member, to defeat Bass in the race to lead the country’s second-largest city….
Jerusalem: After two days of consultations with leaders of parties elected to the Knesset (Israeli parliament), President Isaac Herzog on Thursday evening said it is not clear to him who has the ability to form a government. “I would like to update the public following the conclusion of the round of consultations with the Knesset…
Bharat’s march towards becoming a major global economic power is no longer being challenged merely through conventional political opposition, economic criticism or street protests. A far more dangerous threat is emerging in cyberspace, where artificial intelligence is increasingly being weaponised by criminal networks to infiltrate financial institutions, compromise digital payment systems and potentially undermine public…
Two years of shareholding data show a broad, patient exit by foreign investors, and a domestic market that has learned to stand on its own. At the end of September 2024, foreign portfolio investors owned 52.5% of Eternal, the company formerly known as Zomato. By June 2026 the stake had slid to 29.1%, before a…
MS Sparsha In 1959, an Indian mathematician walked into a New York hotel to settle his bill. The cashier glanced at him, then at a newspaper lying nearby. It was the front page of The New York Times, carrying the guest’s photograph. “Is that your picture in the New York Times?” he asked. “Yes,” came…
