New Delhi: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reiterated the government’s commitment to make India a top-five sporting nation in the world by 2047 as he unveiled the King’s Baton for the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games at a colourful ceremony here on Tuesday. “Today India is organising world-class tournaments and winning medals also. We will grow further…
New Delhi: Findings of the initial probe into the blast near the Red Fort suggest it may have been “accidentally triggered” while a hastily assembled explosive device was being transported, following the busting of an inter-state terror module, officials said on Tuesday. Investigators have zeroed in on a Pulwama-based doctor, Umar Nabi, who was driving…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday unequivocally rejected as baseless Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s allegations linking a terror attack in Islamabad to New Delhi, and said it is a predictable tactic by “delirious” leadership of that country to “concoct” false narratives. Hours after 12 people were killed in a suicide attack outside a court in…
For once, justice has chosen not to look away. The Telangana High Court’s refusal to quash criminal proceedings against a former Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president may just be the first real step toward cleansing one of India’s most decayed sporting institutions. For decades, Hyderabad’s cricket administration has been a cesspool of corruption, cronyism, and…
By Vinay Rao Change remains painfully slow in the Hyderabad Cricket Association. The brief euphoria over recent wins has already faded, and the old challenges have resurfaced with familiar predictability. For decades, Hyderabad cricket has revolved around a few names considered “naturally talented.” Yet, few among them have delivered consistently beyond the state level. Ironically,…
From Thimphu, the message was unmistakable: India’s patience has limits, and this time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not mince words. Barely 24 hours after the devastating blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that claimed 13 innocent lives, Modi spoke — not from New Delhi, but from Bhutan — vowing that the perpetrators “will be brought…
Like a river reclaiming its course after a long drought, Pakistan once again finds itself on the verge of political transformation—this time marked by the unexpected resurgence of Imran Khan. His return is more than a political event; it is a reckoning between a nation and its destiny, where the echoes of imprisonment, military intrigue,…
Serious questions remain on the security of the capital; a review of school security arrangements is necessary. The blast at Delhi’s Rohini CRPF school is not merely an accident but a sign of a deeper conspiracy. This incident reveals that even a place considered safe like the capital is vulnerable to terrorists and anti-social elements….
Duryodhana, determined to inflame the mind of his blind father, began to pour his words like poison into an open wound. The spoke of the Rajasuya sacrifice, whose concluding rite—the sacred Avabhrutha ablution—had drawn the foremost of seers: the venerable Dhaumya, the mighty Vyasa, the divine Narada, Brahmarshis and Rajarshis, all chanting hymns that filled…
(Today is Kaal Bhairav Jayanti) Toliyasar Bheruji Temple (Kaal Bhairav Temple, Toliyasar) is a famous temple located in Toliyasar village, in the Dungargarh tehsil of Bikaner district, Rajasthan. The main deity of the temple is Lord Bheruji (Kaal Bhairav), a powerful and protective form of Lord Shiva. The idol is made of black stone and…
