Dhaka: Elections in a country with which it shares the longest land border with any of its neighbours are bound to be watched closely by India. However, this year’s elections in Bangladesh today are the most consequential for India as well as for Dhaka itself. A turbulent 18 months under interim chief Muhammad Yunus, following…
Washington: US President Donald Trump heard about Israel’s security needs from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting on Wednesday as the United States and Iran hold separate talks amid soaring tensions in the region. “They discussed the negotiations with Iran, Gaza and regional developments,” Netanyahu’s office said after the meeting at the White…
Colombo: Nathan Ellis, whose well-disguised first-ball slower delivery bamboozled Ireland opener Ross Adair in their T20 World Cup opener here on Wednesday, said he “doesn’t want to feel any pressure” about not bowling a particular delivery just because he is starting his spell. In the absence of men like Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell…
New Delhi: Experts have recommended that telecom service providers take greater responsibility in strengthening customer verification processes and extending proactive support to investigative agencies to deal with cyber criminals, officials said on Wednesday. The recommendations were made at the national conference on ‘Tackling Cyber-Enabled Frauds and Dismantling the Ecosystem’ organised by the CBI and the…
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said a notice for privilege motion will be brought against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for misleading the House and making “baseless statements”. Rijiju, however, did not specify when and who would give notice for a privilege motion against Gandhi. It is believed…
New Delhi: Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and shared plans to scale up its activities in India to become a part of Viksit Bharat. “It was wonderful meeting Mr. Tufan Erginbilgic, CEO of Rolls-Royce, earlier today,” Modi said in a post on X. “We welcome Rolls-Royce’s enthusiasm towards scaling…
The Union Home Ministry’s reported directive to States and Union Territories to accord Vande Mataram the same ceremonial respect as Jana Gana Mana at official functions is more than a bureaucratic instruction. It is a cultural statement—one that reopens an old debate about history, identity and political intent. To understand why this move carries emotional…
An average of 12 children go missing every day in Haryana—is it just a disappearance or a silent network of organised human trafficking? When children who leave home don’t return, the question isn’t just “where did they go”—it’s also about who made them disappear. Statistics show that disappearances are no longer an individual tragedy, but…
A collective examination of society, media, and justice in the face of power-protected crimes. There are moments in history when civilization becomes afraid to look into its own mirror. Today, we stand at precisely that juncture. The scandals being exposed—videos, documents, and witnesses of which have become public—are not merely crimes, but orchestrated, protected, and…
However much I restrain myself from calling Rahul Gandhi by his epithet, the Leader of Opposition proves himself, with unfailing consistency, to be a Pappu. Earlier he waved a coat-pocket-sized red book, calling it our Indian Constitution, with the flourish of ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’, crying samvidhan khatre mein hai (democracy is in danger)….
