New Delhi: At least five police personnel were injured after an anti-encroachment drive near a mosque in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan area turned violent early Wednesday, officials said. The clashes erupted when officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) were carrying out a demolition drive on land adjoining the Syed Faiz Elahi Mosque and a…
Special Correspondent For months, allegations of corruption in Hyderabad cricket selections have refused to fade. Parents, former players, and insiders have repeatedly flagged irregularities, only to be met with silence, procedural evasions, or the familiar refrain: “Bring concrete proof.” That proof—at least in part—now appears to be on record. Investigators from Orangenews9 have accessed documentary…
India today stands at a dangerous crossroads—externally challenged, internally tested, and geopolitically squeezed at a moment when hesitation could prove fatal. What is unfolding around us is not a series of disconnected events but a pattern—one that New Delhi can no longer afford to ignore or downplay. Reports emerging from Bangladesh over the past weeks…
New Delhi: BJP leader Ram Madhav on Tuesday said politics in India has reached a point where predicting the voter behaviour has become difficult. The president of the India Foundation made the remark at the launch of Ruhi Tewari’s book, What Women Want — an exploration of how Indian women vote and why. The role…
Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh): The gas well blaze near the Irusumanda village in Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district will be doused in a week, an official said on Tuesday, citing information from ONGC officials. A massive jet fire of up to 20 metres height and 25 metres width erupted around 12.40 pm on January 5…
New Delhi: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced that the Indian Super League (ISL), which was on pause due to the lack of a commercial partner, will start on February 14, ending a crisis that paralysed Indian football for close to six months. The ISL, which used to start in September, will feature all…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government plans to proclaim an ordinance to protect from prosecution the 2024 “July warriors” whose violent street protests toppled then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime, media reports said on Tuesday. The mass circulation Prothom Alo and Ittefaq newspapers said that initiatives were underway to proclaim the ordinance to protect the…
Luxembourg: India views Luxembourg as a “very important” partner, and the two countries can enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields, including fintech, space, and AI, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday. Jaishankar, who is on a six-day visit to France and Luxembourg, held talks with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden on “growing” bilateral…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not that happy with me” because of the tariffs imposed by Washington on Delhi for its purchases of Russian oil. Trump, delivering remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat, also claimed that “Prime Minister Modi came to see me, ‘Sir, may…
The Madras High Court’s emphatic verdict upholding the lighting of Karthigai Deepam atop the Thiruparankundram hillock is not merely a legal win—it is a moral, constitutional, and civilisational assertion. It delivers a stinging rebuke to the ruling DMK’s persistent attempt to trivialise Hindu faith while weaponising minority appeasement for narrow political gains. By affirming the…
