Special Correspondent After the revelations in Part I, the Uppal Stadium story refuses to settle. If anything, the deeper one digs, the more unsettling the questions become. This series now moves beyond the terms of the agreement to something far more troubling—the sequence of money itself. Payments Before the Contract? If the earlier examination raised…
If the latest developments emerging from the investigations of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are to be believed, the prolonged violence in Manipur may not be merely a tragic ethnic conflict—it could be something far more sinister, orchestrated, and global in design. The arrest of six Ukrainian nationals and one American citizen has blown the…
Lucknow: Kuldeep Yadav’s grand reception at Hotel Centrum on March 17 followed his intimate Mussoorie wedding and became one of Uttar Pradesh’s biggest social events this year. Cricket icons such as Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, and Yashasvi Jaiswal attended, alongside BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla. Guests were welcomed with floral showers, and…
New Delhi: India must bolster its own naval capabilities in the Indian Ocean region, along with creating a more “flexible” security framework with Quad partner countries, as New Delhi stares down a growing China-Pakistan naval nexus, the parliamentary committee on external affairs recommended in a report Monday. “The Committee expresses concern regarding the escalating Chinese presence…
New Delhi: Ukraine has lodged a protest with India over the “detention” of six Ukrainian nationals on charges of entering Mizoram without authorization and for alleged unlawful activities. Ukraine’s ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk met Secretary (West) in the External Affairs Ministry, Sibi George, and sought consular access to the Ukrainian nationals and their immediate release, according…
Guwahati: In a jolt to the opposition Congress, Assam’s Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi on Tuesday resigned from the party, barely 20 days ahead of assembly elections in the state. Bordoloi has sent his resignation letter to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, state media department chairman Bedabrata Bora told PTI. A former state cabinet minister and…
In the theatre of global power politics, few spectacles are as dangerous as a war without a clear objective. What we are witnessing today is not just one reckless conflict, but a disturbing convergence of two—one driven by ambition, the other by opportunism. On one side stands Donald Trump, escalating tensions with Iran under the…
The contemporary situation in West Asia raises the question of whether military interventions to prevent nuclear proliferation actually exacerbate it. The proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the most serious challenges in modern international politics. Since World War II, a key objective of the global order has been to limit the spread of nuclear…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the dawn-lit consciousness of the Vedic seers, when humanity stood face to face with the immensities of sky, storm, flame, and silence, there arose a profound intuition — that the universe is not a chaos of forces but a living communion. The sages did not multiply deities out of confusion, but…
Vidura felt within his heart that he was favoured by unseen divine powers, urging him to restrain the blind king from bringing calamity upon society through a simple and righteous act, namely, the sincere granting of the Pandavas’ rightful share. With this resolve, his mind turned toward Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, and Ashwatthama, to whom he…
