Liverpool: Jaismine Lamboria and Nupur Sheoran cruised into the final while Minakshi assured India of a fourth medal in the ongoing World Boxing Championships but the men’s campaign ended without a podium finish for the first time in 12 years here on Friday. Jaismine produced a clinical performance to defeat Venezuela’s Omailyn Alcala 5-0 in…
New York: US President Donald Trump said imposing tariffs on India for buying Russian oil is not an easy thing to do, and it “causes a rift with India.” “Look, India was their biggest customer. I put a 50 per cent tariff on India because they’re buying oil from Russia. That’s not an easy thing…
Kathmandu: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki on Friday night became Nepal’s first woman prime minister to lead an interim government, ending days of political uncertainty after the K P Sharma Oli dispensation was forced to quit in the face of a nation-wide agitation triggered by a social media ban. President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government is fully committed to furthering inclusive and all-round development of Manipur. Ahead of his visit to five states, including Manipur from September 13-15, Modi said he will be attending programmes in Churachandpur and Imphal on Saturday. “We are fully committed to furthering inclusive and…
The Lone Fighter: Chitti Sridhar’s Battle for Clean Cricket MS Shanker In the murky politics of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), where factions and power brokers rule the roost, few dare to stand alone. One such rare figure is Chitti Sridhar, secretary of Acrylic Cricket Club, and arguably one of the most vocal rebel administrators…
For weeks, India–US relations seemed caught in a tailspin, thanks to President Donald Trump’s trademark outbursts. First came the reckless tariff war, then the 50 per cent duty slapped on Indian goods, and finally the unpresidential flourish—his staff’s “unacceptable language” hurled at New Delhi. Many feared the bonkers theatrics from Washington would derail years of…
The covert operations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in India remain one of the least acknowledged chapters of modern geopolitics. Since the 1980s—a decade of turmoil in South Asia—the United States’ intelligence network has cast long shadows across the region. It was during this period that Washington, working closely with Pakistan, nurtured a conflict…
Remember the old car ads that boasted about being ‘ideal for Indian roads’? The Ambassador wore that badge with pride. Tata, however, has decided to be brutally honest. Its new Harrier.ev campaign [Tata ev – the perfect road for Harrier.ev] is not so much about the car as it is about the cratered reality beneath…
An unfulfilled dream of education reform or just a political slogan? The government had announced that this year the transfers would take place in April, but the process did not start until September. This delay is not only a breach of promise with the teachers, but is also a direct blow to the studies of…
Every year, September 17 should remind us of one of independent India’s most decisive moments—the liberation of Hyderabad from the clutches of an autocratic Nizam and his fanatical Razakar militia. Yet for decades, the Congress twisted this historical truth, deliberately downplaying the heroism of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the Indian Army. Instead of calling it…
