MS Shanker By now, even those who only watch cricket for the memes know that this year’s IPL has been less of a predictable tournament and more of a Netflix thriller with plot twists every episode — some enjoyable, others purely sponsored by rainclouds and DLS calculations. From rank outsiders to points table climbers, this…
New Delhi: Errol Musk, father of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, on Monday said he has no doubt that there will be a Tesla manufacturing plant in India, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his son will work something out that is beneficial to both. Speaking to IANS in the national capital, Errol Musk,…
New Delhi: Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have history in their sights as they face each other in the final of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, June 3. Having never won an IPL title in their last 17 years, one of them will finally get to feel…
Washington: US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a trade deal between India and the US could happen in the “not too distant future” because “we found a place that works for both countries.” “When they put the right person in India, put the right person on the other side of the table, and we’ve managed…
Ahmedabad: Virat Kohli has given 18 years of his senior cricket career to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and their first-time skipper Rajat Patidar understands what it would mean for the team to win the coveted Indian Premier League title for one of the country’s bona fide cricket legends. In all, RCB have played a total of…
New Delhi: India and Paraguay stand united in the fight against terrorism and there is immense possibility to work unitedly to combat shared challenges such as cybercrime and drug trafficking, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Modi made the remarks at delegation-level talks with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena Palacios. The Pahalgam terror attack figured…
New Delhi: The Congress blamed the JD(U)-BJP government in Bihar on Monday for a rise in crimes against women in the state and claimed that women are not safe there due to the prevailing law-and-order situation. Addressing a press conference here, All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba, along with party leader Garima Mehra, alleged…
Brasilia: An all-party parliamentary delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday thanked Brazil for its continued support to India in the fight against terrorism as it met with the Head Adviser to the Brazilian president here to brief him on New Delhi’s resolute response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The delegation, which arrived…
Is India a constitutional democracy or a banana republic where threats of beheading and mob justice override the rule of law? The recent arrest of Sharmishta Panoli—a law student from Symbiosis—by Kolkata Police from Gurgaon, over allegedly “offensive” remarks against a minority faith, exposes the grim reality: we are fast surrendering to religious vigilantism in…
The state of Telangana has done it again—this time, not in information technology, agriculture, or even cinema, but on the global ramp of beauty pageants. The newly crowned Miss World is being proudly claimed as one of Telangana’s own. Social media handles, especially from the state’s PR machinery, are ablaze with congratulatory messages: “Daughter of…
