Silence of the press, noise of the reels: The fourth pillar of democracy became a trending tag. Press Freedom Day has now become a formality. Journalism has been replaced by social media influencers, where reels have replaced truth, and views have replaced analysis. The fourth pillar of democracy has now been lost in brand deals…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that an inquiry will be conducted into the temple stampede in North Goa, in which six people lost their lives in the wee hours of the day, and said the probe report will be made public. Sawant visited the stampede site at Sree Lairai Devi Temple in Shirgao…
Panaji: The BJP’s Goa unit president, Damodar Naik, on Saturday said the Prime Minister’s Office is personally monitoring the situation post the stampede at a temple, in which six people lost their lives. The opposition Congress condoled the incident, while the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) demanded that the government order a probe to fix…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday expressed her grief at stampede deaths in Goa and prayed for a quick recovery of the injured. At least six persons were killed, and 30 sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival at a village in North Goa early Saturday. The incident occurred around…
Jammu: The post-to-post small arms firing between India and Pakistani troops continued in different sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the ninth consecutive night, officials said on Saturday. However, there were no casualties in the border skirmishes initiated by Pakistan troops in violation of the ceasefire agreement. This was…
Panaji: At least six persons were killed, and several sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival in North Goa, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Sree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao village in the wee hours of the day, a senior police officer said. Thousands of devotees from Goa,…
Can there be a more absurd, crude joke than the recent statement made by former Bangladeshi Major General (Retd) A.L.M. Fazlur Rahman? In a bizarre outburst, Rahman—once aligned with Bangladesh’s interim administration—claimed that if India were to attack Pakistan, Bangladesh would invite China to occupy seven of India’s northeastern states. Let’s be clear: this isn’t…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans roared back to winning ways with a 38-run mauling of Sunrisers Hyderabad after Prasidh Krishna’s outstanding bowling complemented Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler’s explosive half-centuries in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. The result meant SRH are all but out of the playoffs race, even as GT boosted their prospects. The…
New Delhi: The European Union (EU) on Friday called on New Delhi and Islamabad to show “restraint” and pursue dialogue to defuse tensions amid speculation about India’s possible retaliation against Pakistan in view of the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack. Following separate phone conversations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan’s Deputy…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the country on caste enumeration, asserting that it is the Modi government which decided to conduct it for the first time in Independent India. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress and its allies were in power at the Centre for over six decades…
