Gandhinagar (Gujarat): The BJP has announced its candidates for the assembly byelection in Kadi and Visavadar constituencies in Gujarat. Rajendrabhai Daneshwar Chavda will contest from Kadi, while Kiritbhai Balubhai Patel will contest from Visavadar on BJP tickets. According to the Election Commission, the last date for filing nominations is June 2, 2025. The date for…
Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has rued the lack of efforts in transforming society by prioritising Ahilyabai Holkar’s thoughts and called for a rational approach as he pointed out sentimentality in demands for building statues of historical personalities and renaming cities. Stressing that he was not against erecting statues and changing the names of cities,…
By all accounts, West Bengal is entering the most decisive political battle since independence. The ruling BJP at the Centre, fresh off an emphatic Lok Sabha mandate and riding high on nationalistic fervour after a swift and successful military response to Pakistan’s recent provocations, has now turned its full attention to a state long seen…
It has been over four decades since Mohinder Amarnath famously called the national selectors a “pack of jokers.” And yet, those stinging words continue to echo with startling relevance in Indian cricket today. If consistency was ever the defining characteristic of the Indian selection committee, it’s been in its inconsistency. Shreyas Iyer’s latest omission from…
Ahmedabad: The Bigger the occasion, the calmer he becomes, is how Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer described his incredible 41-ball-87 that knocked out five-time champions Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 of the Indian Premier League here on Sunday. Iyer, who led KKR to the IPL title last year, played one of the finest knocks…
Ahmedabad: Skipper Shreyas Iyer uncorked a remarkable unbeaten 87 to carry Punjab Kings to a five-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 here on Sunday, and to the IPL final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, ensuring the league will have a new champion on June 3. This will be Punjab’s first title clash since…
Kuala Lumpur/Agiers/London: All-party parliamentary delegations on Sunday emphasised a unified global stance against terrorism and asserted that future dialogues with Pakistan should focus solely on reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Interacting with the Indian diaspora in Kuala Lumpur, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is part of an all-party parliamentary delegation visiting Malaysia, said the next…
Imphal: Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Manipur with 3,802 people affected and 883 houses damaged due to floods and landslides across the state in the last 48 hours, officials said on Sunday. Several localities in the state’s capital, Imphal, and many parts of Imphal East district have been inundated after a swollen river breached embankments…
In the thick of Operation Sindoor, when our armed forces are showing steely resolve against a rogue and unstable neighbour, India did not expect a morale-breaking salvo—not from the enemy, but from within. That too, from none other than the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh. Speaking at a Confederation of Indian…
Just when you thought the Kalvakuntla family had exhausted its stock of political drama, in comes K. Kavitha with her latest one-woman show: “Jagruti is as powerful as BRS.” If this were a comedy special, it would be sold out in seconds. But alas, it’s just another tired episode in the long-running soap opera titled…
