Special Correspondent Hyderabad: Once again, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) finds itself in the spotlight — not for nurturing talent or building infrastructure, but for yet another controversy that reeks of carelessness and questionable governance. From flawed selections to opaque spending, from poor logistics to now the alleged supply of substandard player uniforms, the rot…
New Delhi: Operation Sindoor was an “extraordinary” demonstration of tri-services synergy and Pakistan is still recuperating from the “severe blow” inflicted by India’s military, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. The operation reaffirmed India’s resolve to devise coordinated, adaptive and preemptive strategies to deal with emerging national security challenges, he said. Singh was speaking at…
New Delhi: Three hundred eighty infantry battalions of the Indian Army have been equipped with drone platoons while elite commando units are being raised as part of a modernization drive to bolster the force’s combat capabilities along the northern and western frontiers. Lt Gen Ajay Kumar, the director general of infantry, said this while highlighting…
Indore: Stand-in skipper Tahlia McGrath lauded “world-class” Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner for bailing Australia out of early wobble and guiding them to a six-wicket win over England in the Women’s World Cup match here on Wednesday. Sutherland (98 not out) and Gardner (104 not out) shared a 180-run alliance for the fifth wicket as…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her cabinet colleagues on Wednesday inspected ghats at multiple locations across the national capital to review preparations for the upcoming Chhath Puja. Gupta, who inspected Chhath ghats at Prembadi, Silangpur and Munak Canal, said that while Delhi’s Diwali was grand this year, the Chhath festival — symbolising…
Patna: After days of squabbling that left them pitted against one another in five assembly constituencies of poll-bound Bihar, the Congress and the RJD on Wednesday tried to mend fences and put up a cohesive fight against the formidable ruling NDA. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, apparently under instructions from the party’s top leadership, flew…
When politics runs out of oxygen, Congress finds a new arena to inject its old poison — religion. This time, it’s not a temple, not a school, not even Parliament. It’s cricket — the one institution that unites 1.4 billion Indians across faiths. Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed, known more for her television theatrics than for…
The debate over the corrupt Hyderabad Cricket Association is turning into an engaging spectacle as our e-paper has opened the floor to diverse views from all stakeholders willing to join the fight to clean up the rot in the cricket governing body. A parent, who, like the affiliated club secretary, wished to remain anonymous, has…
The English language has always been an open house, welcoming words from Greek, Latin, Hindi, Urdu, and lately, the internet. Its generosity is unmatched – it borrows freely, never returns, and calls the loot enrichment. Every generation adds its slang and scrambles the syntax, but the present one seems to be doing it at the…
I know the rules. Please don’t start explaining them. Today’s children’s eyes sparkle with reaction, not knowledge. They don’t want to listen, because we haven’t heard them. “I know the rules, please don’t start explaining them”—this sentence isn’t just a child’s dialogue, but a mirror of the fatigue, insecurity, and emotional distance of modern parenting….
