Tulmulla (Ganderbal-J-K): Faith will always trump fear – this was exemplified by scores of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community who gathered here on Tuesday for the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela, held in the shadow of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and heightened border tensions. The revered temple of Ragnya Devi, nestled in the…
Tulmulla (J-K): National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday hoped that Kashmiri Pandits would return to the Valley as their presence at the Mela Kheer Bhawani in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack was “a befitting reply” to its perpetrators. “This (presence of devotees at the mela) is a huge thing. This is…
Pune: Professional militaries are not affected by temporary losses as the overall outcomes are much more important than such setbacks, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday. The top military commander said that Pakistan has been following an approach of bleeding India by a thousand cuts, but New Delhi drew a completely…
New Delhi: In the aftermath of ‘reciprocal tariffs’ by the US, India should adopt the dual-track approach and selectively reduce high tariffs on non-sensitive agricultural commodities imports from Washington, while also strategically offering concessions where domestic supply gaps exist, a NITI Aayog working paper has said. The Aayog, in a working paper titled ‘Promoting India-US…
In a nation that boasts of a robust Constitution, a free judiciary, and the rule of law, what happens when the guardians of that law become complicit in its corrosion? The quiet, disgraceful farewell to Justice Bela M. Trivedi is not just a breach of decorum — it is a symptom of rot within India’s…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday said Kamal Haasan’s statement on Kannada language stirred a hornet’s nest and led to unrest in the state. While hearing a writ plea of the actor seeking protection for the release of the film, ‘Thug Life’ in Karnataka, the court made the observation and adjourned the hearing till June…
New Delhi: Leaders from 16 opposition parties demanded a special session of Parliament on Operation Sindoor in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the INDIA bloc parties held a meeting on the issue in the national capital on Tuesday. Leaders from several parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party,…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said his government has partnered with ISRO to leverage space tech for real-time citizen-centric governance. The Chief Minister on Monday noted that the southern state’s Real Time Governance System (RTGS) inked a five-year deal with Sathish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) to enhance the AWARE platform with…
Imphal: Over 56,000 people have been affected by flash floods triggered by overflowing rivers and embankment breaches in Manipur, an official statement said on Tuesday. It said that 10,477 houses have been damaged and 56,516 174 people affected by the floods. One person went missing after being swept away by a river in Imphal East…
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…
