Capitol Hill, alas, has no Rahul Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh, Mallikarjun Kharge or any of our ‘liberandus’ for that matter to needle the Pentagon over which Iraqi WMD bunkers were busted and, more awkwardly, how many of its vaunted B-2 stealth birds lost their way over the desert. Imagine a Rahul demanding satellite proof of every…
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again drawn attention for his public praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this time calling him a “prime asset for India” in the context of the government’s global diplomatic initiative, Operation Sindoor. Tharoor was part of a five-nation outreach effort aimed at explaining India’s position following the…
New Delhi: Drone technology firm IdeaForge Technology has secured an order worth about Rs 137 crore for hybrid mini unmanned aerial vehicle systems from the Indian Army through the emergency procurement route, the company said on Monday. ideaForge said a key requirement during the assessment for the selection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) was that…
New Delhi: Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath has won the high-stakes Nilambur Assembly byelection in Kerala, defeating CPI(M)’s M Swaraj by a margin of 11,077 votes, according to final results declared by the Election Commission. This victory marks a significant gain for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and a personal comeback for Shoukath, reclaiming the…
Ahmedabad: Two key Gujarat assembly seats, Kadi and Visavadar, went to bypolls on June 19. The results, declared today, saw a split victory between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), marking an intense three-way battle involving the Congress as well. The BJP has retained the Kadi (SC-reserved) seat with candidate…
New Delhi: Veteran Indian hockey forward Lalit Upadhyay has called time on his illustrious international career, drawing curtains on over a decade-long journey that saw him be a part of the teams that won bronze medals in the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games. From making his debut at the 2014 World Cup to standing tall…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to Bharatiya Jana Sangh’s founding president Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary, saying his invaluable contribution in nation-building will always be remembered with reverence. Modi said Mookerjee displayed incomparable courage and strength to maintain the country’s integrity. A former Hindu Mahasabha leader who was…
MP Rabindranath It’s been barely a year since the TDP-led coalition stormed to power in Andhra Pradesh, and already, the glow of “praja ashirwad” seems to be fading into a fog of dysfunction. The Naidu-Pawan-BJP alliance, stitched together with electoral arithmetic and an overdose of anti-incumbency, is now struggling to pass the test of governance….
Grandparents and grandchildren have a separate connection. This becomes more evident in the absence of the intermediate generation – the parents. That situation for me and my wife as grandparents arose when my daughter and son-in-law had to leave the country in two different directions on official work, leaving the ten-year-old with us, albeit for…
Leeds: His critics expected him to go from ‘boom’ to bust in eight to 10 months due to his unconventional injury prone bowling action, but it’s his self-belief that has allowed India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah to complete almost a decade in international cricket. Having taken his 14th five-wicket haul in Tests, Bumrah spoke about…
