Boston: The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad government and leadership reforms, a…
Lucknow: Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni on Monday asked the IPL organisers to prepare better pitches that encourage shot making, saying no team wants to play “timid” cricket. Dhoni was especially referring to the surface at CSK’s home ground, Chepauk, which has been their citadel all these years but has turned out to be…
Lucknow: The iconic MS Dhoni played a nice little cameo alongside Shivam Dube to guide Chennai Super Kings to a much-needed five-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants and break their five-match losing streak in the IPL here on Monday. Dhoni (26 not out off 11 balls; 4x4s, 1×6) and Dube (43 not out off 37…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir had “turned the corner” to become a pre-eminent destination, even as he pitched for choosing “value-based tourism” instead of chasing volumes. Later, asked during an interaction at a conference in Delhi if his government planned to work with the Centre on travel advisories…
Kolkata/Murshidabad/Malda: Fresh episodes of Waqf (Amendment) Act-related violence rocked the Bhangar area in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday, even as police claimed that the law and order situation in the previous riot epicenter of Murshidabad remained largely under control. Supporters of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) clashed with the police at Bhangar…
For all the bombast of the Narendra Modi government on national security and internal law and order, the situation in West Bengal today stands as a glaring indictment of its ineffectiveness. For the past several days, districts like Murshidabad have seen unabated violence over protests against the Waqf Act 2025 — a law duly passed…
Do the younger generation even know what the Dasavatars are? In an age dominated by modern education and Westernized narratives, many probably don’t. But in a civilisation like Bharat—one of the world’s oldest and richest cultures—shouldn’t our youth be made aware of this profound aspect of our spiritual heritage? The Dasavatars are not just mythological…
Girja Shankar Dixit The recent discourse surrounding athletes in their 40s often carries a tone of inevitable decline. While the spotlight has been on MS Dhoni’s evolving role at Chennai Super Kings, with questions arising about the impact of age on his once explosive batting, a different narrative unfolds in the realm of Indian football….
How a Jharkhand minister’s casual communalism mirrors a deeper and dangerous mindset When Jharkhand minister Hafizul Ansari declared with unsettling ease that for Muslims, ‘Shariat comes first, Constitution later’, he wasn’t merely expressing a personal belief. He was, in essence, renouncing the very oath he took when he assumed public office. A minister in a…
A marvel of strategy, wisdom, and meticulous planning, Sugreeva, after assembling a formidable team for the southern expedition and dispatching them with flawless guidance from inception to return, now turns his keen gaze westward. He seeks to constitute another elite search party, and to this end, he approaches Sushena—his father-in-law, the father of Tara—whose form…
