Special Reports
Vinay Rao The battle to save Hyderabad’s iconic Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park is no longer merely an environmental issue. It has become a defining test of governance, urban planning, public accountability, and the government’s commitment to preserving the city’s rapidly vanishing green spaces. Despite mounting protests from citizens, environmentalists, walkers’ groups, wildlife activists, and…
Khalid Umar The ousting of Mamata Banerjee’s TMC comes as no surprise. In many ways, it was long overdue and perhaps inevitable in any genuinely free and fair democratic contest. The real shock is that she managed to cling to power for nearly sixteen long years. Partition Trauma West Bengal has endured immense suffering in…
Today marks the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s most luminous minds. Excellence, though it may surface in any individual at any moment, finds its fullest expression only in rare souls who transcend boundaries of discipline and thought. Tagore was one such extraordinary figure—his genius not confined to poetry and song, but extending…
Special Correspondent In what could mark a decisive turning point for the embattled Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), newly appointed Director of Cricket Administration and former India international Ambati Rayudu has laid out an uncompromising vision to clean up the system and restore the city’s lost cricketing glory. In an exclusive interaction with our Senior Editor…
Vinay Rao In a major step towards restoring credibility in cricket administration, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has initiated a series of reforms under judicial oversight, following the High Court’s directive to the state government to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of corruption and mismanagement within the body. The court-appointed supervisory…
Vinay Rao It began not with a slogan or a strategy, but with a moment—quiet, almost forgettable—on the banks of the Ganga in Kashi. The boat drifted without urgency that evening. The river flowed as it always had—indifferent to human drama, untouched by ambition, silently carrying the weight of centuries. Empires had risen and fallen…
Perhaps state BJP president N. Ramchander Rao was right when he described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on May 10 as a “festival” moment for Telangana. He may well have a point. With the Prime Minister set to unveil infrastructure projects worth several thousand crores, along with the inauguration of AIIMS at Bhongir, the visit…
Diplomacy is often reduced to images of envoys negotiating treaties, leaders shaking hands, and states navigating crises through carefully worded statements. Yet, from an academician’s perspective, diplomacy is far more expansive. It is not merely the conduct of foreign policy but the structured interaction between societies shaped by history, culture, economics, and—most critically—demography. To understand…
Special Correspondent For months now, this publication’s relentless exposés on the murky functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association have consistently flagged deep-rooted concerns—ranging from opaque administration to alleged manipulation of opportunities. Those concerns have now found a powerful, if unusual, reinforcement in a series of anonymous whistleblower emails sent under the name “Robo Run” to…
Vinay Rao A writ petition was dismissed. A system exposed. And an administration is still silent. The Telangana High Court’s ruling in WP No. 10001 of 2026 was not just another routine dismissal. It was, in effect, a forensic audit of how the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been functioning — or failing to function….
