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There was a touch of irony as Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Poland’s Iga Swiatek won the men’s and women’s singles titles at Wimbledon, the second...
As Mumbai continues in its rhythm, the environmentalists and activists who flagged off the destruction of Aarey, in ecological terms a forest itself,...
In tabling and passing the stringent Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill in the state assembly in two days, with a controversial voice vote, the...
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement at a recent book release function to honour late RSS leader Moropant Pingle that leaders should step down when...
We are born helpless and vulnerable, and it’s wondrous how nature works through its maternal instinct to nurture us into functional beings, capable...
It’s rare for a US president to openly call the world’s richest man “off the rails” and say he is becoming “a train wreck”, but Donald...
There is euphoria in Indian cricket circles after the trouncing handed out to England in the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Sunday to level...
One thing is certain: the institution of the Dalai Lama will outlive the current incumbent, the 14th Dalai Lama. His recent announcement at...
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently made a stunning revelation in the Maharashtra Legislative Council. Over 1.07 crore investors in the state...
Whether a political chess move or good sense that prevailed, the Maharashtra government’s decision to withdraw the two Government Resolutions of...
The loss of five tigers in a single shocking incident in Karnataka’s Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary has come as a reality check,...
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla said it best when he remarked that the tiny Indian flag he is carrying to space represents each of the 140 crore...
There is no doubt that the internal Emergency imposed on the country on June 25, 1975, remains a dark chapter in its post-Independence history. For 21...
India’s air safety record appears seriously jeopardised by multiple acts of omission and commission, and a lot of the rot has been exposed by the...
When Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name?” He really did not anticipate that it could carry within it a whole argument, especially in India, a...
The recent G-7 Summit at Kananaskis, Canada, may not have lit up the global stage with dramatic breakthroughs, but it managed to spark at least one...
The 60th year has a certain special significance in the Indian ethos, and its beginning is often marked by ceremonies and a sense of life’s work...
The gruesome murder of YouTuber Kanchan Kumari, also known as “Queen” and “Kamal Kaur”, has rightly shocked the nation. But what has deepened...
The Rajasthan government recently issued a directive to the state police to replace all the Urdu and Persian words currently being used in official...
Crimes of passion are as old as humanity itself. Literature, cinema, and folklore are full of tragic tales where love turns lethal. Yet, some crimes...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s pronouncement in Madurai last week that the BJP would sweep to power in Tamil Nadu in the April-May 2026 Assembly...
On June 9, Frederick Forsyth, the novelist who pioneered a genre of writing which neatly blurred the dividing line between reality and fiction, passed...
The principal message for India from the UN Population Fund’s State of World Population Report 2025 is that it needs to adopt a new paradigm towards...
The Monday morning death toll on Mumbai’s Central Railway between the far suburbs of Diva and Mumbra underscores, once again, the urgent need for...
The deadly stampede in Bengaluru during the Royal Challengers Bangalore victory celebrations has triggered police FIRs, the arrest of the team’s...
It is heartening to see Chief Justice of India BR Gavai taking proactive steps to fortify the public image of the judiciary. In the short time since...
The Centre has finally broken its prolonged silence on the next national census by announcing that the exercise will be completed by March 2027. While...
At least 36 people lost their lives in the deluge, and lakhs have been displaced, with the communities in Assam suffering the most, while Mizoram,...
The Delhi High Court’s recent judgement upholding the dismissal of a commanding officer of the Indian Army, Samuel Kamalesan, for refusing to...
The world is witnessing a tragedy of epic proportions in West Asia, but the tide is turning slowly and surely amid efforts to halt it. The relentless...
The exoneration of former Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch by the Lokpal was not entirely unexpected....
It took the sagacity and legal force of the Bombay High Court to restore the dignity and academic life of a 19-year-old engineering student and make...
The brand-new 17-day-old underground metro station at Acharya Atre Chowk near Worli was inundated too and suffered damage to its systems when the...
The Indian selectors have taken a giant leap of faith in appointing young middle-order batsman Shubman Gill as captain of the team to play five Test...
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad swiftly expelled elder son and Hasanpur MLA Tej Pratap Yadav from the party for six years on May 25,...
The release on interim bail by the top court of Ashoka University assistant professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad came as a welcome relief, but his arrest...
It is a crowning moment for Indian, especially Kannada, literature that Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the International Booker Prize 2025. This...
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s recent briefing to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor,...
The Mula Riverfront Development (RFD) Project, first proposed under the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, was shelved after strong opposition from...
Madhya Pradesh Tribal Affairs Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has forfeited his moral and constitutional right to remain in office. His appalling remark...
For a country that has long benefited from Indian generosity, whether in times of disaster or diplomacy, Turkey seems to have developed a surprisingly...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation following the conclusion of Operation Sindoor was not merely a post-conflict summary. It was a...
The slew of appointments in the Congress in Kerala is being seen as a move to revamp the state unit ahead of the crucial local body polls and Assembly...
The announcements in rapid succession from both incumbent captain Rohit Sharma and his predecessor, Virat Kohli, of their retirements from Test...
The unprecedented bombshell Bundestag vote on Tuesday that briefly paused the confirmation of Friedrich Merz as Germany’s new chancellor spotlights...
More loyal than the king, that is the banner the CPI(M)-led government in Kerala was seen holding, with visible pride, during the commissioning of the...
The excitement about India’s creative economy, specifically its enormous potential, has been rekindled after the mega-starrer event in Mumbai this...
The Ukraine-US minerals deal struck on Wednesday pursuant to fraught negotiations for months raises the prospects for a peace process to end the...
Canada’s stinging electoral rebuke of America’s populist and punitive tariffs and threats to the nation’s sovereignty, exactly within 100 days...
Master opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar was famed for his timing on the field. And his column in the latest issue of a sports magazine could not have...