पश्चिम बंगाल में चुनाव का दौर है. रैलियां हो रही हैं और इनमें एक साथ ‘विकास, धर्म, पहचान’ सब कुछ बचाने-संभालने के दावे भी हो रहे हैं. लेकिन इसी शोर के बीच 14-15 अप्रैल की तारीख चुपचाप एक और कहानी सुनाती है, एक ऐसी कहानी, जो सत्ता से भी पुरानी है और राजनीति से भी…
Ranchi: A total of 166 persons, including 159 aspirants of the Jharkhand Excise Constable Competitive Examination 2023 and members of a solver gang, were sent to judicial custody on Monday. They were arrested from an under-construction nursing home in Rargaon, under Tamar police station limits on the outskirts of Ranchi, just hours before the scheduled…
Wisden condemns India over ‘Orwellian’ governance (Screengrab/x) The 2026 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, being published on Thursday, says that the game’s previous USP as a “refuge from realpolitik” has been poisoned by the growing politicisation of the sport under India’s “Orwellian” influence.The “Notes by the Editor” of the 163rd edition of the annual, targets India’s growing…
Last month, when Kamal Haasan drove into Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters in Chennai, to accept the Rajya Sabha nomination from CM M K Stalin, it marked the end of the road for the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder’s promise to provide an alternative to the two Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu.Haasan launched MNM in…
Kolkata: India returned to net exporter status in finished steel in FY26 for the first time since FY23, with outbound shipments of 6.6 million tonnes marginally outpacing imports of 6.5 million tonnes, according to data released by the ministry of steel.Exports surged 35.9% year on year while imports fell sharply by 31.7%, enabling India to…
MUMBAI: Many men at the packed hall in Mira Road heard Indian-British Islamic scholar Mohammad Akram Nadwi with amazement. Citing instances from early Islam, Nadwi said that stopping women from visiting mosques and offering namaz there is against Prophet Muhammad’s traditions.Contrary to what the Prophet and many of his companions did, most mosques in the…
Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and firefighters battled the blaze for nearly three hours before bringing it under control at around 4.35 am. NEW DELHI: A couple and their three-year-old daughter died after a massive fire broke out in a cluster of shanties in Rohini in the early hours of Wednesday, officials…
Chennai: A small yet crucial clue from the past — a mobile tower dump — helped police crack the attempted jewellery heist near Gummidipoondi and arrest a five member gang from Rajasthan that was hiding in Urapakkam. A mobile phone number which was referred to in a two-year-old jewellery robbery case, had become active near…
In a shocking incident that has sent ripples through Biharsharif, local authorities have rounded up Sintu Kumar, a 35-year-old resident, on grave charges of assaulting a 23-year-old mother in the Sheikhpura area. Reports indicate the attack happened late Sunday night while the victim lay asleep beside her young children. Allegedly, Kumar gained entry by maneuvering…
Ranchi/Dhanbad: The 135th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar was celebrated with great enthusiasm and reverence across Jharkhand. In Ranchi, governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar and chief minister Hemant Soren offered floral tributes by garlanding Ambedkar’s statue in Doranda.Speaking on the occasion, Hemant said that the day marks a moment of pride for India. “Ambedkar’s…
