New Delhi: At 21% above normal, north India has so far recorded its wettest monsoon since 2013, the year of the cataclysmic Kedarnath flash flood. Worryingly, in Aug, the region has experienced by far the highest number of ‘extremely heavy’ rain events since the India Meteorological Department (IMD) began collating this data in 2021.Till Aug…
New Delhi: Supreme Court may have fixed timeline for the President and the governors for taking a decision on bills passed by state assemblies, but has not been able over nearly 24 years to get high courts to comply with its 2001 judgment laying guidelines on speedier pronouncement of verdicts reserved in cases.In 2001, SC…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Tuesday stated that public places cannot be occupied indefinitely, and Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange cannot hold a protest at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai without prior permission from authorities. The high court mentioned that while democracy and dissent are cut from the same cloth, demonstrations should only be held…
Texas Republican Valentina Gomez (Source: X/@ValentinaForUSA) Teaxs Republican congressional candidate Valentina Gomez has triggered fresh outrage online after releasing a video on X where she is seen setting the Islamic holy book, the Quran, on fire. The video was captioned, “I will end Islam in Texas so help me God”, quickly went viral, drawing widespread…
Lucknow: Opposition’s vice-president nominee B Sudarshan Reddy on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to MPs from outside the opposition’s INDIA bloc who are coming forward to support him. A retired Supreme Court judge, Reddy, who was in town to seek support of MPs from UP to his candidature, appealed to all the Members of Parliament cutting…
India’s Cheteshwar Pujara (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) Former Indian Test cricket stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara concluded his international career on Monday after representing India in 103 Test matches and 5 ODIs, accumulating 7,195 Test runs at an average of 43.60 with 19 centuries and 35 half-centuries to his name.Pujara’s Test journey began in 2010, and he…
New Delhi: Casting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh‘s centenary as both vindication of its importance and presentation of a fresh challenge, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said the organisation had endured a century of neglect, hostility and bans to emerge as a force of acceptance, and used the occasion to define Hindu identity as inclusive…
Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj have become the newest power couple on the block, with their engagement turning into a headline-making affair. The star cricketer, who has captured fans’ imagination with his fearless batting, recently revealed how he personally invited team co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to the event, and also recalled a…
HYDERABAD: Suspecting his wife’s fidelity, a city welder allegedly stabbed her to death at a forest in Nagarkurnool district on Aug 21. He later set the body ablaze. Police arrested him and sent him in judicial remand on Monday. The victim was identified as 27-year-old private security guard Sravani from Mahabubnagar. In 2014, Sravani married…
Lucknow: Riding on Adarsh Singh’s unbeaten ton, his second of the season, and a five-wicket haul by Shubham Mishra, Kanpur Superstars thrashed table-toppers Kashi Rudras by a massive margin of 128 runs to record their second victory in the UPT20 League at Ekana Stadium on Tuesday.Batting first, the Superstars got off to a slow start,…
