Author: Md Nasimuddin
The bust of British architect Edwin Lutyens at Rashtrapati Bhavan has been replaced with that of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, marking a symbolic move to shed the country’s colonial past.
In a major step to deepen India’s parliamentary engagement across the world, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has constituted ‘Parliamentary Friendship Groups’, aimed at strengthening interparliamentary cooperation and legislative dialogue, with more than 60 countries.
South Africa stated Ahmedabad is their home ground, not India’s, as they handed the hosts a humiliating 76-run defeat to begin their Super Eights campaign in splendid fashion on Sunday.
Senior politician and former Union railway minister Mukul Roy, once considered West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s closest aide and a key strategist of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), passed away early Monday following a cardiac arrest. He was 71.
The DMDK’s decision to finally join the DMK alliance after prolonged deliberations with both the NDA and the DMK fronts sparked expected reaction from both the camps on Thursday. While the BJP called it a betrayal and said the “soul of Vijayakanth will not forgive” DMDK for forging ties with the DMK, TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai congratulated (DMDK general secretary) Premalatha Vijayakanth and DMDK executives for taking a “great decision”. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said joining any alliance was the prerogative of a party’s leadership and declined to comment on the development. Alluding to DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi’s…
The Bihar government has introduced a statewide ban on the open sale of meat, just days before Ramadan, allowing only licensed traders to operate under stringent regulations.
Jammu and Kashmir scripted history by reaching the Ranji Trophy finals for the first time in their 67-year history, defeating two-time former champions Bengal by six wickets on day four of the semifinal here on Wednesday.
Varun Chakravarthy (3/14) returned with three wickets after Shivam Dube (66) shone in the first innings as India topped Group A with a 17-run victory over Netherlands in the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.After posting 193/6, India restricted the Dutch to 176/7 in 20 overs to record their fourth win in a row in the tournament.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Tuesday that the party would undertake ‘Parivartan Rath Yatras’ in West Bengal as part of its campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls.
Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar, who is a close friend of Imran, on Tuesday expressed distress to witness the current state of the former Pakistan skipper. The comment by Gavaskar came shortly after 14 former captains, including him, wrote to Shehbaz Sharif, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, requesting adequate medical and legal facilities for the renowned all-rounder. “It’s terrible what they are doing to him. We have been friends since he was trying to qualify as an overseas player for Worcestershire and not just rivals on the field,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald. Gavaskar has previously…