Bungling India whitewashed 0-3 at home

Mumbai: The fortress had been breached already. On Sunday, it just crumbled to the ground with the Indian dressing room sitting stone-faced, trying to process a fall so spectacular that nobody saw it coming. For the first time in their Test history, which goes back to 1933, the ‘Tigers’ at home had been whitewashed in … Read more

ED files charge sheet, I4C issues fresh advisory

New Delhi: Close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging people to guard against the menace of ‘digital’ arrests, probe agencies said they are taking action against this category of cyber crime with the ED filing a charge sheet in one such case and the I4C issuing a fresh advisory. The Enforcement Directorate … Read more

Congress exposed on fake poll vows: PM

New Delhi/Bengaluru: As political outfits fall over each other to woo voters with sops during election time, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge took a realistic route and told the party’s state units to “announce guarantees on the basis of their Budgets”. The Congress president warned that any unplanned approach and announcement could lead to a “crisis.” … Read more

Iran vows response to Israel after attacks

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader vowed retaliation on Saturday for attacks by Israel, as an Israeli military official confirmed naval commandos seized a suspected Hezbollah operative in a Lebanon raid. The World Health Organization said four children were among six people wounded in a strike on a polio vaccination centre in north Gaza, where UN agencies … Read more

NETA NATTER | ETALA — THE BJP AMBASSADOR

Etala Rajendar’s assimilation into BJP philosophy, culture and tradition and practices appears to be complete. Etala who joined the TRS in 2003 was by then a recognised student leader with a strong left wing ideology. When he joined the BJP in 2021, it was to the other end of the political spectrum. Since his switch … Read more

Manish Tewari | India, China and the fog of elusive peace

The recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Brics Summit in Kazan, Russia, was held out as the potential game-changer that consummated the protracted negotiations to address the April-May 2020 Chinese transgressions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and some other near-term legacy issues. Negotiations … Read more

Singham roars again to steal the show

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vicky Kaushal Direction: Rohit Shetty The ‘Sooryavanshi’ pause or for that matter the earlier edition of the ‘Singham’ franchise laid the path for another definitive 160-minute action-packed Rohit Shetty outing. Inspired by the Feroz Khan “car destruction … Read more