- Wednesday, June 18, 2025
INDIA could not carry out its decadal census exercise in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now there are reports that it may begin in early 2025 and the data will be declared by 2026. The country has been carrying out its population count every 10 years since 1951.…
JASPRIT BUMRAH and Akash Deep pulled off an unlikely 10th-wicket partnership on Tuesday to avoid the follow-on and put the third Test against Australia in Brisbane on course for a draw. When the pair came together the tourists still needed 33 runs to make Australia bat again at the Gabba…
IN A show of support for the people of Palestine, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday carried a bag to Parliament that had "Palestine" emblazoned on it. The Congress general secretary has been raising her voice against Israel's actions in Gaza and expressing solidarity with Palestinians. Gandhi was seen carrying…
TWELEVE years after the horrific Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder that shook the nation's collective core, the victim's mother on Monday said the daughters are still not safe in the country. On the night of December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy trainee (name changed to Nirbhaya) was raped and mutilated by…
THOSE raising questions on Electronic Voting Machines should give a demonstration of any "discrepancies" to the Election Commission, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee said on Monday. Banerjee's remarks come after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, another leader of the INDIA bloc, dismissed the Congress' strong objections to…
HIS history-scripting world title was not just a result of good strategy on the chess board, said Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Monday, crediting mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton for helping him tame the "emotional pressure" of competing at the biggest stage. The 18-year-old Gukesh, who defeated China's Ding Liren…
POPULAR music composer Ilaiyaraaja dismissed as rumours news in a section of the media on Monday centering around his visit to the renowned Andal temple in Tamil Nadu's Srivilliputhur. False news was being spread about something which had not happened at all, he said without going into details. "I am…
HISTORIAN Rizwan Kadri has requested Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to help the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library Society in getting back some important documents related to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Those documents were removed from the library in 2008 at the behest of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi during the…
INDIA and Sri Lanka Monday adopted a futuristic vision to expand their partnership, resolved to soon conclude a defence cooperation pact and decided to ramp up energy ties by establishing electricity grid connectivity and multi-product petroleum pipelines. The decisions were taken during wide-ranging talks between prime minister Narendra Modi and…
WHEN Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away in San Francisco at the age of 73, tributes poured in for the legendary percussionist known for bridging Hindustani, Western, and jazz music. Among those reflecting on his impact was Haridas Vhatkar, the tabla maker who crafted the instruments that accompanied Hussain on global…
