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Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Photo/ Agencies) NEW DELHI: Whether the BJP-led NDA secures a third consecutive term in Assam will be known when votes cast in the April 9 assembly polls are counted on Monday.Ahead of the polls, the “infiltrator” narrative emerged as one of the BJP’s central electoral planks, with the party campaigning aggressively on…
NEW DELHI: Days after the Aam Aadmi Party removed its Rajya Sabha deputy leader Raghav Chadha, accusing him of shying away from speaking out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and engaging in “soft PR”, the sidelined MP once again hit back on Saturday, saying, “ghayal hoon isiliye ghatak hoon,” quoting a popular dialogue from the…
UAE updates school admission age rules from 2026–27 / AI-Generated Image The UAE Ministry of Education (MoE) has officially hit the “refresh” button on school admissions. Starting from the 2026-2027 academic year, schools that begin in August or September, including British, American, and IB curricula, will move their age cut-off date to December 31.Previously, children…
Insurance for all by 2047 is a grand vision. However, to get there all barriers must go from now to then. While aspiring to increase the insurance penetration – thereby shrink the protection gap – we are witnessing growing uninsurability in even the world’s largest insurance market. Historically the US is the world’s biggest polluter….
I have come to see that Dharma becomes most distorted when it is treated as something fixed. Dharma is not static. It is living, responsive, and deeply rooted in context. No authority, no institution, and no individual can contain it within a definition. Words such as law, morality, conscience, or religion attempt to point toward…
PALANPUR: A 36-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by a woman she had trusted for years in Palanpur in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, in an incident that has raised serious questions about trust.The victim, Shantiben Akedivala, a resident of Chanakyapuri Society in Palanpur city, was allegedly killed in a premeditated manner over a dispute involving around 790…
CHENNAI: Glass façades, retail arcades and office blocks may soon line the city’s Phase-II metro corridors. To achieve this, the Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) will develop 73.4lakh sqft of commercial property across at least 37 locations.The large-scale property push is aimed at monetising land parcels to boost non-fare box revenue and improve financial sustainability…
Australian cricketer Cameron Green has become the most expensive overseas player in IPL history, bought over by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 25.20 crore. The 26-year-old has had a fascinating career, but not many know that he lives with a chronic condition called Chronic kidney disease (CKD). Let’s take a look…The diagnosisCameron Green was…
Amidst ongoing flight disruptions, the government is weighing the option of cutting IndiGo’s flight schedule by 5%, with plans to redistribute these time slots to other carriers. IndiGo has acknowledged the issues, attributing them to recent duty requirements and changes in their winter travel timetable. NEW DELHI: IndiGo may have its schedule cut by 5%…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address in Parliament on the ongoing Middle East conflict, alleging that the speech lacked scope for discussion and was a “one-way communication”. Speaking to ANI, Bhagat said, “Yesterday’s speech came right after Rahul Gandhi’s program in Gujarat. We wanted healthy discussions…
