Allies in Delhi, rivals in states: Why Congress should quit INDIA bloc, fight regional parties
NEW DELHI: The just-concluded Rajya Sabha election has done more than reshuffle numbers in the Upper House – it has once again exposed the widening divide within the opposition’s INDIA (Indian National Development Inclusive Alliance) bloc.…
Blue Sari Brigade: Women at the heart of India’s water system
World Water Day 2026: How India’s Jal Sahelis are leading the way (Image: UNICEF) On the dry plains of Bundelkhand state, one of India’s most water-stressed regions, a woman wakes up before sunrise. She did not go to the well. She went to a…
8,931 day milestone! PM Modi overtakes Pawan Kumar Chamling to become longest-serving head of government
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo/PTI) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Sunday, he became the longest-serving head of government, with 8,931 days in office. He broke the previous record held by Pawan Kumar Chamling, who had served as…
Puducherry polls: BJP nominates another candidate for South Karaikal – See full list
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named M Arulmurugan as its candidate for the upcoming Puducherry Assembly elections to be held on April 9. The day before, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its first list of nine candidates.…
‘The biggest infiltrator is the Prime Minister’: Mamata at Eid meeting
Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Pick Kolkata’s biggest Eid rally on Red Road to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi “The biggest infiltrator… shook hands in Saudi Arabia” but harped on the “Hindu-Muslim narrative (when he…
From potholes to poor lighting: AI dash cam detects 30 highway defects
New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will deploy artificial intelligence-driven dashcam analysis services (DAS) across operations and maintenance contracts across approximately 40,000 km of the NH network. The decision comes amid…
Singh: Countries can now be weakened through cyber, economic warfare
DEHRADUN: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the nature of conflicts has changed drastically and countries can now be weakened not only through conventional warfare but also through economic, cyber, space and information warfare,…
Divers search for rally racers in coral reef
CHANDIGARH: The search and rescue operation for 59-year-old Indian rally driver Hari Singh continued for a second day on Friday, with rescuers now limiting their efforts to the coral reef area near Vavu Atoll in the Maldives where a speedboat accident…
Home on wheels, freedom at your call
RV travel is growing in popularity, driven by a growing tribe of people who are skipping hotels and over-curated experiences in favor of traveling at their own pace, forgoing room service in favor of spontaneityShortly after sunrise, somewhere between…
War strains flights, crews and wallets
Passengers seated (right or left) can see the Pyramids of Giza. “The tired pilot air india Operating flights to and from the West now often make the announcement on days with good visibility while flying over Egypt and over an extremely long route…