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Land near Sambhal mosque: HC stays show cause notice

PRAYAGRAJ, March 29 -- The Allahabad high court has stayed a notice issued by the tehsildar Sambhal to one Ali Ashraf on January 1, 2026, directing him to show cause regarding his possession over the ... Read More


Trump says 'Cuba next' after Iran, calls Hormuz the 'Strait of Trump'

MIAMI/Washington, March 29 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday said "Cuba is next" during a speech at an investment forum in Miami during which he touted the successes of US military action in Vene... Read More


Jewar marks pinnacle of BJP's Viksit UP push in 2027 run-up

Lucknow, March 29 -- The inauguration of the Noida International Airport in Jewar on Saturday marks the pinnacle of the BJP's Viksit UP push in the run-up to the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.... Read More


UP aims to replicate 'School Chalo Abhiyan' success in higher edu

PRAYAGRAJ, March 29 -- Uttar Pradesh is set to launch a special enrolment drive aimed at increasing participation in higher education across the state in a bid to boost its Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)... Read More


'Upcoming projects will give new pace to Sonbhadra's growth'

VARANASI, March 29 -- Hardeep Singh Puri, Union petroleum and natural gas minister, on Saturday virtually laid the foundation stone for 64 out of 100 development projects sanctioned under the MP Local... Read More


Price rise, fuel queues reflect economic failure: Cong MP

VARANASI, March 29 -- Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Nasir Hussain on Saturday said that the government at the Centre has completely failed on the economic front, directly affecting the common peo... Read More


Scratchboard artist, 95, to hold solo exhibition

MUMBAI, March 28 -- For 73 years, K K Venkateswaran has sat at his table every day, using implements to carve out beautiful and intricate works of art on a 'scratchboard', a technique used by commerci... Read More


The Iran war and the shifting Gulf dynamics

India, March 28 -- I have just been as close as I could get to the nerve-centre of the US-Israel war against Iran - the very edge of the Strait of Hormuz. This was in a fishing village called Al Jeer,... Read More


The rise and rise of IPL economy

India, March 28 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off in 2008 to the sound of dollars. With teams and players being bought for big, never-before-seen money, the cricketing world was shaken out... Read More


Dubai is more than a skyline, it's also an idea

India, March 28 -- Dubai is often described, particularly in moments of regional uncertainty, as an experiment or a spectacle - at times even as a mirage. Such characterisations tend to re-emerge when... Read More