UDAIPUR IT FIRM CEO SISODIA, 2 OTHERS ARRESTED FOR RAPING MANAGER IN A CAR
NEW DELHI: The CEO of a private IT company, its woman executive head and her husband have been arrested for raping the firm’s manager in a moving car on the pretext of dropping her home after a birthday party in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. The three accused were detained on Wednesday and produced before a court – […]
RETURN OF DARK PRINCE & “SHADOW PMO” THAT RAN BANGLADESH
NEW DELHI: Christmas Day saw the triumphant homecoming of Bangladesh’s ‘dark prince’ – Tarique Rahman, the son of three-time former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and a central figure in her Bangladesh Nationalist Party – after nearly 17 years in self-imposed exile. Political ‘royalty’ by any standard – the 60-year-old is also the son of […]
BJP MAKES HISTORY IN KERALA, WITH FIRST EVER MAYOR
NEW DELHI: The BJP’s VV Rajesh was sworn in as Mayor of Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram Friday afternoon, marking a watershed moment in the southern state’s political landscape. In his first comments after being inducted, he said, “We will move forward together… taking everyone along. Development will be implemented in all 101 wards… Thiruvananthapuram will be […]
SHARAD PAWAR’S FAMILY REUNION WITH NEPHEW AJIT BEFORE MUMBAI CIVIC POLLS
NEW DELHI: Squeezed out, it seems, by their respective alliance bosses, Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party factions are drifting toward a big familial and political realignment in Maharashtra, weeks before the next round of federal and state polls – in 2029. On Friday afternoon uncle and nephew were on the verge of […]
SC DECRIES A BENCH SIT IN APPEAL OVER INTERIM ORDER BY ANOTHER BENCH
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court recently discouraged the practice of a later bench of the High Court sitting in appeal over an interim order passed by an earlier bench. It also stated that the High Court should not pass a blanket ‘no-coercive steps’ order without assigning reasons. In this case, the petitioner had sought an […]
CONG TRIBUTES TO MANMOHAN SINGH ON HIS DEATH ANNIVERSARY
NEW DELHI: Congress leaders on Friday paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his first death anniversary, saying his humility, honesty and legacy would continue to inspire the future generations. Prime Minister Modi had paid homage to Dr Manmohan Singh last year on his death, but no word from his government on […]
A Modernist Titan of Urdu Letters: Remembering Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935–2020), the towering Indian Urdu poet, author, critic, and theorist, reshaped Urdu literature by infusing it with modernism. On this fifth anniversary of his passing on December 25, his legacy endures as a bridge between tradition and innovation. Pioneering Criticism and Literary Revival Faruqi formulated fresh models of literary appreciation, blending Western […]
