HOW INDIA AVERTED ENERGY CRISIS DURING HORMUZ DISRUPTION
NEW DELHI: India appears to be moving from managing an energy crisis to cautiously returning to normalcy. Commercial LPG prices have fallen, fuel prices have started easing in parts of the market and global crude oil prices have retreated sharply as tensions in West Asia eased and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumed. […]
The Lamp That Lit Generations: Vijaya Mehta and the Enduring Glow of Indian Theatre
Vijaya Mehta, affectionately known as VijayaBai or simply Bai to countless admirers, passed away in Mumbai on 30 June 2026 at the age of 91. Her departure feels less like the end of a life than the gentle dimming of a beacon that had illuminated the paths of performers, audiences, and thinkers across decades. In […]
HUGE LOOT OF RAM MANDIR DONATIONS DURING KUMBH MELA
(Photo) Curtesy : Hindustan Times NEW DELHI: In a major revelation in the Ram Mandir donation theft case, the Ayodhya Police probe has found that the maximum theft at the Ram Temple took place during the Kumbh Mela in early 2025. According to police, some of the eight arrested accused were involved in petty thefts […]
Questions Raised Over Ayodhya Ram Temple Land Deal, Probe Sought in Letter to Prime Minister
Fresh questions have been raised over a land transaction involving the Ram Temple Trust in Ayodhya, with allegations that a parcel of land recorded as Nazul land (government-owned land) in official revenue records was sold to the Trust through a private individual. The controversy pertains to Plot No. 247, measuring 0.645 hectares, in Sadar Tehsil, […]
Supreme Court Issues Notice on Asaram’s Appeal, Denies Bail, Allows Health-Based Plea
New Delhi, June 30: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Rajasthan government on a petition filed by self-styled godman Asaram alias Ashumal challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction in the 2013 sexual assault case involving a minor devotee, while declining to grant him interim bail at this stage, observing […]
DMK, AAP join 23 INDIA alliance parties in letter to CJI on EC’s SIR process
New Delhi, 30 June— A joint letter from 23 political parties along with an Independent MP today to Chief Justice Surya Kant on the SIR process, the role of the Election Commission and other election-related issues indicates growing unity among the opposition ranks which is likely to rankle the ruling NDA government. Reflecting the […]
CJP protest enters 11th day at Janata Mantar; rattled BJP promises to teach it a lesson
New Delhi, 30 June– As the protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar entered its eleventh day, a Bharatiya Janata Party today lashed out at it with its national president Nitin Nabin terming it a “virus and cockroach” gang that wanted to weaken and divide the country. Meanwhile, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke charged the […]
AYODHYA’S LAWYERS NOT TO DEFEND RAM MANDIR DONATION THEFT ACCUSED
(Photo) Curtesy : LiveLaw NEW DELHI: No Ayodhya lawyer will represent the accused in the Ram Temple donation theft case, the Ayodhya Bar Association has decided. And if an advocate does decide to take up the case, the association plans to impose a 5 lakh fine on them. “Proceedings will be initiated to register cases […]
TRUMP SPEAKS HIGH OF PM MODI
(Photo) Curtesy : Al Jazeera The proposed India-US trade agreement is in its “last one or 2 per cent”, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Monday, as senior American and Indian officials projected growing confidence in one of Washington’s most consequential strategic partnerships, highlighting expanding cooperation in trade, technology, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and […]
UNION CABINET RESHUFFLE BUZZ
(Photo) Curtesy : Deccan Chronicle NEW DELHI: A Union cabinet reshuffle before the Monsoon Session of Parliament appears unlikely, with the government prioritising key legislation over ministerial changes. The Monsoon Session is likely to begin in the third week of July, most likely from July 20. Sources indicate that the cabinet expansion may instead take […]
