Doubts over the tournament’s venue and India’s participation have increased, prompting the PCB to seek formal clarification from the ICC on India’s refusal to play in Pakistan. This refusal deepened long-standing political and cricketing animosities between them. The PCB has said it has had no reports of any meetings with the BCCI regarding the tournament….
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde escalated his criticism against Uddhav Thackeray, accusing the latter of poor governance during the past administration. Shinde accused Thackeray of being aloof about people’s issues when he said, “You cannot run the government from your house or Facebook Live.” This statement shows the persisting rivalry between the two leaders since…
The Maharashtrian Assembly elections 2024, under the Mahayuti coalition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), achieved an unparalleled victory in the history of the Maharashtra state, which is a political history indeed. The resounding wins in the constituencies—labeled as proofs of the government’s commitment to development and of the people’s trust in leadership by…
In a scathing critique, the Delhi High Court mentioned that administration in the national capital has completely collapsed. Illegal constructions encroaching on public spaces and poor waste management only illustrate that point. The unfortunate political leaders instead seem too busy “selling slogans” to jag the pulse of infrastructure problems besetting the city. Hearing a public…
The recent assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand set the tone for a heated political contest, with the BJP-led NDA and the opposition-dominated INDIA bloc fighting for supremacy. These two-state elections are being closely watched as they are a precursor to the national elections scheduled for 2024. BJP and Shiv Sena, led by Eknath Shinde,…
The government sent 90 additional Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to Manipur in order to restore peace and check worsening violence in the state, which had recently been adversely disturbed by rising armed conflict and communal tensions. The decision to deploy more forces was taken after a series of violent incidents, including the murder of…
The International Criminal Court arrests warrant in accord to war crimes and crimes against humanity has been issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and senior Hamas leader Mohammed al-Masri. These are landmark efforts towards accountability concerning violations purported in the course of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The warrants primarily…
The Adani Group does not feel that a U.S. investigator’s accusation of bribery is justified. Calling it “false and baseless,” the group asserted that no formal notice or communication had been received from the U.S. Department of Justice. The statement was issued in response to reports suggesting that U.S. authorities were investigating the purported bribery…
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) verbally tore into Congress and Rahul Gandhi for, according to them, tarnishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image; the alleged campaign dates back to at least 2002. During the Adani controversy, Congress alleged undue favoritism to Gautam Adani from the Modi-led government. Gandhi has repeatedly questioned Home Minister Modi’s ties with…
In 2022, it was alleged that Antony Raju, a former minister in Kerala, was involved in evidence tampering in an ongoing drug seizure case that is said to have taken place in 1990. A bench comprising Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol ordered that the trial court finish the processes within a year, stressing that…
