Featured News

I’ll have to play the game their way: Telangana CM on present day politics

Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy said that it was because of the padayatra undertaken by former Home minister of undivided AP T Devender Goud for bringing Godawari waters to the…
From ‘middle class’ Delhi, over to Bihar, the land having highest lower income group voters

Nine months after the Delhi election, none but Bihar, the state overwhelmingly dominated by the lower-income group population, will go to the polls. Following the relatively poor performance in last year’s Lok…

New book ‘Much is Misery—Hope Healing and Happiness’ reveals sufferings behind Materialism

By Syed Khaled Shahbaaz Hyderabad: Chicago-based doctors are calling for a fundamental shift from material success to ‘true wealth’ emphasizing the need for deeper human connections and well-being over financial gains. This was…
Cricket: Reputation of Rohit Sharma is online for the Champions Trophy

With the Champions Trophy around the corner, all eyes are on Rohit Sharma and his men in blue. Can they win the trophy for India? As captain, Rohit has now chalked up…
India’s job crisis: Will Budget 2025–26 Bring Relief?

By Anandini Gupta and Moumita Barman The Union Budget 2025–26 has renewed the emphasis on addressing employment-related challenges, particularly for workers in the informal sector. With youth unemployment at 10.2% and the…
Given the debacle in Delhi, is INDIA left with any future?

There are too many questions regarding the I.N.D.I Alliance. Was the alliance for all times to come? Or till such time the Bharatiya Janata Party was defeated? Or was it limited only…
Prayer rug expo: A spiritual touch to Ramzan preparations

Hyderabad: As the crescent moon of Ramzan prepares to grace the night sky, the city of Hyderabad is abuzz with preparations for the holy month. Among the many traditions that accompany this…

Why do Muslims prefer one ‘B-team’ of the BJP over the other in Delhi?

If Aam Aadmi Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen are both the B-teams of the Bharatiya Janata Party—as many independent political observers feel—why is it that such a large number of Muslims of…
Cricket: Meteoric rise of Hyderabad’s Gongadi Trisha; she has taken the world by storm

Is another Mithali Raj blossoming on the soil of Hyderabad? Yes. That is Gongadi Trisha. She created history by scoring a century in the Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup. Nobody had achieved…
Waqf explained: Threats loom over endowed properties from various quarters—Part two and final

The report claims to highlight the need to prevent the misuse of Waqf properties for personal gain or unauthorized purposes, but that it does not. That need, need not have been highlighted.…
Delhi’s new dispensation should walk the talk

BJP’s handsome win in Delhi and the AAP keeping about a third of its seats in the outgoing Assembly is not the end of the political smear. The next few months will…
Cricket: Hyderabad’s spin bowling duo, Tanay and Aniketh baffle rival batsmen

Hyderabad has had a tradition of producing talented and noteworthy spin bowlers. The most famous names range from Ghulam Ahmed in the 1950s to M.L. Jaisimha (who bowled medium pace as well…
Waqf explained: Threats loom over endowed properties from various quarters—Part One

The Lok Sabha Report of the JPC Waqf Amendment, 2024 is a flawed, partisan document that claims to address various issues related to the protection, management, and governance of Waqf properties in…
Mangalajodi wetlands: Bridging Nature and community through birds

The first light of dawn spills across the Mangalajodi wetlands, setting the vast marshland aglow with shimmering slanting morning light. A symphony of calls rises from the reeds—squawking egrets, gaggling geese, melodious…
Under a hugely widening financial crunch, Maharashtra Govt. trying to trim expenses

Unlike ever before Maharashtra government is trying to trim its expenses, some wisely, some not so wisely so that it can save money to keep its flagship project, Ladki Bahin Yojana of…