A massive illegal sand mining activity in the National Chambal Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (April 13, 2026) expressed shock at the impunity with which sand miners have operated in the fragile Chambal sanctuary zone, killing a forest guard in Madhya Pradesh and the digging...

3 min readApr 14, 2026 12:29 AM IST Praful Hinge had written it down before it happened. Sometime last year, a note to himself: whenever he plays his first IPL match, he will take four or five wickets. On Tuesday night at Uppal, he took four — three of them in his first over, the...

The relocation of Nitish Kumar from 1 Anne Marg to 7 Circular Road—though a distance of a mere 100 meters—is far from a routine move. Occurring as he assumes his role as a Rajya Sabha MP and prepares to vacate the Chief Minister’s office, this transition carries profound political and administrative weight, signalling a definitive...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Kavya Maran (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: In-form youngster Vaibhav Sooryavanshi walked out with expectations of another blazing start, but Sunrisers Hyderabad had other plans in their IPL 2026 clash. The 15-year-old prodigy, known for taking bowlers apart from the outset, endured a rare failure as he fell for a golden duck.SRH...

Police personnel conducting drone surveillance at a forested area on the outskirts of Puttaparthi in Sri Sathya Sai district on Monday. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT Sri Sathya Sai district police said that the extensive use of drones to monitor trouble-prone areas and improve public safety has started yielding positive results. Superintendent of Police (SP) S....

Senior BJP leader Yumnam Khemchand Singh took over as the Manipur Chief Minister on February 4 this year just after the revocation of the year-long President’s Rule in the strife-torn state. The 63-year-old CM, a two-term MLA, has since been seen to have taken various initiatives to foster peace and build trust. The challenge of...

Two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) carrying Iranian oil have reached India, marking the first such shipments in nearly seven years, according to ship tracking data from LSEG. The development came hours ahead of the US’s move to block all Iranian ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz following failed US-Iran ceasefire...

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru allrounder Tim David has been fined for “disobeying” an umpire’s instruction during his team’s IPL 2026 clash against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.The incident occurred in the 18th over of RCB’s innings when David launched Hardik Pandya for a towering six over deep mid-wicket. The sheer force...

“Goodbye the Queen, you’ll be missed forever as your voice was never just India’s, it was a gift to the entire world,” reads one of the heartfelt tributes by Pakistani actors and singers to legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle, who passed away on April 12, 2026. “This is not just a loss for one country,...

Workers’ protests in Noida turned violent on Monday with clashes with police and torching of vehicles, but this is not the first such protest. Since the start of this year, workers’ protests have been going on across industrial hubs, even before the energy crisis deepened after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the...