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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Year of the Dog: The BJP can blame Chinese Zodiac for Karnataka defeat

Pre-Truth, our new feature, brings you snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

DDCA set to hold first election in five years with all the thrills of a T-20 match

The election will be held without the proxy voting system, under which members were not required to be at the election booth to cast their ballot.

In a first, cash-rich Indian cricket board furnishes its tax details under RTI Act

Move seen as a major step towards transparency given BCCI, for a long time, has been resisting attempts to bring itself under RTI.

Supreme Court crisis exposes a terrifying reality about political & judicial leadership

Congress is reckless, the Supreme Court and the chief justice are not being transparent and the moral voices are conspicuously absent.

SC goes back on Lodha’s ‘one state, one vote’ recommendation for cricket bodies

CJI Dipak Misra says Gujarat and Maharashtra will be allowed to retain three cricket bodies each, but only one will vote at a time.

Plugged-In: Modi’s foreign travels, a new defence panel & where all the ATM money went

Front Page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgodzcmRHkM&feature=youtu.be Headlines today rotate around four pivots — military, money, Modi, and a splash of cricket. Military The Indian Express opens with a headline on a new...

Law Commission says BCCI should come under RTI Act

BCCI continues to be regarded as a private body although it has received tax exemptions and land grants from governments.

The woman behind the Deepika Padukone cleavage furore defends her ‘hiring’ by BCCI

BCCI office-bearers have questioned her appointment as general manager by the CoA, not least because she has courted controversy in the past.

Will Vinod Rai retire for the third time, adhering to Lodha committee’s age cap?

The SC-appointed Lodha panel had recommended that office-bearers in the BCCI should not stay on be beyond the age of 70. Will the CoA chief stick to it?

TalkPoint: Is the BCCI right in excluding Mohammad Shami over marital discord?

Experts weigh in on the exclusion of bowler Mohammad Shami from BCCI's list of centrally contracted players.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.