Rediscovering life with badminton, the Manasi way. India’s golden girl

``Can I call you back in a while? I am walking down the stairs and I need to be very careful''.  That is the first line Manasi Joshi spoke to me. She was on her way to Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad, where she would be felicitated by Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan for her gold medal …

Is #KCRforPM an idea whose time is about to come?

When K Chandrasekhar Rao floated the idea of a non-BJP, non-Congress Federal Front in March 2018, most dismissed it as an effort to marginalise the Congress in order to help Narendra Modi return to power. But Team KCR was confident that a strong show in Telangana and the chief minister's behind-the-scenes networking with regional chieftains …

In Varanasi, Modi to face 85 Tamil and Telugu opponents

On 29 April, forty farmers from Tamil Nadu will file their nominations in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Among them will be Deiva Sigamani, the Erode-based President of the Turmeric Farmers Association of India. This will be part of their attempt to do a Nizamabad in Varanasi. In the Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana, 178 turmeric farmers …