'Online Real Money Games Are A Menace'

'There are cases of suicides, and middle-class families losing their entire family savings.' IMAGE: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha, August 20, 2025. Photograph: Sansad......

India's $100 Bn Gambling Black Hole

'The larger and more opaque this shadow economy becomes, especially online, the greater the risk to India's national security.' Kindly note this illustration generated using Microsoft Copilot has......

Tribals Fear New Threats As Naxalism Fades

If the threat from the 'Maovadis' (Maoists) is fading, the danger now lies with the 'MoUvadis' -- those who might exploit the resource-rich Abujhmad region through corporate or State-backed......

Pak increases range of mobile towers, alert in Rajasthan

Amid concerns of espionage, the Rajasthan administration has intensified security measures along the India-Pakistan border, with authorities in Jaisalmer and Sri Ganganagar banning the use of......

Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium to be revamped as Sports City

IMAGE: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, which was built in 1982 for the Asian Games, later hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games for which it was refurbished at a cost over Rs 900 crore.......

Wrestlers stuck in limbo as sports ministry withholds approval

IMAGE: The Sports Ministry has withheld approval for the wrestlers to participate in the second Ranking Series of the year scheduled to take place in Tirana, Albania, from February 26 to March 2.......

Khelo India Brings First-Ever Water Sports to Kashmir

IMAGE: Srinagar’s Dal Lake to host India’s first Khelo Water Sports. Photograph and video: J&K Sports Council/Instagram The first-ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival is all set to reveal......

How new law will counter age fraud in Indian sports

The revised code requires all aspiring as well as registered athletes to submit three mandatory documents for age verification. IMAGE: In 2018, the All India Football Federation imposed a......

Will New Sports Bill Be A Game Changer?

The most talked about feature of the Bill is the National Sports Board, that will have overriding powers to grant or suspend recognition of all National Sports Federations and even "collaborate"......