By the time the final whistle echoed around the Brentford Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Liverpool had the three points in the bag and a 2-1 win to show for a scrappy, hard-fought Premier League afternoon. Isak had scored the winner, the travelling support was buzzing, and on the surface everything seemed to be moving in the right direction. But beneath that surface, there was a growing sense of unease that had nothing to do with the performance. Two important players had limped off during the match, and the mood in the away end had shifted from celebration to anxious…

On a Saturday that marked two years of the BJP’s third term in Haryana, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda stood before the public with a message that sounded less like a political speech and more like a lament. This was not a moment of celebration for him, and he made no effort to hide it. For Hooda, the completion of the government’s second year in office was not a milestone but a reminder of everything that had gone wrong. His voice carried the weight of twelve long years, and he spoke with the quiet authority…