New Delhi: India on Tuesday reaffirmed its resolve to counter all forms of terrorist activities, particularly cross-border terrorism, after Pakistan sought to dismiss the busting of an ISI-backed terror network as merely a distraction from internal security challenges. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said over 200 operatives of the ISI-backed terror group, Shahzad…
How N. Vittal and a satellite dish helped break the barriers that kept Indian software from the world MS Sparsha There was a time when sending software from India to an overseas client was almost as difficult as writing it. In the mid-1980s, India’s software industry was still an embryonic idea. Computers were expensive, international…
The claim that “Dalits were denied education and only Brahmins had access to schools” is repeated so frequently that it has acquired the appearance of historical fact. But history is rarely so simple. The educational landscape of pre-colonial and early colonial India was considerably more diverse, and surviving records provide important evidence that challenges sweeping…
It is the story of the Cat (Lomaśa) and the Mouse (Palita)…a masterclass on the anatomy of manufactured narrative, bad-faith warfare, and algorithmic weaponization of untruth. It reveals how a lie is not meant to convince you of a fact; it is engineered to fill the void of immediate attention before truth can mobilize. In…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the luminous seers of the Ṛgvedic age, the venerable sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamada stands as one who perceived the universe as a harmonious interplay of divine intelligence and cosmic order. In a profound hymn composed in the majestic Triṣṭubh metre, he invokes the twin deities Soma and Pūṣan, whose united powers nourish, sustain,…
Disturbed by the sudden reversal of fortune on the battlefield, Duryodhana beheld his soldiers fleeing in fear before the advancing Pandava forces. Inflamed by anger and wounded pride, he raised his voice above the tumult and cried, “Why do you flee? Stand firm where you are. I remain here to protect you. What cause is…
Kaliyar Madam Sree Vishnumaya Temple, also known as Kaliyarmadom Sree Moolasthanam, is a renowned traditional centre of Sree Vishnumaya Kuttichathan worship at Thrikkangode, near Ottapalam in Palakkad district of Kerala. The temple is closely associated with the ancient Vishnumaya worship tradition of Kerala and is known for its distinctive rituals and associated deities. Devotees visit…
New Delhi: Former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and ex-Delhi Jal Board CEO Udit Prakash Rai (IAS) are among six persons arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the tendering process for sewage treatment plant projects of the Delhi Jal Board, an officer said on Tuesday. The other accused arrested…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government’s decision to cancel the JSSC-Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination has triggered a crisis in the state administration, with the functioning of several departments and offices getting affected as over 2,000 employees appointed through the recruitment process face the risk of losing their jobs. Many of the successful candidates had already joined…
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee will continue as the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly till a single bench decides on a petition challenging his appointment to the post within two months. The division bench comprising Justices Shampa Sarkar and…
