Pathanamithitta (Kerala): The pilgrim turnout at Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple here has crossed 25 lakh in the ongoing annual Mandalam pilgrimage season, a senior official said on Monday. Despite a significant increase in the number of pilgrims compared to last year, darshan at the hill shrine continues smoothly due to effective planning and arrangements, said…
Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma on Sunday said New Delhi’s relations with Dhaka are “not transient” but “everlasting”, hours after Bangladesh’s foreign office summoned him to express its “serious concern” over “incendiary statements” made by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India. Hasina, 78, fled to India in August last year…
Dharamsala: Abhishek Sharma played a sparkling little innings after the pacers produced a riveting exhibition of swing bowling, powering India to a smooth seven-wicket victory in the third T20I here on Sunday. Chasing a modest 118 for a 2-1 lead in the five-match series, vice-captain Gill (28, 28 balls) and his opening partner Abhishek (35,…
Vinay Rao Aaron George, a name long familiar in Hyderabad’s junior cricket circles, is now beginning to command attention on a far wider stage. The past year has been particularly rewarding for the young cricketer. It began with him being part of history as Hyderabad lifted the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for the first time, and…
My cricketing journey began in 1960, in a very different India and an even more different Hyderabad. There were no academies, no video analysis, no floodlit nets. What we had instead were heroes—real ones—roaming the streets of Secunderabad, close enough to touch, observe, and quietly dream about becoming. Names like C. D. Thangaraj, Samluck, and…
For decades, Kerala has been treated as a political terra incognita for the Bharatiya Janata Party—a state where the Communists ruled the roost, the Congress survived through alliances, and the BJP remained a peripheral force with vote share but no real power. That assumption has now been decisively shaken. The BJP-led NDA’s capture of the…
The sage Romasa spoke thus: In remote ages, upon the northern shores of the sacred Vytharani, countless sacrifices were performed by sages and gods alike. Their ritual ablutions, after the completion of those vast ceremonies, enriched the river with a fragrance celestial and enduring. For in every holy rite, the share offered to Shiva was…
Pandeshwar Mahadev Dham, also known as Padila Mahadev Temple, is located in the Padila (Pandila) area near Phaphamau in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh. The temple is situated in a spiritually significant region and is included in the sacred Prayagraj Panchkosi Parikrama route. According to tradition, the temple dates back to the Dwapar Yuga and is…
Mumbai: The hallowed turf of the iconic Wankhede Stadium added another glorious chapter in Indian sporting history on Sunday when two of the greatest-ever sportspersons, Lionel Messi and Sachin Tendulkar, shared the centerstage in a grand event here. On his third stop during his four-city GOAT India tour, Messi spent exactly one hour at the…
New Delhi: Just 26 years of age, Nitin Nabin was fielded by the BJP from Patna West assembly seat in 2006 after it fell vacant due to the death of his father and veteran party leader Navin Kishore Sinha. In nearly two decades since then, Nabin, now 45, has been a five-term MLA after consecutive…
