Today is *Bharat Hunnime (Pournami),* a special day at the *Saundatti Yellamma Temple* in Belgaum district, Karnataka. The *Renuka Devi Temple,* also popularly known as the *Yellamma Devi Temple,* is the most famous pilgrimage center in North Karnataka. The *Yellamma Gudda (hill),* where Goddess Renuka Devi (Yellamma Devi) resides, echoes with the chants of “Udho…
Moscow: The upgradation and modernisation of BrahMos cruise missiles is a continuous project, with an aim of transition to hypersonic technologies, a top official of the Russian JV partner said here. Equipped with advanced guidance and control systems, BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. Speaking…
Khumati (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said he would file “at least 100 cases” against writer and social activist Harsh Mander after the latter filed a police complaint against him over alleged hate speech targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims. He accused Mander of “destroying” the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in the…
London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has concluded his visit to China, claiming to have secured billions of pounds worth of export and investment deals and bringing “stability” to previously strained relations with Beijing. Over the course of his three-day visit this week, the UK and China clinched 2.2 billion pounds in export deals, around 2.3 billion…
Mumbai: NCP (SP) Maharashtra unit president Shashikant Shinde on Saturday said his party chief Sharad Pawar and other leaders had no prior knowledge about the decision that NCP’s Sunetra Pawar would take oath as the state Deputy Chief Minister. Sunetra Pawar (62), wife of Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash in Baramati on…
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said he did not expect the merger of two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) factions – each headed by Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash two days ago, and his uncle Sharad Pawar. He said that the NCP, as part of the Mahayuti government in…
Patna: The Bihar government recommended a CBI probe into the recent death of a female NEET aspirant in Patna, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said on Saturday. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Bihar police is investigating the case. The deceased, hailing from Jehanabad, was found unconscious in her hostel room in Patna’s Chitragupt…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday questioned whether the Budget numbers would undergo revisions very soon after they are unveiled, as the new GDP and Consumer Price Index (CPI) series are to be released just days after the Budget, and said it reflects poorly on coordination in policy making. Congress general secretary in charge of…
Mumbai: Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar, who is all set to be sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister replacing her deceased husband and NCP chief Ajit Pawar in the state cabinet, reached Mumbai on Saturday. She reached Devgiri, the official residence of her late husband in south Mumbai, in the wee hours, accompanied by…
By Shesh Narayan As a former secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), I have witnessed its highs and its slow, painful descent into administrative opacity. What troubles me today is not merely a difference of opinion on governance—it is the growing normalization of parallel authority, where individuals with no formal mandate increasingly project themselves…
