Bengaluru: Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti on Tuesday said Chief Minister D K Shivakumar phoned him requesting his resignation from the post, adding that he would decide after discussing the matter with BJP and JD(S) leaders. He also asserted that electing the council chairman and assembly speaker is the prerogative of the House, not…
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has undertaken a comprehensive overhaul of the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) to eliminate paper leaks and systemic failures. In a compliance affidavit filed before a bench headed by Justice P S Narasimha, the Ministry of Education said the reforms are aimed…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, and urged him to expedite political reservation for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the 40-member legislative assembly of the state. In a post on X after the meeting, Sawant said Shah gave a “positive assurance” on his appeal. “Grateful…
New Delhi: An Indian-flagged merchant vessel with 13 Indian nationals aboard came under attack off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. All the Indians have been rescued, it said. New Delhi condemned the attack and said targeting of commercial shipping in the region must stop. “We condemn the…
As India’s aviation market expands, the real race is shifting beyond passenger numbers to the businesses, investments and economic ecosystems taking shape around its airports. India’s airport story has long been told through passenger numbers, which remain the clearest indicator of how quickly Indians are taking to air travel and have been reinforced by the…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula In the sacred assemblies of the Vedic seers, when the dawn spread its first rays across the silent horizon and the altar fire rose toward the heavens, the venerable sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamada lifted his voice in the stately cadence of the Jagatī metre to invoke Brahmanaspati, the Lord of the Sacred Word. In…
Sanjaya said to Dhritarashtra: “O King, it is no exaggeration, nor the utterance of empty praise, to declare that there was scarcely a prince, warrior, or monarch in your vast host who did not feel the sting of the arrows of Satyaki. The strength of his arms was undiminished, and his mastery of the bow…
Sri Varadarajaswamy Temple is located in Singapura, near Jalahalli, in Yelahanka Taluk of Bengaluru Urban District, Karnataka. Situated atop a small hill overlooking the historic village of Singapura, this ancient Vaishnava temple is one of Bengaluru’s oldest surviving shrines dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The temple is dedicated to Sri Varadarajaswamy, the compassionate bestower of divine…
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday dismissed the “so-called” local body elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a “complete farce”, saying such exercises cannot conceal the “reality” in the region. The MEA also condemned Pakistan’s alleged brutal crackdown on protesters in PoK, saying the international community should see through Islamabad’s “flimsy…
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged “double-meaning” remark alluding to popular actor Trisha and insulting her modesty, police said. Udhayanidhi was arrested and taken to Thanjavur in a police van. The DMK leader was arrested for his alleged remark at a protest meeting held at…
