Udupi (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Udupi’s historic Sri Krishna Math on Friday. According to officials, the Prime Minister will participate in the “Laksha Geeta Pathana”, a mass recitation in which more than one lakh devotees will chant verses from the Bhagavad Gita. He is also expected to offer prayers at…
Bhubaneshwar: Ananta Charan Behera went to his former workplace, the Odisha assembly, on Thursday to have a glimpse of President Droupadi Murmu, but was utterly surprised when she spotted him in the crowd and called him by his name. Behera, a retired grade IV employee, was posted as a ‘jamadar’ in Murmu’s office when she…
New Delhi: With Friday being the last day of campaigning for the November 30 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) bypolls, senior BJP and AAP leaders have stepped up their efforts to woo voters. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addressed a public meeting on Thursday in support of the Chandni Mahal ward candidate, Sunil Sharma, at Chhatta…
Faridabad: Delhi blast investigation revealed that Dr Muzammil Ganaie, one of the prime suspects arrested in connection with the white-collar terror module linked to the November 10 terrorist incident, had two more hideouts near the Al Falah University. Besides renting hideouts in Fatehpur Taga and Dhauj in Faridabad, Muzammil had taken a house on rent…
New Delhi: Poll authorities in Bihar have not received any application from candidates who were defeated in the recently-held Assembly polls with a request for EVM burnt-memory or microcontroller verification, the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday. It said no similar request was received for the eight Assembly bypolls held along with the second phase…
K S Nagarajan For decades, the world has been distracted by the glitz, wealth, and fabricated superiority of global power networks. Much like the caricatured sheikhs in old films — reveling in extravagance while exploiting others — today’s self-proclaimed guardians of international order behave no differently. Behind the polished language of “global security” and “peacekeeping”…
The Pāśupatha in Arjuna’s hands shone like the blazing sun itself, its mere radiance shaking the worlds and striking terror into Dāityas, Dānavas, Yakṣas, and even the celestial beings, who trembled knowing the boundless power it contained. For a moment, the earth quivered in her oceans and mountains, as if acknowledging the force now entrusted…
Chikkarampura Sri Jayalakshmi Temple is situated in the serene village of Chikkarampura near Anegundi in Koppal district, Karnataka. Located very close to the sacred Pampa Sarovara, one of the most revered Theertha’s mentioned in the Ramayana. The presiding deity of the temple is Sri Jayalakshmi Devi, worshipped as a powerful and compassionate form of Shakti….
Mysuru: Expressing confidence that Siddaramaiah will complete a full five-year term as chief minister, his son and Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Thursday pointed out that there are no complaints against his father, nor is he involved in any scams. Asserting that Siddaramaiah is running a good administration and has the backing of MLAs, he…
New Delhi: OTT platform Netflix on Thursday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede seeking an interim injunction on the series “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”, saying the show exposes Bollywood culture, satire, and dark comedy and can’t be enjoined in a defamation suit. Wankhede has sought that the series,…
