A Simple Formula for Life
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the www.special thoughts section. In the previous article, a question was asked. India is also known as Bharata, as it is named after the King Bharata. But which Bharata? How many Bharata-s…
Bheemasena met Hanuman on Gandhamadana
Across the wild grandeur of Mount Gandhamadana strode the mighty and lion-hearted Bhīma, his step as firm and graceful as a war-elephant’s march. In playful spirit he mingled with the beasts of the forest, driving away prowling predators with a careless sweep of his arm. The creepers and flowering trees trembled at his passing, while…
Arulmigu Nadhagiri Murugan Temple — Sivagiri
Arulmigu Nadhagiri Murugan Temple is situated on the sacred Athuvanakkad Hill, near Rayagiri Nagar, directly east of Sivagiri town in Tenkasi District (earlier Tirunelveli District), Tamil Nadu. Surrounded by hills, caves, natural springs, and green rice terraces, this temple offers a serene and spiritually powerful environment. Nadhagiri Murugan Temple is considered a very ancient temple,…
India will surpass Germany to become third-largest economy by 2027: Scindia
Indore: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday expressed confidence that India will surpass Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy by the end of 2027, lauding the polices and institutional reforms ushered in by the Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Scindia was addressing the ‘YEF Bharat Summit 2025’ organised by the Young Entrepreneurs Forum…
Versatile Malayalam actor-screenwriter Sreenivasan dies at 69
Kochi: Sreenivasan, one of the most influential figures in Malayalam cinema as an actor, screenwriter and director, died at a government hospital here on Saturday morning, film industry sources said. He was 69. He had been facing health issues and had undergone heart surgery in 2022. Sreenivasan was travelling for dialysis at a private hospital…
Modi govt bulldozed MGNREGA, says Sonia Gandhi, vows fight against new ‘black law’
New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the Modi government of bulldozing the MGNREGA, and asserted that the “black law” that seeks to repeal it will be defied by the lakhs of party workers across the country. In a video message, she said that by weakening MGNREGA, the Modi government had…
Leadership issue: Cong high command will call us at ‘appropriate time,’ will wait, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru: With the leadership issue involving him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah coming to the fore again, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday said the Congress high command has told the two leaders when they will be called to Delhi to discuss the matter. He said that both of them will go to Delhi and meet…
Will end ‘maha jungle raj’ in Bengal; TMC making people suffer to oppose BJP: PM
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, calling the state’s prevailing situation “maha jungle raj” and alleging that corruption, nepotism and appeasement of the ruling dispensation have prevented development in the state. Addressing a massive gathering at Taherpur in Nadia district over the phone from Kolkata,…
T20 WC: Shubman Gill ignored; Ishan Kishan and Rinku Singh make cut
Mumbai: In a bold move, the national selection committee on Saturday omitted out-of-form vice-captain Shubman Gill from the 15-member Indian squad picked for the home T20 World Cup. All-rounder Axar Patel was named the vice-captain of the squad, which also saw the return of an in-form Ishan Kishan, who pipped Jitesh Sharma as the second…
