Sri Murugan Temple is located in Pillur village near Kovanur, in Sivaganga District, Tamil Nadu. Although no written historical records exist, the temple is believed to be 500–1000 years old. Local tradition says that the original worship spot existed during ancient Siddha times, connected to Sage Agasthya. Over centuries, the temple evolved from a small…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to completely rid the country of the slave mentality in the next 10 years, and hit out at “so-called intellectuals” for trying to malign an entire civilization by terming years of sluggish economic growth as Hindu rate of growth. Addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit…
Visakhapatnam: A maiden century for Yashasvi Jaiswal and crucial fifties from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli gave India a nine-wicket win in the third ODI, which sealed the hosts ‘ 2-1 series triumph over South Africa, here on Saturday. Chasing 271, India overhauled the target with 10.1 overs and nine wickets to spare. Rohit Sharma…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to completely rid the country of the slave mentality in the next 10 years, asserting that every sector today is shedding the colonial mindset and aiming for new achievements with pride. He also said the term Hindu rate of growth was used when India was…
Mumbai/New Delhi: Domestic carrier IndiGo cancelled over 800 flights on Saturday, the fifth day of the ongoing crisis, even as the government imposed a cap on airfares and directed the airline to process all refunds by Sunday evening. The airline’s on-time performance from six metro airports plunged to 3.7 per cent on Friday, as per…
Deoghar (Jharkhand): BJP President J P Nadda on Saturday claimed that the party has never compromised on its ideology. Addressing party workers at Deoghar, he exhorted them to work hard to make the lotus bloom in Jharkhand. “All parties have become dynastic, but the BJP is untouched by it. Even among dynastic politics, there are…
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments in Ayodhya that centuries-old wounds were healing. He said the Supreme Court in its judgment had said there is no evidence that the Babri mosque was erected after demolishing any temple. “Prime Minister said wounds of 500 years are…
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights here. The move comes as flyers face significant disruption and long queues at the airport due to the cancellation. A press release from the SCR said…
Kolkata: Legislator Humayun Kabir’s plan to lay the foundation for a ‘Babri Masjid-style’ mosque in Murshidabad on Saturday sparked a political slugfest in West Bengal, with the BJP accusing the Trinamool Congress, which has suspended the MLA, of polarising the people, and the ruling party in the state dismissing the charge as baseless. Senior BJP…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered tributes to Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of India’s Constitution, on his death anniversary. “Remembering Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas. His visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to justice, equality and constitutionalism continue to guide our national journey,” Modi said in a post on X. The prime minister…
