Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the resonant cadence of Tristubh chandas, the sage Agastya raises a luminous invocation to the Aswins, the divine twins who traverse the thresholds between night and dawn, matter and vitality, mortality and renewal. Their chariot, adorned with subtle brilliance and guided by steeds of auspicious gait, is not merely a vehicle…
The valour of Abhimanyu upon the battlefield, so nobly acknowledged by Dronacharya, stirred not admiration but concealed resentment in the heart of Duryodhana. Though his countenance bore a strained smile, its pallor betrayed the unrest within. Addressing the assembled warriors—Karna, Bhurisrava, and Shalya—he spoke with veiled scorn. He declared that Drona, preceptor to all who…
Hoysaleshwara and Shantaleshwara Temples are located at Halebidu in Hassan district, Karnataka. Halebidu, formerly known as Dwarasamudra, was the illustrious capital of the Hoysala Empire and is one of the finest centres of medieval Indian temple architecture. Today, the temple forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas.” The temple…
New Delhi: Gold prices are expected to remain firm next week as investors track key economic data from the US and other major economies for further clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate trajectory. Traders will closely watch US services PMI, trade data and weekly jobless claims, along with inflation figures from the Eurozone, China,…
Lucknow: The BJP will work with its allies to repeat the performance of the 2017 assembly polls on the strength of the work done in the state, party leaders said after a meeting with BJP president Nitin Nabin on Sunday. Later in a meeting with NDA allies, Nabin discussed measures to strengthen the alliance but…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to former union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on his birth anniversary, and said he made a significant contribution to the upliftment of the underprivileged and vulnerable sections of society. Paswan, founder of the Lok Jan Shakti Party, was born on July 5, 1946 and died…
Nagpur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not against any community and wants to work by taking along all communities, religions and castes, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said. He also said the ideas of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee are still relevant, and the BJP must move forward with them. India should be…
Raipur: Legendary Pandavani folk singer Teejan Bai, who brought Chhattisgarh’s traditional storytelling art to global audiences, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Raipur on Sunday after a prolonged illness, doctors said. She was 70. The Padma Vibhushan recipient breathed her last at 3.15 am in the hospital, where she had…
Lucknow: Under the BJP, both India and Uttar Pradesh emerged from the “dark era of appeasement, corruption and misgovernance” that prevailed during the previous governments, party president Nitin Nabin said on Saturday. Addressing a meeting attended by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the first day of his two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, Nabin urged party…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said the Adani Group would set up a 2,000-bed hospital in New Town, with 1,000 beds reserved for free treatment of the poor. Adhikari made the announcement here while outlining the initiatives undertaken by his government in the state over the past two months, during an…
