MS Shanker The political earthquake in West Bengal has clearly left the defeated establishment rattled. The reported unrest in parts of North Asansol following discussions over regulating loudspeaker decibel levels atop mosques is not merely a law-and-order issue; it is symptomatic of a deeper crisis that has haunted the state for years — the dangerous…
The Hague: India and the Netherlands on Saturday decided to elevate their relationship to the strategic partnership level following extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten amid shifting global geopolitics. Modi began his two-day visit to The Hague on Friday as part of four-nation trip to Europe that is…
Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son, Bageerath, was arrested on Saturday night in a POCSO case registered against him, and later remanded to judicial custody by a magistrate. “Police have arrested the accused,” a senior police official told PTI. In a release issued after midnight, the Cyberabad Commissioner of Police announced that various teams…
Kolkata: Finn Allen’s breathtaking 93 and Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s equally engaging 82 were the differentiators as Kolkata Knight Riders made Gujarat Titans pay heavily for their sloppy fielding to secure a 29-run win, keeping their slender playoff hopes alive in the IPL match here on Saturday. Allen’s explosive 35-ball knock laid the platform before Raghuvanshi, whose…
The Hague: The Netherlands on Saturday handed back 11th-century Chola dynasty copper plates to India, in an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten, signifying the strengthening of ties between the two countries. PM Modi, who arrived in the Netherlands on Friday after a brief stopover in the UAE…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday stepped up its attack on the Centre over the NEET paper-leak issue, with Rahul Gandhi demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately sack Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan or take responsibility himself. The youth wing of the Congress staged a protest here demanding Pradhan’s resignation over the issue and…
Vinay Rao The Boy Who Allegedly Paid Rs 25 Lakhs to Play for Hyderabad A complaint is lying inside the grievance system of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. A copy has already been marked to the Single Member Committee headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao. Weeks have passed. Nothing visible has moved. Nobody appears suspended. Nobody…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa This is the ancient Asvattha tree whose roots are above and branches below. That is verily the Pure, that is Brahman, and that is also called immortal. In that rest all the worlds, and none can transcend It. Verily, this is That. In Bhagavad Gita, Chapter. 15 –…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, we had learnt that Indra is the highest among all the Baahya Prapancha Devata-s. Baahya Prapancha refers to the outer world. As we had seen earlier, Ganapati,…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Kakshivantha, in the elevated cadence of Tristubh metre within the sacred hymns of the Rigveda, invokes the twin divine physicians, the Ashvins, whose deeds shine with both compassion and cosmic intelligence. When the wife of Vimada was seized by hostile forces, the Ashvins, swift in resolve, mounted their celestial chariot,…
