London: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was presented with an award for “Exceptional Leadership in Elevating UK-India Ties” at a ceremony in London, where the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating teams from both countries were also honoured. The India Global Forum’s (IGF) UK-India Awards 2026 marked its tenth anniversary on Thursday evening with a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday discussed with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands how India’s digital public infrastructure-led revolution is making financial services more accessible and affordable. Modi also said that India remains committed to sharing its experience on the subject with partner countries. The prime minister said this when Queen Maxima met…
The controversy surrounding the observance of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” once again raises an important question: Why should remembering one of the darkest chapters in Bharat’s democratic history be objectionable? As someone who grew up with sympathies for the Congress and even held positions in the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) during my youth, I…
Ramu Chelimella For centuries, Indian families viewed the upbringing of a daughter as a sacred responsibility. Parents and grandparents consciously groomed girls not merely for individual success, but for life’s larger roles—as daughters, wives, daughters-in-law, mothers, and future custodians of family values. From childhood, girls were taught empathy, sacrifice, relationship management, emotional resilience, respect for…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao Vrushasena entered the battlefield with grand pomp, his arrival announced by the thunder of drums, the blare of trumpets, bugles, and conches, stirring curiosity even among the enemy ranks. Without delay, he unleashed a relentless volley of arrows upon the Pandava forces, halting the fierce advance of the twin warriors Nakula and…
In the luminous cadence of the Rigveda, where sound itself becomes a vehicle of cosmic order, the sages envisioned a realm in which the divine and the elemental converge through the discipline of mantra and metre. The Trishtubh chandas, with its measured rhythm and expansive breath, was not merely a poetic form but a structure…
Sita Mata Temple is located in Raveri village near Ralegaon in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. Surrounded by the rural landscape of the Vidarbha region, the temple is one of the rare shrines in India dedicated primarily to Goddess Sita. It attracts devotees from various parts of Maharashtra who visit to seek the blessings of…
Bengaluru: The BJP on Thursday urged the ECI to immediately intervene and direct the SEC of Karnataka to halt its “parallel” SIR process for the GBA wards, alleging that such a concurrent exercise would dilute the purity and legal finality of the electoral process. In a letter to Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukkumar, Leader of…
Ayodhya: An FIR was lodged here on Thursday over allegations of embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, officials said. The FIR comes amid an ongoing probe into the matter by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which submitted a preliminary report of its findings to the Uttar Pradesh government two days ago. A police official…
New Delhi: A raging controversy erupted Thursday on the passport-citizenship issue with the government asserting that no new decision has been taken on the travel document in the past 12 years and the opposition alleging that groundwork is being done to “arbitrarily deny” citizenship rights to those who “disagree” with the ruling dispensation. Citing the…
