Devguru Brihaspati Temple is located on Devguru Parvat in the Okhalkanda block of Nainital district, at around 8,000 feet above sea level, stands the rare and secluded shrine of Devguru Brihaspati, the Guru of the Devas and the deity associated with Jupiter. Surrounded by dense Himalayan forests and mountain peaks, the temple is reached by…
New Delhi: National Anti-Doping Agency director-general Anant Kumar has said that the incidence of athletes resorting to shortcuts by taking banned substances can be reduced if all stakeholders work with a common intent. He called upon those in the Indian sports ecosystem to come together to create greater awareness about the importance of clean sport….
Galle: Manav Suthar notched his maiden ten-wicket haul in Tests to guide India to a 165-run win over Sri Lanka in the first Test here. Going 1-0 up in the two-match ICC World Test Championship series, India are currently fifth, rising one place in the WTC Standings with a PCT of 53.33. Having lost their…
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI on Wednesday said that Amway India, Emami, Bonn Biscuits and three other companies have withdrawn misleading ‘100 per cent’ claims from their product labelling and advertisements, following its enforcement actions against these firms. In a social media post, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) informed that it…
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was detained in Patna on Wednesday while taking out a march over the recent police action during the NEET paper leak protests in Bihar, SSP Kartikeya K Sharma said. Yadav was taken away in a police vehicle near the Income Tax office here. “The government is pushing the future of…
New Delhi: The “scams” under the previous Kejriwal government are now coming to light, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta alleged on Wednesday after the arrest of AAP leader Satyendar Jain. She said that 19 reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India tabled in the Delhi Assembly revealed the corruption under the AAP…
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved four projects of the Railway Ministry with a total cost of approximately Rs 9,450 crore. The projects include the construction of a fourth line between Kharagpur in West Bengal and Bhadrak (Ranital) in Odisha, covering 173 km, and…
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday accused Iran of firing two ballistic missiles at shipping in the Gulf, an allegation later denied by Tehran. “UAE air defenses detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran toward the country, with the first falling outside the country’s territorial waters, while the second fell within the territorial waters,”…
Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided premises linked to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust and University of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan as part of a money laundering investigation, officials said. They said about 10 premises at Rampur and Saharanpur in the state and in Delhi were being searched as part of a…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appears to have discovered a wonderfully convenient defence for the controversy surrounding Vande Mataram: if what Congress leaders did on Independence Day was a crime, then Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and even Atal Bihari Vajpayee must also be booked. After all, Kharge argues, they too sang the same version…
