Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed he helped avert a potential nuclear clash between India and Pakistan in May. Addressing a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said he had spoken with a “very terrific” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and warned New Delhi and Islamabad that continued hostilities would trigger…
Chennai: Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Wednesday announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League, bringing the curtains down on a 16-year-long association with the tournament within months of calling it quits from international cricket. Ashwin announced a social media. “They say every ending will have a new start, my time as an IPL…
New Delhi: The Yamuna river is likely to breach the danger mark on Wednesday, according to a flood warning issued by the Central Water Commission on Tuesday evening. At 9 pm, the river crossed the danger mark, reaching a level of 204.56 metres at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB). Earlier in the day, at 9…
New Delhi: India and Kuwait on Tuesday undertook a comprehensive review of the bilateral relations during a key meeting, as the two sides also discussed avenues to further deepen the strategic partnership in trade, defence, energy, culture, and people-to-people ties. The seventh round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Kuwait was held in Delhi….
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the US imposing 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka on Tuesday said he has conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that somebody is “not very happy with you”. “But then you are big enough to weather those discomforts,” Rabuka told PM Modi…
When the Indian Navy formally inducted INS Nilgiri and INS Udayagiri into service, it did more than expand its fleet strength—it marked a decisive step in India’s transformation into a truly modern, blue-water force capable of dominating not just regional seas but also distant oceans. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presided over the induction ceremony on…
India is a nation of 140 crore people, bursting with cricketing talent. A sport once introduced by colonial elites has now become the heartbeat of the country, producing world champions and turning the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) into the financial powerhouse of world cricket. From Kapil Dev’s underdog triumph in 1983,…
Can there be a bigger political farce than Kerala’s Communist government choosing to play host to the Global Ayyappa Sangamam at Pampa? A party that once criminalised and brutalised Ayyappa devotees now wants to preside over their summit — if this is not hypocrisy, what is? Adding insult to injury, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan even…
The war between virtue and wickedness had reached its awful zenith, and the heavens with all their host looked on in breathless expectancy, eager to behold the verdict of fate. A terror rose from the battlefield like smoke from sacrificial fire—black, blinding, and soaked in wrath. Demon legions, fierce and monstrous, gave rise to horrid…
Dodital Ganesh Temple is situated on the banks of Dodital Lake, a freshwater lake in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The lake is surrounded by thick pine, oak, and rhododendron forests and lies at an altitude of about 3,024 metres (9,920 feet) above sea level. Dodital is also known as “Dhundital”, meaning ‘Ganesha ka Taal’…
