New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Thursday discussed ways to sustain momentum in the bilateral economic partnership in a phone conversation amid signs of the two sides inching closer to firm up a much-awaited trade deal. The phone talks between the two leaders came on a day Indian and…
Mumbai: The US should sign the free trade agreement with India on the “dotted lines” if Washington is happy with what has been offered by New Delhi, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Goyal welcomed the Trump administration’s views on India’s offer, but refrained from giving a deadline for the signing of…
Balaghat/Bhopal (MP): With the surrender of two Naxalites in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav claimed on Thursday that the state was free of the Maoist menace. This became possible due to the determination to eliminate Naxalism from the country by 2026 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the guidance…
Hyderabad: Ahead of his friendly match with football legend Lionel Messi on December 13, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy played the game with a group of students of Woxsen University here Thursday night. The chief minister, wearing a jersey, played a practice match with the students at the university’s football stadium, an official release…
Mullanpur: The lean run of Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav was extended as Indian batters stumbled on a good batting surface to lose the second T20 against South Africa by 51 runs here on Thursday. Quinton de Kock made an effortless 90 of 46 balls, pushing South Africa to a challenging 213 for four after…
It takes a seasoned statesman to turn a baseless jab into a masterclass in democratic decorum. And it takes Rahul Gandhi—the self-styled philosopher prince of Indian politics—to offer that opportunity with clockwork regularity. The latest viral video from Parliament captures a moment that perfectly distils the difference between a responsible Prime Minister and an eternally…
Time and again, it becomes evident that the NIPER Mohali administration does not apply its rules uniformly. The contrast between the cases of Mr. PJP Singh Waraich and Dr. Neeraj Kumar is a telling example. In CM-459-2023 in LPA-2094-2012, where NIPER Mohali was respondent No. 4, Mr. Waraich had been suspended and later terminated as…
Change has always been the only constant in human civilisation. Social, cultural, political, and economic shifts—once local and manageable—now sweep across national borders and hit ordinary people with astounding speed. What once felt distant, even irrelevant to a common citizen, now reaches his doorstep within minutes. From global conflicts and market crashes to terror strikes…
The sage Ugraśravasa, seated amidst the serene hermitage of Naimisha, narrated to Sounaka and the assembled sages the grand tale of the Mahabharata. When the discourse reached the deeds of the sage Agastya, Dharmaja entreated the venerable Romasa to recount further the marvels wrought by that seer through his penance. Romasa thus spoke: In the…
Vadanbailu Padmavati Devi Temple is located in Vadanbailu, around 12 miles from Jog Falls in Sagara Taluk, Karnataka. The divine presence of Padmavati Amma in this region is believed to be over 500 years old. The Goddess originally appeared at Hebbailu, near Linganamakki, where she manifested naturally in a hutta (anthill). After the Sharavathi Dam…
