Kundurumotte Sri Chowtti Mariamma Tayi Temple is located on Stuart Hill in Madikeri town, the headquarters of Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka. The temple stands on a hillock, locally called “Kundurumotte.” Its elevated position makes it a visible landmark. The exact historical date of construction is not recorded, but the worship of Mariamma in Kodagu…
Noida/Lucknow: The Noida International Airport will be inaugurated on October 30, and flight operations are expected to start within 45 days, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu has said. The greenfield airport is located in the Jewar area of Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western Uttar Pradesh, about 75 km from Delhi. This will…
Dubai: During the two months in England when he was warming the bench, the easy way would have been to blame anyone and everyone for his failure to fit into India’s playing XI, but Kuldeep Yadav chose to traverse the tougher route. While spinners who can bat are in vogue these days, Kuldeep has his…
New Delhi: The decision of the US government to revoke the 2018 sanctions waiver with regard to strategic Iranian port of Chabahar will have implications for India, which is engaged in the development of a terminal at the port. The US Department of State in a statement said that in consistent with President Trump’s maximum…
New Delhi: In a big boost to tycoon Gautam Adani, markets regulator Sebi on Thursday cleared the billionaire and his group of stock manipulation allegations made by US short-seller Hindenburg Research, saying fund transfer between group companies did not fall foul of any regulation. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in two separate…
Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches in Chennai and Hyderabad as part of a money laundering probe into an alleged Rs 200 crore bank fraud and benami assets probe against Sasikala, a close aide of late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, and some others, officials said. At least ten premises in the…
New Delhi: India’s first large private gold mine in Andhra Pradesh is likely to start its full-scale production very soon, a top official of Deccan Gold Mines Ltd said on Thursday. The development assumes significance as India currently imports around 1,000 tonnes of gold every year. The country is the largest importer of gold after…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday sprung a surprise when he drove down to a Patna hotel to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in the state for fine-tuning the BJP’s strategy for the upcoming assembly polls. Photographs of the JD(U) supremo offering a bouquet to Shah, a former BJP president,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of protecting “vote chors” and people who have destroyed democracy, and cited data from a Karnataka Assembly constituency to claim that votes of Congress supporters were being systematically deleted ahead of elections. The Election Commission must stop this and provide, within…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government has delivered policies as per the expectation of industry, and it’s now time for India Inc to invest more and expand capacities. Speaking at the IFQM Symposium, Sitharaman also asked the industry to partner with the government in skilling youth and also to have…
