Dear Readers, At the outset, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your enthusiastic support and faith in our effort to present a balanced and insightful narration of the great epic, Ramayana. This timeless scripture, so deeply cherished by every Sanatana practitioner, was brought to you through the erudition of journalist and Vedic scholar U. Lakshman…
Sri Ganapati Ravalnath Mahamaya Temple is a well-known Goud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) shrine in the village of Asnoti, about 11 km north of Karwar on the Uttara Kannada coast. The temple is locally important as a family (kuladevata) shrine for several Saraswat families. Ravalnath, worshipped here alongside Ganapati and Mahamaya, is the fierce guardian deity…
New Delhi: Strongly rooted in the RSS and the BJP, Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Tuesday elected as the 15th Vice President of India, the third leader from Tamil Nadu to occupy the coveted post. Seen as a soft-spoken and non-confrontational leader, the 67-year-old Radhakrishnan succeeds Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned as vice president on July…
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday directed manufacturers and importers to declare revised maximum retail prices (MRP) on unsold stock to reflect changes in goods and services tax (GST) rates, with the deadline set for December 31 or until stocks are exhausted, whichever is earlier. The directive comes as the government has reduced GST on…
Hyderabad: Telangana anti-narcotics wing—EAGLE on Tuesday said it has busted a major hawala racket linked to drugs and arrested 20 people from different parts of the country. During an investigation of a Nigerian national, who was caught while attempting to sell cocaine and ecstasy pills to his Hyderabad-based consumers in June, the well-organised hawala network…
New Delhi: The European Union (EU) has approved 102 additional marine product units from India for exports, making them eligible to supply to the bloc, which is the country’s second-largest seafood export destination, an official said on Tuesday. With this, a total of 604 Indian units are listed by the EU. “The move would help…
Shimla/Dharmashala (HP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an immediate relief of Rs 1,500 crore for rain-affected Himachal Pradesh. Modi, who took stock of the flood and landslides situation in the state, also announced Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured. He…
Deir Al-Balah: The Israeli military urged a full evacuation of Gaza City on Tuesday morning ahead of its planned expanded offensive in the northern city, where hundreds of thousands of people struggle under conditions of famine. The announcement was the first warning for a full evacuation of the city in the current round of fighting….
New Delhi: More than 400 scientists worked round-the-clock to provide support using earth observation and communication satellites during Operation Sindoor, ISRO chairperson V Narayanan said on Tuesday. The space agency provided satellite data from its spacecraft for national security requirements, Narayanan said in his address at the 52nd National Management Convention of the All India…
Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday in the face of massive anti-government protests rocking the country, officials said. Oli stepped down shortly after hundreds of demonstrators entered his office shouting anti-government slogans. Hours before his resignation, the demonstrators set on fire the Nepalese leader’s private residence in Balkot demanding accountability for…
