Moscow: Moscow is apprehensive that the US could try to take control of a key Afghan Base amid its escalating military conflict with Iran, a senior Russian diplomat has said. Speaking in an interview with the government news agency RIA Novosti on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister on Sunday indicated the prospect of potential talks between the US and Iran to de-escalate the ongoing war, underlining that both countries have expressed their “confidence” in Islamabad to facilitate their talks. Ishaq Dar made these remarks while addressing the media after holding the quadrilateral consultations with his counterparts from Saudi…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 284 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, fielding former state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Baharampur and ex-TMC MP Mausam Noor from Malatipur. The Congress, which is going solo in the polls for the 294 assembly seats in the state, announced…
India’s opposition to incorporating the China-backed Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement into the framework of the World Trade Organization is neither obstructionist nor regressive—as some critics lazily claim. It is, in fact, a calibrated, strategic, and principled stand rooted in protecting policy sovereignty, preserving multilateral balance, and resisting the creeping normalization of backdoor rule-making…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the hymns of the Rigveda composed in the Tristubh metre, the sage Savya Angirasa praises and invokes the mighty deity, Indra. These hymns present Indra not merely as a warrior god but as a cosmic force sustaining order, knowledge, rain, prosperity, and the moral balance between opposing powers. The narrative of…
In the great assembly of the Kurus, before the gathered elders and in the presence of his blind father, Duryodhana spoke with hardened resolve. He declared that he would not yield even a needle’s breadth of land to the sons of Pandu, no matter what fate might bring. Knowing well that Krishna was coming to…
Dharmrajeshwar Temple is located in Chandwasa Village, in Mandsaur District, Madhya Pradesh. It is situated near Shamgarh and about 78 km from Mandsaur. The temple lies in a rocky hill area surrounded by greenery and peaceful forest. This ancient temple was built during the 8th–9th century CE under the rule of the Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty. It…
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians rode on blistering half-centuries from former skipper Rohit Sharma (78) and Ryan Rickelton (81) to comfortably beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets thus breaking the hoodoo of not winning any of their opening games in last 13 editions of the IPL, here on Sunday. While they had lost each of their…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to join hands to overcome the “challenging” situation emerging due to the ongoing “fierce war” in West Asia. Addressing his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi also cautioned those politicising the present crisis and said there is no place for self-serving politics in…
Chennai: DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin would launch his first phase of election campaign from Tiruvarur constituency on March 31 for the upcoming Assembly polls, the party said on Sunday. Tiruvarur is the hometown of late DMK patriarch and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. Stalin will seek votes for the…
