Kolkata: Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate on Monday interrogated Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for over 11 hours in connection with their probe into the alleged primary school recruitment scam, an official said. The marathon questioning took place a day after Banerjee had a similar session for nearly eight and a half hours…
Chandigarh: The Sikh clergy at the Akal Takht on Monday declared Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ‘Guru Dokhi’ (anti-Guru) and ‘Khalsa Panth virodhi’ (anti-Khalsa panth), directing the Sikh community to “shun ties” with him as he was accused of lying regarding a purported objectionable video that hurt Sikh sentiments. The Akal Takht is the highest…
Bratislava: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Slovakia’s President Peter Pellegrini on Monday and discussed the growing partnership between the two countries, including digitalisation, innovation, defence and nuclear energy. Modi, who is in Bratislava as part of his weeklong visit to Europe, met Pellegrini at the Presidential Palace, where the two leaders welcomed the growing…
Our Correspondent Tirupati: In a significant move aimed at restoring and strengthening public confidence in the preparation of Srivari Prasadam, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with the CSIR–Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, to introduce scientific protocols across the entire prasadam production chain. The initiative comes in the…
Yesterday, through our second Forthright editorial titled “Gen Z: Victims of the Digital Age or Architects of a Chaotic Society?”, we invited readers to participate in an important national debate. The encouraging response demonstrates that this subject has become a focal point in rapidly changing democracies such as Bharat. Here is the first article in…
By MS Sparsha In the late 1890s, inside a bustling laboratory on Bowbazar Street in Calcutta, a young Indian medical student sat in complete darkness, his eyes heavily bandaged after a horrific acid explosion had abruptly ended his medical career. Rather than surrendering to despair, he turned his heightened senses of smell and sound into…
One of the most magnificent bonds in the world is the relationship between women and nature. Perhaps that is why we lovingly call her Mother Nature. The Telugu poet Bammera Pothana beautifully captured this sentiment in the phrase, “Ammalakanna Amma Peddamma” — the mother who is greater than all mothers. Across civilizations and centuries, women…
Alekya Pratap In an era where nations are competing for technological supremacy, Bharat has quietly built something far more enduring — a digital ecosystem that touches the lives of ordinary citizens every single day. From a street vendor accepting a QR-code payment in a remote village to a farmer receiving subsidies directly into his bank…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Deerghatama, illumined in vision and steadfast in contemplation, raises his prayer to Mitra and Varuna in the expansive cadence of Jagati Chanda’s, wherein each syllable flows with measured dignity, reflecting the vastness of the cosmos itself. His hymn is not merely a plea but a profound inquiry into the order…
After deep contemplation regarding the course that destiny had laid before him, the venerable Bhishma lifted his mighty bow once more upon the battlefield. Before him stood Sikhandi, positioned deliberately by Arjuna, yet Bhishma regarded him with utter disregard, for he had long resolved not to engage Sikhandi in combat. Seizing that moment, Arjuna began…
