Kolkata: Finn Allen’s breathtaking 93 and Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s equally engaging 82 were the differentiators as Kolkata Knight Riders made Gujarat Titans pay heavily for their sloppy fielding to secure a 29-run win, keeping their slender playoff hopes alive in the IPL match here on Saturday. Allen’s explosive 35-ball knock laid the platform before Raghuvanshi, whose…
The Hague: The Netherlands on Saturday handed back 11th-century Chola dynasty copper plates to India, in an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten, signifying the strengthening of ties between the two countries. PM Modi, who arrived in the Netherlands on Friday after a brief stopover in the UAE…
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday stepped up its attack on the Centre over the NEET paper-leak issue, with Rahul Gandhi demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately sack Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan or take responsibility himself. The youth wing of the Congress staged a protest here demanding Pradhan’s resignation over the issue and…
Vinay Rao The Boy Who Allegedly Paid Rs 25 Lakhs to Play for Hyderabad A complaint is lying inside the grievance system of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. A copy has already been marked to the Single Member Committee headed by Justice P. Naveen Rao. Weeks have passed. Nothing visible has moved. Nobody appears suspended. Nobody…
Kathopanishad: Conversation between Lord Yama and Nachiketa This is the ancient Asvattha tree whose roots are above and branches below. That is verily the Pure, that is Brahman, and that is also called immortal. In that rest all the worlds, and none can transcend It. Verily, this is That. In Bhagavad Gita, Chapter. 15 –…
This is an article series. Please read all previous articles before reading this article. The URLs for all previous articles are located in the SPECIAL THOUGHTS section. Previously, we had learnt that Indra is the highest among all the Baahya Prapancha Devata-s. Baahya Prapancha refers to the outer world. As we had seen earlier, Ganapati,…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Kakshivantha, in the elevated cadence of Tristubh metre within the sacred hymns of the Rigveda, invokes the twin divine physicians, the Ashvins, whose deeds shine with both compassion and cosmic intelligence. When the wife of Vimada was seized by hostile forces, the Ashvins, swift in resolve, mounted their celestial chariot,…
As the second day of the war stood poised to begin, the sons of Pandu arranged their hosts in the crowned-bird formation, placing warriors of noble chivalry at points of greatest strength and resolve. Across the field the enemy camp burned with the sharpness of the previous day’s encounters, and Prince Duryodhana, addressing Bhishma, Drona,…
Kanjamalai Sri Balamurugan Temple is located on the sacred Kanjamalai hills near Salem in Tamil Nadu, around 14 kilometers from Salem city. Kanjamalai Sri Balamurugan Temple is an ancient hill temple dedicated to Lord Murugan in his youthful form as Balamurugan. The temple is deeply connected with Siddhar traditions and Siddha medicine. The hill is…
New Delhi: The intra-BRICS trade has increased multiple times over the last few years but it accounts for only around 5 per cent of the global trade, reflecting huge untapped potential for deeper integration and stronger value-chain linkages, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal has said. BRICS is a grouping of 11 developing countries – Brazil, China,…
