New Delhi: Noting that trust in Pakistan’s military and political leadership is completely missing in India, top RSS functionary Dattatreya Hosabale on Tuesday said that people-to-people contact is the best way to break the deadlock. “That should be tried more and more now,” he said in an interview to PTI Videos. “This is the one…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans dismissed the batting powerhouse of Sunrisers Hyderabad for its lowest score of 86 runs and went to the top of the Indian Premier League with a fifth straight win on Tuesday. Pacers Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder picked up three wickets each while Prasidh Krishna took 2-23 in his return game to…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed an immediate 50 per cent reduction in the fleet of vehicles accompanying the chief minister and ministers, and urged people to cut fuel consumption and avoid unnecessary gold purchases in view of the prevailing global situation. Chairing a meeting of the chief secretary, DGP, additional…
Nashik: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday evening took into its custody a person from Nashik in Maharashtra in connection with the alleged NEET paper leak, an official said. Earlier in the day, the crime branch unit 2 of Nashik Police detained Shubham Khairnar (30), resident of Nandgaon in the district, following a…
There is a difference between political criticism and political gutter-speech. Sadly, some Opposition leaders in India seem determined to erase that line. The latest abusive and unprintable remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Ajendra Singh Lodhi are not merely “political statements.” They are a disgrace to parliamentary democracy and an insult to civilized…
MS Sparsha “You are the virus.” That message did not emerge accidentally from Hollywood’s imagination. It was repeated, refined, dramatized, and sold to billions across decades. In film after film, humanity itself became the villain. In The Matrix, humans are described as a disease infecting the planet. In Avatar, mankind is portrayed as a parasitic…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Kutsa, born of the illustrious Angirasa lineage, raises his voice in solemn invocation through the measured cadences of Trishtubh and Jagati metres, addressing Earth and Sky, Agni, and the divine Aśvins. His hymn begins with a reverent salutation to the vast duality of Heaven and Earth, the sustaining parents of…
Sanjaya’s subtle and poetic presentation of the cosmic form, and Arjuna’s presence of mind in the moment of trial, had no effect upon the blind monarch. He uttered not a single word on this rarest of rare events, leaving Sanjaya astonished at the workings of Dhritarashtra’s heart and mind. Gathering himself, he returned to his…
Sri Prasanna Venkatesha Perumal Temple is located in Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, near Valluvar Kottam on Valluvar Kottam High Road in the Ponnangipuram area. The temple is situated in a busy central part of the city, but once inside, it offers a calm and devotional atmosphere ideal for worship. The exact date of origin of…
New Delhi: India’s crude oil purchases from Russia dropped over 15 per cent in April after the country’s buyer shut the refinery for routine maintenance, European think tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said in a report. India imported Euro 4.5 billion worth of crude oil (raw material for making fuels like…
