New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with European Union’s Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and deliberated on the proposed free trade agreement between the two sides. Sefcovic is in New Delhi to advance negotiations for the long-awaited India-EU trade deal. The two sides are looking at sealing the free trade agreement…
Telangana’s fiscal health isn’t just weak — it is in the ICU, with alarms blaring across every critical indicator. The latest CAG data (October 2025) tears apart the official narrative of a “rising Telangana,” exposing instead a state running on fumes, debt, and denial. In just seven months of FY 2025–26, the government has exhausted…
The power of silence is better felt than explained. Depending on the situation, its power ensures success in both personal and in professional fields. It is a belief that speech is silver and silence is gold. However, in contemporary conditions, terms and conditions apply to this belief. In the present conditions, there is a dire…
The sage Nārada, in his instruction on the pursuit of spiritual perfection to the sons of Pāṇḍu, expounded in detail the sanctity of the sacred waters and holy shrines spread over the earth. Among these, he said, there is a revered place known as Gaṅgādvāra, where the celestial and the terrestrial worlds seem to meet,…
Khinditla Ganapati Temple is located at Kurneshwar, in Satara district, Maharashtra. The temple stands inside a natural mountain pass, which is called a “khind” in Marathi. Because the shrine is set inside this pass, it is known as Khinditla Ganapati. The area is surrounded by thick greenery, forests, hills, and fresh mountain air, making it…
New Delhi: Parliament on Monday approved a bill seeking a cess on manufacturing units of pan masala to augment expenditure on national security and public health. The Rajya Sabha returned the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, to the Lok Sabha. The bill was approved by the Lower House on Friday. The cess…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the time had come for an unbiased evaluation of “Vande Mataram” and asserted that the entire song and the “Anand Math” book were never anti-Islam, but reflected the popular sentiments against the Nawab of Bengal and British imperialism. Participating in the debate on the ‘150th anniversary…
New Delhi: India on Monday advised its nationals to exercise due discretion while travelling to or transiting through China. New Delhi’s move came over two weeks after an Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh was detained at Shanghai airport after the authorities refused to recognise her Indian passport as valid during a transit halt. “We expect…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday (December 8, 2025) appointed five senior IAS officers as Special Roll Observers (SRO) for various divisions of West Bengal to oversee the work relating to the SIR exercise, officials said. Ministry of Defence Joint Secretary Kumar Ravi Kant Singh was appointed the SRO for the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Monday participated in the discussion on ‘150 years of Vande Mataram’ in the Lok Sabha and questioned why the House was conducting a debate on the national song, 79 years after India’s independence, when there were more important issues to discuss. “The topic that we are discussing is…
