New Delhi: Postponing his scheduled programmes in Kolkata for Sunday in the wake of a stampede at a Durga Puja pandal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit those injured in the incident. At least 17 people died and 25 others were injured in a stampede-like situation at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata…
Online Sports Desk Naman Dhir introduced himself to the world despite the fifth T20I between India and West Indies ending in a washout at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday (October 17) as the two teams ended the series by sharing the trophy with a 2-2 draw. Only 7.4 overs were possible in the…
Bengaluru: India and the West Indies fittingly shared a closely-fought T20 series 2-2 after the rain-marred fifth and final match was called off 7.4 overs into the hosts’ innings here on Saturday. But before the match was called off at 10.18 pm due to rain, Ishan Kishan and Naman Dhir played powerful cameos as India…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the stampede in Kolkata is extremely distressing and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least 17 people died and 25 others were injured in a stampede-like situation at a…
Kolkata: Several major Durga Puja organisers across Kolkata were asked by the administration on Saturday late evening to temporarily close their pandals, hours after a stampede-like situation in another puja pandal killed 18 people and injured 25 others, an official said. Crowd-pulling pujas like ‘Tala Pratyay’, ‘Alipore Sarbojanin’, ‘Chetla Agrani’, and ‘Ballygunge Sarbojonin’ were among…
Kolkata: At least 19 people died, and 25 others were injured in a stampede at the Chorebagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata following a crowd surge amid rain on Saturday evening, the day of Maha Saptami. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who rushed to the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, where the victims were taken,…
U Lakshmana Rao. या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ Yā Devī Sarvabhūteṣu Śaktirūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaḥ. Salutations again and again to the Divine Goddess who abides in all beings in the form of universal energy. Among the most precious jewels of Bharata Varsha’s spiritual and cultural heritage, Navaratri…
Ramu Chelimella According to the Vedic tradition, Pooja is not merely lighting a lamp, offering flowers or chanting mantras. It is a sacred journey from the external to the internal, from ritual to self-realisation, and from seeking the Divine outside to awakening the divinity within. Every Ritual Has a Deeper Purpose Lighting a lamp —…
Day and night are verily the Prajapati, of which day is prana and night is matter. Those who unite in love during the day waste their prana. Those who unite in love at night are as good as celibacy. Spirituality is like science, applicable to all classes of people. If science has invented a medicine,…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The sage Vamadeva invokes the divine presence of Agni through the sacred metres of Asti, Ati Jagati, Druti, and Tristubh found in the hymns of the Rigveda. These metres are not merely poetic forms but rhythmic structures that harmonize the human mind with cosmic vibrations. Agni is praised as the radiant Lord whose…
