Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off four new Vande Bharat Express trains here from the Banaras railway station. The new Vande Bharat Express trains will operate on the Banaras-Khajuraho, Lucknow-Saharanpur, Firozpur-Delhi and Ernakulam-Bengaluru routes. The semi-high-speed trains will significantly reduce travel time between major stations, enhance regional mobility, promote tourism and…
Mumbai: IOC president Kirsty Coventry on Friday lauded the return of cricket to the Olympic curriculum, saying the sport’s inclusion in Los Angeles 2028 will strengthen the bond with Indian fans, while revealing that the global body was in the process of finding the “right” media partner to telecast the Games in the country. Coventry,…
New Delhi: The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday after he attacked the party over the dropping of stanzas from “Vande Mataram” in 1937, saying Rabindranath Tagore himself had suggested that the first two stanzas of the song be adopted, and it was “shameful” of the prime minister to accuse the…
Banka/Bhagalpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that BJP leaders, who had exercised their franchise in Delhi, also cast votes in the first phase of the Bihar assembly polls. Gandhi, addressing election rallies in Banka and Bhagalpur, also asserted that the Congress produced evidence of “vote chori” (vote theft) in the Haryana polls, and…
Mumbai: Operation Sindoor has been a very big inflection point as far as India’s policy is concerned, former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane (Retd) said on Friday. Speaking at the CNBC-TV18 Global Leadership Summit 2025 in Mumbai, Gen Naravane also said India made it clear that it will not differentiate between terrorists and those…
No day in India passes without a disturbing headline—another drug bust, another fatal road accident, another teenager falling prey to substances. What is most worrying is not merely the frequency of these tragedies, but how comfortably we are adapting to them as if they are a routine part of life. When the wrong becomes normal,…
Gold is Gold. No currency on earth can substitute to the universal acceptance of Gold for trade or for any other valuable reasons. Many countries deposit part of their gold reserves with banks in Western countries for various reasons. Some countries have an imperialistic attitude. Due to this attitude, some of the Western countries, especially…
The sage Nārada, beholding the splendour of the Rājasūya and the flawless virtues of Dharmarāja, rejoiced in silent wonder. He watched the gathered kings and vassal lords, and among them beheld Kṛṣṇa moving with the ease of a simple man. Yet Nārada’s heart dwelt upon the ancient prayer of Brahmā and the gods, and he…
Today is Kanakadasa Jayanti The Kanakana Kindi, also known as the “Window of Kanakadasa,” is located inside the famous Udupi Sri Krishna Temple complex in Udupi, Karnataka. The temple is one of the most sacred Vaishnava shrines in South India. It was established by Sri Madhvacharya, the founder of the Dvaita philosophy, in the 13th…
New Delhi: The government on Friday said that clandestine and illegal nuclear activities were “in keeping with Pakistan’s history”, responding to US President Donald Trump’s recent comments that Islamabad was among countries secretly testing nuclear weapons. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “Clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan’s…
