New Delhi: Poll authorities in Bihar have not received any application from candidates who were defeated in the recently-held Assembly polls with a request for EVM burnt-memory or microcontroller verification, the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday. It said no similar request was received for the eight Assembly bypolls held along with the second phase…
K S Nagarajan For decades, the world has been distracted by the glitz, wealth, and fabricated superiority of global power networks. Much like the caricatured sheikhs in old films — reveling in extravagance while exploiting others — today’s self-proclaimed guardians of international order behave no differently. Behind the polished language of “global security” and “peacekeeping”…
The Pāśupatha in Arjuna’s hands shone like the blazing sun itself, its mere radiance shaking the worlds and striking terror into Dāityas, Dānavas, Yakṣas, and even the celestial beings, who trembled knowing the boundless power it contained. For a moment, the earth quivered in her oceans and mountains, as if acknowledging the force now entrusted…
Chikkarampura Sri Jayalakshmi Temple is situated in the serene village of Chikkarampura near Anegundi in Koppal district, Karnataka. Located very close to the sacred Pampa Sarovara, one of the most revered Theertha’s mentioned in the Ramayana. The presiding deity of the temple is Sri Jayalakshmi Devi, worshipped as a powerful and compassionate form of Shakti….
Mysuru: Expressing confidence that Siddaramaiah will complete a full five-year term as chief minister, his son and Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Thursday pointed out that there are no complaints against his father, nor is he involved in any scams. Asserting that Siddaramaiah is running a good administration and has the backing of MLAs, he…
New Delhi: OTT platform Netflix on Thursday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede seeking an interim injunction on the series “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”, saying the show exposes Bollywood culture, satire, and dark comedy and can’t be enjoined in a defamation suit. Wankhede has sought that the series,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday asserted that it is the people of the country which helps it win elections, not the CIA or Mossad, as the ruling party hit out at the Congress, rejecting its leader Kumar Ketkar’s claim that the two foreign spy agencies plotted the Congress’ defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha…
New Delhi: India’s Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant has apologised for the team’s shambolic performance in the 0-2 series loss to South Africa, asserting that the team will “regroup, refocus and reset” to come back stronger. India were handed a 0-2 drubbing in the series that ended with the second Test in Guwahati on Tuesday. Pant…
Moscow: India imported 5.4 million tonnes of Russian Oil worth €2.1 billion between January and September 2025 aboard 30 vessels sailing under false flags, a European think tank claimed on Thursday. The shipments made India the largest national destination for crude moved by Russia’s expanding “shadow fleet,” the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean…
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated Indian space startup Skyroot’s Infinity Campus, here, and also unveiled the company’s first orbital rocket Vikram-I, which has capability to launch satellites to orbit. In his address, the PM highlighted the government’s ‘historic’ space reforms and said that opening up the space sector to private players…
