High Court reposes faith in Justice Naveen Rao; the onus is now on the SMC to crack the whip, implement reforms and restore credibility before elections Special Correspondent The Telangana High Court has cleared the uncertainty over who runs the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), but its October 29 order has done something far more significant:…
Washington: At the receiving end of racist attacks, South Asian voters are backing Democratic candidates in Texas, including James Talarico for the US Senate – a key seat to wrest the upper house from Republicans. More than 60 per cent of voters surveyed by the South Asian American Voter Empowerment of Texas Education Fund (SAAVETX…
Mumbai: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday shared the stage with Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray at a book launch in Mumbai and asserted no one should be surprised since such bonhomie was “part of Maharashtra’s political tradition”. Speaking at the launch of a book documenting the works and…
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has approved the implementation of the university’s student union constitution, setting May 15, 2027 as the deadline for its completion, and directed the protesting students to immediately call off their agitation. In an order dated October 29, the university said the competent authority had considered a request letter submitted…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana and Nagaland. The revisions follow requests from the chief electoral officers of the concerned states. The poll panel wrote separately to the five states and the Union territory of Delhi…
MS Sparsha Venkatesh Bapuji Ketkar: The forgotten genius who looked beyond Neptune, challenged convention and lived largely outside the spotlight What if an Indian schoolteacher, struggling to make ends meet, calculated the possible existence of a planet beyond Neptune nearly two decades before Pluto was discovered? What if he named it Brahma, only for the…
A sharp correction in precious metals shows why inflation alone cannot sustain a rally. Interest rates, the dollar and investment flows will determine whether lower prices attract durable demand. Gold and silver are confronting an uncomfortable reality: rising inflation does not automatically translate into rising precious-metal prices. As of October 26, the supplied market figures…
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः । भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥ Having surveyed the two armies standing ready for the great war, Duryodhana once again reveals the state of his mind. He has already assessed the strength of the Pandava forces and the formidable warriors assembled on his own side. Yet, beneath his outward confidence,…
“तच्चक्षुर्देवहितं शुक्रमुच्चरत्। पश्येम शरदः शतं जीवेम शरदः शतम्। शृणुयाम शरदः शतं प्रब्रवाम शरदः शतम्। अदीनाः स्याम शरदः शतम्। भूयश्च शरदः शतात्॥” This profound Vedic prayer embodies humanity’s timeless aspiration to live not merely for a hundred years, but to experience those years with clarity of perception, strength of mind, dignity of character, wisdom of speech,…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the ancient hymns of the Rigveda, the sage Vāmadeva offers profound prayers to Lord Indra in the majestic Virāṭ and Triṣṭubh metres. These hymns are not merely poetic invocations but luminous expressions of Vedic philosophy, where nature, divinity, and human aspiration are woven into a single cosmic fabric. Indra emerges as the…
