Mumbai: After days of stalemate, Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday announced contesting 85 seats each in Maharashtra assembly elections even as deliberations to seal a final pact are still underway. The three allies are discussing the sharing of the remaining 33 seats out of the total 288…
Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday endorsed the India-China agreement on patrolling and disengagement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and issued direction to revive various bilateral dialogue mechanisms, signaling attempts to normalize ties that were hit by a deadly military clash in 2020. In the…
In a significant diplomatic development, India and China held their first bilateral meeting on Wednesday, since the bloody Galwan Valley clash in Ladakh. Hosted by Russia on the sidelines of a BRICS summit in Kazan, the meeting marked a potential turning point in Indo-China relations, where the two Asian giants seem to be taking cautious…
In days long past, King Dasaratha ventured deep into the heart of the forest for the sport of night hunting. A master of the wild, swift and strong, he knew every path, every beast, and the secrets of nature’s sounds. As he pursued his quest, he became separated from his soldiers, pressing on alone. His…
Varadaraja Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, located at Pasupathi Koil in Papanasam Taluk, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu. The presiding deity is Varadaraja Perumal, and the goddess is Perundevi Thaayar. The temple is associated with the Kettai (Jyestha) Nakshathra and is known as the Kettai Star Temple. Periya Nambi attained salvation…
Kazan: India supports dialogue and diplomacy and not war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BRICS Summit here on Wednesday, in an unambiguous message calling for resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict through peaceful negotiations. In his address, Modi flagged concerns over pressing challenges such as wars, economic uncertainty, climate change and terrorism and said…
Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks on Wednesday on the margins of the BRICS Summit in Russia, in their first structured meeting in the last five years. The meeting took place two days after India and China firmed up an agreement on patrolling by their militaries along the…
Hyderabad: BRS working president K T Rama Rao has sent a legal notice to Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar for allegedly making false and defamatory comments that the former consumes drugs and was involved in ‘phone tapping’ when BRS was in power. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the BRS leader said the remarks made…
Dubai: Rishabh Pant on Wednesday overtook his superstar India teammate Virat Kohli to reach the sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batters. Fresh from a counter-attacking 99 in the second innings of the opening Test against New Zealand, Pant gained three spots in the rankings while Kohli, who made a fluent 70 in…
New Delhi: Olympic bronze-winning Indian hockey team lost 0-2 to world champions Germany in the first Test to concede a 0-1 lead in the two-match series here on Wednesday. Germany, who are reigning Olympic silver-medallists, fielded a young team for the series. It lived up to the expectations, at least in the first match, with…
