Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh): The fourth edition of Tiger Triumph, an amphibious bilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) exercise between India and the US, reached its final stages here on Friday with large-scale operations training. As many as 1,000 US and Indian armed forces personnel took part in the amphibious landing drill on Kakinada beach,…
Upon securing his safety with a dignified response from the noble Lakshmana, Sugreeva, the king of the Vanaras, summoned the mighty Hanuman. With due consideration of the shifting tides and the wisdom gained from experience, he revised his decree, adapting it to the formidable challenge posed by Ravana, the tyrant of Lanka. The counsel of…
Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated in some parts of India today. Anegundi is a village in Gangavathi taluk, Koppal district, Karnataka. It lies across the Tungabhadra River, around 5 km from Hampi. Anegundi is believed to be over 5,000 years old and is thought to be the ancient monkey kingdom of Kishkinda, as mentioned in the…
Hyderabad: The alleged multi-crore mortgage scam involving 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli near the University of Hyderabad has taken a dramatic turn. BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on Friday accused the Congress-led Telangana government of orchestrating a ₹10,000 crore financial fraud, with alleged involvement of a private bank and the backing of…
Chennai: The BJP and AIADMK sealed a poll alliance, with Union Minister Amit Shah declaring that the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election will be fought under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami. With the parties rekindling their alliance nearly two years after they parted ways, Shah said it will be Prime Minister Narendra…
Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex surged by 1,310 points while Nifty closed above 22,900 level on Friday on gains in banking, oil and metal shares as investors rejoiced the 90-day suspension of additional import duties by the US. Defying a bearish trend in world markets, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 1,310.11 points or 1.77 percent to…
New Delhi: India is in continuous dialogue with the US on the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), and the government will safeguard the nation’s and public interests as it is never advisable to take any step in undue haste, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. He said all trade talks of the…
Cuttack (Odisha): Union Health Minister J P Nadda launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Odisha. He also launched the Ayushman Vaya-Vandana Yojana and the state-run Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Deputy Chief Ministers K V Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, state Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which transferred the probe in a case to the CBI, and said such directions should not be routinely passed. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran said the high courts should direct for Central Bureau…
Mumbai: Akshay Kumar on Friday said only a fool would criticise his social dramas such as “Padman” and quickly backtracked when informed about Jaya Bachchan’s criticism of the title of his film “Toilet Ek Prem Katha”. “If she has said it, then it must be right. I don’t know. If I have made a mistake…
