Wellington: New Zealand picked seven frontline pace bowlers, including a fit-again Adam Milne for their upcoming five-match T20 International series against reigning World Champions India starting October 22 in Christchurch. White-ball captain Mitchell Santner will lead an expanded 16-man T20I squad for the action-packed five-game series spread across 11 days in four cities. According to…
New Delhi: With the BRICS Summit concluding with the New Delhi Declaration, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has outlined three priorities going forward, including continued cooperation among the members of the bloc, a long-term agenda it hopes China will also engage with when it takes over the BRICS presidency, and greater sharing of best…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said he has asked Secondary Education Minister Gulab Devi to write to the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), so that an arrangement can be made after a certain period and protesting students can appear in competitive examinations. Speaking at an appointment-letter-distribution programme organised by the…
Muzaffarnagar/Meerut: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday expressed confidence that his party would retain power in Uttar Pradesh for a third consecutive term in the 2027 Assembly elections, citing the response of party workers and people during his ongoing visit to western UP. Tuesday was the second and final day of Nabin’s two-day visit to…
United Nations: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim that he settled the war between India and Pakistan last year, as he addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly here. “Since I took office, it has been my great honour to settle eight wars, and in so doing, become friendly with the…
New Delhi: A delegation of Japanese parliamentarians from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, and both sides held “productive” discussions on continuing the positive momentum in the bilateral ties, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. The delegation, led by Director General of ruling LDP’s International Bureau Taro Kono,…
MS Shanker The All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), once largely identified with Hyderabad and the politics of the old city, has spent the past decade trying to transform itself into a party with a wider national footprint. Its electoral presence has extended beyond Telangana, with victories in Maharashtra and representation in other States. Yet one of…
History has a curious way of leaving clues in places historians sometimes overlook. One such clue may be standing quietly in our fields: the Indian humped cattle, or zebu. For more than a century, the idea that a nomadic race of “Aryans” invaded India around 1500 BCE, destroyed the Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), and introduced…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula In the sacred Trishtubh hymns of the Rigvedic seers Ghora and Vishwamitra, a solemn invocation rises toward Indra, the mighty sovereign of celestial power. The sages call upon him to arrive accompanied by the Maruts, the radiant deities of wind and storm, whose dynamic energies symbolize movement, vitality, and the forces of nature….
Sanjaya said to King Dhritarashtra, “O Lord of the Kurus, while the celestial hosts looked on from the heavens with wonder, Sushena, the valiant son of Karna, shattered Bhima’s bow and pierced his broad chest with a keen spear. He then lost seven swift arrows upon the mighty son of Vayu, and the gods themselves…
