Lucknow: Samajwadi Party MP from Pratapgarh, Shiv Pal Singh Patel, has claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi contested from Raebareli instead of Amethi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections because he was “so scared”. He also stated that without an alliance with his party, the Congress would not have won a single seat in the…
Special Correspondent How to Capture a Cricket Association: The Hyderabad Handbook For nine years, the Hyderabad Cricket Association has been run, watched, audited, investigated and supervised by courts, committees and investigative agencies. Criminal cases have been registered. An office-bearer has been arrested. The Enforcement Directorate has opened a money-laundering case. A Special Investigation Team has…
Online Sports Desk International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah was present in Nisshin on Saturday (October 3) to watch the gold medal match of the men’s cricket competition at the Asian Games 2026 between India and Pakistan. After India’s win over the Sahibzada Farhan-led side, he met with the Indian players and congratulated them…
Online Sports Desk India took an unassailable 2-0 lead over West Indies in the three-match ODI series after a dominant victory in the second game in Guwahati. Chasing a massive target of 406, the hosts barely faced any hurdles as skipper Shubman Gill led from the front with an unbeaten 223. Veteran opener Rohit Sharma…
New Delhi: India on Saturday summoned Pakistani Chargé d’affaires Saad Warraich to lodge a strong protest over Islamabad’s “continued facilitation” of illegal cross-border infiltration. New Delhi’s action came hours after Pakistan summoned the Indian Chargé d’affaires in Islamabad to protest against the “killing of two civilians” by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the frontier…
Mullanpur: Skipper Shai Hope struck a peerless unbeaten 162, stealing the thunder from KL Rahul’s classy 129 not out as the West Indies scored a consolation five-wicket win over India in the third and final ODI here on Saturday. India won the series 2-1, courtesy of triumphs at Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati. Hope’s 21st ODI hundred,…
MS Shanker There are occasions when politics should step aside, and the nation should speak with one voice. The extraordinary courage displayed by Captain Smit Machchhar in saving 174 lives in mid-air is surely one such occasion. The question before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is therefore simple: should the country formally consider its highest civilian…
A glass of water can seem insignificant—until the body starts running short of it. On a hot afternoon, after heavy sweating, during fever, vomiting or diarrhoea, or simply after a busy day with very little fluid intake, the body can gradually lose more water than it replaces. The first signs may be easy to dismiss:…
Dr. B. Sandhya Rani Revered as Mahalakshmi, radiant and divine, Beside Lord Venkateswara, You eternally shine; His beloved consort, compassionate and gracious, Alivelu Manga, bless us with peace! In Tiruchanur’s sacred light, You rise like dawn, serene and bright; Your gentle glance makes sorrows cease— Alivelu Manga, bless us with peace! Lotus-eyed Mother,…
Mantra 9 संवत्सरो वै प्रजापतिस्तस्यायने दक्षिणं चोत्तरं च । तद्ये ह वै तदिष्टापूर्ते कृतमित्युपासते ते चान्द्रमसमेव लोकमभिजयन्ते । त एव पुनरावर्तन्ते तस्मादेत ऋषयः प्रजाकामा दक्षिणं प्रतिपद्यन्ते । एष ह वै रयिर्यः पितृयाणः ॥ १.९॥ saṃvatsaro vai prajāpatistasyāyane dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ ca . tadye ha vai tadiṣṭāpūrte kṛtamityupāsate te cāndramasameva lokamabhijayante . ta eva punarāvartante tasmādeta ṛṣayaḥ…
