Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court will hear on May 12 a plea seeking probe against former Congress president and the current Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over allegations of possessing disproportionate assets. A bench comprising Justices Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Zafeer Ahmad passed the order on a petition…
Kolkata: Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, had travelled an unusual path — from serving in the Indian Air Force to becoming one of the opposition leader’s most trusted political associates. Rath, 41, originally hailed from Chandipur in Purba Medinipur…
Hyderabad: A profligate Punjab Kings put down catches at the drop of a hat as Sunrisers Hyderabad buried them under a huge total, winning their IPL contest by 33 runs to move to the top of the points table here on Wednesday. Heinrich Klaasen continued his manic consistency with a 43-ball-69 while Ishan Kishan struck…
Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday arrived in the Bihar capital, where he is scheduled to attend the expansion of the state cabinet, which will take place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah, who is also a former BJP president, was received at the airport here by Chief Minister Samrat…
Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant was shot dead by unidentified assailants in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, party sources said. The incident took place at Doharia in the Madhyamgram area, where Chandranath Rath, who served as the executive assistant to the leader of opposition in the state assembly, was attacked on a…
Today marks the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s most luminous minds. Excellence, though it may surface in any individual at any moment, finds its fullest expression only in rare souls who transcend boundaries of discipline and thought. Tagore was one such extraordinary figure—his genius not confined to poetry and song, but extending…
Nobody thinks they are going to fall for it. That is the first thing to understand. Every investor who has ever bought near a top or sold near a bottom was, at that exact moment, completely certain they were making the right call. The market does not need you to be careless. It just needs…
Just as the Sun — the eye of the entire world is not tainted by the perceptual and external impurities, so worldly sorrows do not taint the Atman in all beings; it transcends. As per Advaita philosophy, whenever we hear the word Atman, we should attribute it to ourselves. As a student of the Advaita school of…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Kutsa, born of the illustrious lineage of Angirasa, raises his voice in solemn invocation to Indra through the majestic metres of Jagati and Tristubh, as preserved in the sacred hymns of the Rigveda. In the serene stillness of penance, where the seers pursue excellence with unwavering discipline, the atmosphere becomes…
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as the spiritual master, displayed a natural patience and understanding that equaled his intellectual daring, and he readily dispelled every doubt that arose in Arjuna’s mind. Yet he chose to go deeper, to burn the very seed of doubt, which is the greatest impediment to noble action. No mortal birth, he taught, is…
