During my tenure as Director of NIPER, I observed a deeply troubling trend — senior professors exercising exclusive control over costly scientific instruments, purchased with public money, for personal academic gain. My proposal to centralize all such equipment under a single Central Instrumentation Laboratory (CIL) met stiff resistance from within the institute. The reason? Control…
The seven elite warriors, sons of powerful ministers, set forth from their respective quarters to confront the mighty Hanuman. They shone like blazing fire, mounted upon celestial chariots drawn by steeds of immense might and speed. The chariots thundered forth, roaring through the skies, cleaving the gales unleashed by Hanuman’s fearsome power. Each warrior, trained…
Dhanmata Temple is located in Dungarpur, a town in the southern part of Rajasthan, near the Gujarat border. The temple is built atop the Dhanmata hill, right in the heart of the old city of Dungarpur. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Dhanmata, a powerful local form of the Divine Mother (Shakti). Dhanmata Temple is…
Mumbai: India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday questioned the necessity of holding road shows to celebrate sporting triumphs after a stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory celebrations led to the death of 11 fans near the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Gambhir, who has been part of two IPL title-winning celebrations in Kolkata and India’s 2007…
Hyderabad: In a bid to promote millets as the food of the future, the poster of “Millets, The Best Food – Pragati Utsava Dinotsavam” was formally launched today at the Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), here. The unveiling was done by Dr. J. Stanley, CEO of Nutrihub – TBISC, a unique DST-supported Technology Business…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday said her party’s “good days” would return if elections are held through ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines (EVMs). Addressing a press conference here, she reiterated her demand for conducting all elections through ballot papers, alleging that EVMs were being tampered with to prevent BSP…
New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde has slammed former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his “surrender barb” at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor and wondered whether he realised that his statements were being used by Pakistan against India. Shinde, who led a multi-party delegation to four countries in West Asia and West…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday turned emotional over the loss of lives due to the stampede near the Chinnaswamy Stadium and said that Bengaluru has lost its image due to the incident that claimed 11 lives. Reacting to allegations by the opposition that police had not permitted celebrations, he said,…
P. Nagarjuna Rao UK’s Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, who knew a thing or two about real war, once said: ‘Any man who goes to battle without fear is a fool.’ He didn’t have Rahul Gandhi in mind, of course. But it is a quote that fits the Wayanad warrior like a bespoke Italian kurta. The…
Bengaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and urged for formation of an inquiry committee led by a sitting High Court judge to probe the stampede near the Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed 11 lives. She accused the Congress government in the state of…
