Melbourne: Star Indian batter Virat Kohli and Australian youngster Sam Konstas were on Thursday involved in a physical altercation as tempers flared on the first day of the fourth Test here but the 19-year-old home debutant played it down. The brief showdown took place after the completion of the 10th over of the Australian innings…
Hyderabad: A crucial meeting between the Telangana government and Telugu film industry representatives is expected to be held on Thursday to thaw the speculated strained ties between the ruling dispensation and Tinseltown following the arrest of top actor Allu Arjun. The 42-year-old star was arrested recently in connection with the stampede at a theatre here…
New York: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), added a festive touch to their Christmas celebrations by donning Santa hats, igniting a wave of conspiracy theories on social media. In a video shared by NASA, Williams wore a red t-shirt while three of her fellow astronauts sported…
Melbourne: Teenager Sam Konstas scored a quick-fire fifty on debut as Australia raced to 112 for 1 at lunch on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test here on Thursday. The 19-year-old debutant’s 60 off 65 balls included six fours and two sixes, both coming off Jasprit Bumrah, rattling the Indian pace spearhead. Konstas…
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the Mahayuti alliance’s unprecedented success in the state assembly polls was a fitting tribute to former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth centenary. Speaking during an event in the city, where he was publicly felicitated at the hands of Union minister Nitin Gadkari,…
Varanasi: Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Wednesday met a group of Bangladeshi Hindus here and assured them of raising their concerns with the government. The 12-member group of Hindus from Bangladesh met the Shankaracharya and sought his intervention to ensure the protection of their religion and requested help to have them settled in Bangladesh. Bangladesh…
Goda says determining to travel to reach God itself is a pleasant thought. The goal is good but the travel equally is a happy process. If several people travel together to reach God’s place, it will be a great pleasure. Godasays the journey of a Jeevi after death towards the abode of God (Archiradi), the…
At dawn, Rama arose early and gazed upon Lakshmana, who was still in slumber. “O Lakshmana,” he called softly, “heeds not the silence of your rest but the whispers of the koel, the sweet chatter of parrots, and the tender exchanges of the peacocks. Observe the flower-laden branches bowing to listen to the birds’ gentle…
Sarangapani Temple is the largest Vishnu temple in Kumbakonam and has the tallest tower in the town. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams, the sacred Vishnu temples praised in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 Alwars. A large granite wall surrounds the temple; its complex includes all the shrines and water bodies….
Panaji: Ring in the new year in style by hosting a whisky-centred celebration. A whisky-themed New Year’s Eve party allows you to break out your finest bottles and bid farewell to the year with a dram in hand for a truly memorable night. There’s nothing quite like sipping on a Kadamba Single-malt whisky. There are…
