Kumbha Shyam Temple is located inside the historic Chittorgarh Fort in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. The temple stands near the famous Meera Bai Temple and Kumbha Palace within the fort complex. Surrounded by the grandeur of one of India’s largest hill forts, the temple has been an important center of Vaishnava worship for centuries. Its…
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu BJP leader K Annamalai on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here at his residence amid speculation that he may quit the party and float a new political outfit in the state. According to sources, Annamalai’s meeting with Shah lasted for about 30 minutes. But it was not immediately known…
Sheikhpura (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the RJD, the main opposition party in the state, which has been indignant over the allotment of the bungalow occupied by former CM Rabri Devi to a minister. Choudhary referred to the tiff without mentioning the opposition party or its leaders…
Thiruvananthapuram: (Jun 2) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has questioned the necessity of playing all five verses of Vande Mataram at the beginning and end of official events, labelling the practice “unnecessary and burdensome” for audiences. Speaking to reporters here on Monday amid the controversy over the singing of the national song in Kerala, Tharoor said…
Bhubaneshwar: Representatives of 11 countries will participate in the second technical meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Group of BRICS to be hosted by Odisha from June 3-5 in Puri, a state minister said on Monday. Odisha was chosen as the host state due to its “globally recognised milestones in disaster preparedness, effective cyclone…
New Delhi: India and Australia on Monday underscored the importance of freedom of navigation, overflight and unimpeded maritime trade amid disruptions in energy supply chains following the West Asia crisis as well as concerns over China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. These issues figured prominently during wide-ranging talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Australian…
Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu) The air in Tiruchirapalli was charged with a different kind of excitement. FOR THE FIRST TIME: the people of the constituency gathered not just to see a movie star or a political aspirant, but to hear from a man they now called their chief minister. Hordes of people lined both sides of…
Kolkata: The TMC will go ahead with its planned sit-in here against the alleged attacks on party leaders and workers, and the Railways’ hawker eviction drive, despite the police denying permission for it, party supremo Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. She alleged that while the common people and small traders were living in fear, and…
Chennai: Amid speculations that he was sulking in the BJP and that he may float a new political party, the saffron party leader from Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai, on Monday said he would clarify his stand in two days. Asked about speculations that he may launch a new political party, Annamalai, before leaving for Delhi,…
Kolkata: Sleuths of the West Bengal CID on Monday evening visited the residence of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in Kalighat area here for the second time in a little over 48 hours in connection with a signature forgery case, officials said. The development came hours after Banerjee sought 15 days from the probe agency, citing…
