Kanpur (UP): Members of Hindu right-wing outfits created a ruckus at a mausoleum in Fatehpur district on Monday, claiming it to be a temple site where they had the right to pray. Police booked more than 150 people for damaging public property and disturbing peace. “We have found several videos showing several people carrying saffron…
New Delhi: Coast guards of India and Sri Lanka, led by their top officers, held a key meeting here on Monday and discussed ways to strengthen cooperative engagements in the fields of marine pollution response, maritime search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement. The eighth high-level meeting between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the…
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), in a major push towards rejuvenating the Yamuna River, approved administrative sanctions for sewage treatment plant augmentation and upgradation projects worth Rs 917.33 crore across the city in its 173rd meeting held on Monday. According to officials, the proposals aim to enhance the overall sewage treatment capacity by…
From the comfort of U.S. soil, Pakistan’s self-promoted “Field Marshal” Asif Munir has rattled the nuclear saber with a recklessness that should alarm every sane citizen on this planet, especially Americans. His latest outburst? A threat to “take half the world with us” in nuclear attacks if provoked. Such bravado would be laughable if it…
Fifty years ago, our sleepy little town of Bolarum was not very different from RK Narayan’s Malgudi – the kind of place where people recognised you by your walk, your cough, or your bicycle bell. As I mentioned in an earlier article, our cinematic universe then had just three planets – Sri Sai Talkies and…
On September 1, 2025, when the registered postal service of India Post will be formally discontinued, it will probably not be printed on the front page of any newspaper, nor will it be discussed on any news channel. As normal as this news seems, it leaves a deep impact on that generation, who for years…
The scion of dharma and nobility, Rama, with a mind illumined by ancient wisdom, gently withheld the valiant son of Sumitra from unleashing the ruinous celestial weapons upon the host of Asuras. In cultured speech, steeped in timeless values and guided by the model of righteous conduct, the speaker spoke of restraint and discernment in…
The Traffic Ganesha Temple, also known as the Vahana Ganapathi Temple or Patala Ganesha Temple, is situated on Kasturba Road in the heart of Bengaluru, Karnataka. The temple is believed to be more than 600 years old, making it one of the oldest Ganesha temples in Bengaluru. Local tradition says it dates back to the…
New Delhi: About 55 per cent of India’s total merchandise exports to the US will be subject to 25 per cent reciprocal tariff, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Chaudhary said the government attaches utmost importance to protecting and promoting…
New Delhi: Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s nuclear threat from the US soil showed that the neighbouring country is an “irresponsible” nuclear state and there is a danger of the weapons falling into the hands of non-state actors, government sources said on Monday. In an address to the Pakistani diaspora in Florida’s Tampa,…
