Mendhar/Jammu: Five soldiers were killed and as many others injured when an Army vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down a 300-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday evening, officials said, while ruling out any terror angle. A defence spokesperson said the cause of the accident is being ascertained but…
Today is Good Governance and holds special significance as it is the 100th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. To celebrate this milestone, the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances has announced a week-long campaign titled ‘Going to Village’ from 19 to 24 December 2024. The initiative aims to bring governance to the grassroots…
The threshold in front of Lord Venkateshwara in Sanctum Sanctorum is worshipped as Kulasekhara. In this Paashuram, Goda is waking up KulasekharaAlwaar. He is a shining jewel among the 10 Aalwaars. He is a Kshatriya, of the ruling class, He is a guru of gurus, i.e. Parama Acharya. Thus, the Acharya mantra is ‘AsmatParamaGurubhyonnamah”. When…
A distinct pair, Rama and Sita, departed from the hermitage of the venerable sage Bharadwaja. As custom dictated, the sage graciously accompanied them for a short distance before bidding them farewell. Rama, reaching the sacred confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna, turned westward, following the gentle flow of the Ganga. “O Rama and Lakshmana,” Bharadwaja…
Oppiliappan Temple, also known as Uppiliappan Kovil, is a prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, located in Thirunageswaram near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams, sacred shrines glorified in the Vaishnavite tradition. Vishnu is worshiped as Oppiliappan and his consort Lakshmi as Bhudevi. The temple is one of…
Hyderabad: Top Telugu actor Allu Arjun was on Tuesday grilled by police for over three hours when he appeared before them for questioning in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede during the screening of ‘Pushpa-2’ here on December 4. Arjun reached the Chikkadpally police station accompanied by his father Allu Aravind…
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday lay the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa river linking project, the first such initiative under the national river interlinking policy, at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. Nearly 44 lakh people in 10 districts of Madhya Pradesh and 21 lakh in Uttar Pradesh will get drinking water under the…
MS Shanker The controversy surrounding actor Allu Arjun’s alleged involvement in the Sandhya Theatre stampede case has spiralled into a full-fledged political battle. With the case diary now public, it reveals that 18 individuals have been implicated, including Allu Arjun as the 11th accused. The principal accused are the owners of Sandhya Theatre, but the…
New Delhi: Paris Olympics’ double bronze-medallist Manu Bhaker on Tuesday admitted that “there has been a lapse may be on my part” while filing nominations for this year’s National Sports Awards amid a raging controversy over her exclusion from the list of Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees. A day after the sports ministry had to…
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday termed Congress’ protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his comments about Dr B R Ambedkar as drama, and said it should apologise for wasting Parliament’s time. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown how the Gandhi family always opposed Ambedkar, he told reporters here. Asked about…
