Canberra: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the comprehensive strategic partnership with Australia is growing steadily as he met his Australian counterpart Penny Wong for the 15th India-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue here. Both the leaders also discussed “respective neighbourhoods, Indo-Pacific, West Asia, Ukraine and the global strategic scenario.” “Concluded the 15th…
Washington: Americans head to the polls to elect their next President, with a choice between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. Over 77 million have already cast early ballots, reports the Associated Press. The final Election Day votes are being cast now before polls close nationwide. While some states may deliver results quickly, others…
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history. And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between the rivals with barely a week before Election Day. Under the…
Washington: The early voting figures indicate that the ruling Democratic Party is facing a massive turnout deficit, the Trump Campaign claimed on Monday. By Monday, more than 80 million registered voters have exercised their right to franchise and in some of the key battleground states, more than 50 per cent of the electors had already…
Wayanad: Stepping up her attack against the BJP, Congress leader and UDF candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-polls Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the saffron party of “politicising” the landslides that struck this hill district in July, killing hundreds and displacing many residents. Kicking off her second day of campaigning, she addressed a…
The National Conference (NC) government in Jammu and Kashmir, under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on Monday passed a resolution in the assembly urging the central government to reconsider its revocation of Article 370. This development came alongside Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s statement emphasizing the popular demand for restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood….
I stumbled upon a light-hearted post on Facebook last Saturday that said, ‘My life is a constant battle between wanting to correct grammar and wanting friends.’ It made me smile — and reflect. Anyone who has a love for language knows this struggle. We correct mistakes almost instinctively, but often hesitate, knowing it might annoy…
When Indra was stripped of his brilliance by the curse cast upon him by the sage Gautama, he sought the aid of all divine unions—the gods, the Yakshas, the Gandharvas, and the sages. To them, he recounted his plight, explaining that he had been compelled to counteract the power of Gautama’s penance to fulfill the…
Sri Dharmalingeshwara Temple is located on top of a hill in Marappalam village near Madukkarai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is worshipped here as Dharmalingeshwara Swamy and the deity is a Swayambu Murthi (self-manifested). Lord Vinayaka and Lord Muruga are seen on both sides of the sanctum…
New Delhi: Asserting that the Maharashtra Assembly polls were not a “kaun banega mukhyamantri” contest but a fight to form an MVA government, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said the coalition’s chief ministerial pick would be decided in a “smooth” manner after the results. In an interview with PTI, he also said the Congress…
