Colombo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and discussed ways to deepen ongoing cooperation and strengthen India-Sri Lanka ties, and assured India’s continued support to the island nation’s economic rebuilding. Jaishankar, who is here on a day-long visit, less than a fortnight after President Dissanayake was sworn…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court constituting a Special Investigation Team to probe allegations of animal fat in Tirupati laddus, even as YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy attacked Naidu, accusing him of spreading lies and demanded that he should apologiseto people. Soon after the apex court…
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors demanding justice for the RG Kar medic on Friday evening called off their ‘total cease work’ at state-run medical colleges and hospitals but threatened to launch a hunger strike till death if their demands were not met by the West Bengal government within 24 hours. “We are calling off our ‘total…
Lakshman Rao After receiving the blessings of Lord Sankara, Ravana embarked on his journey to conquer kingdoms. While flying in his celestial Pushpaka Vimana, he passed over the majestic Mount Himalaya. He descended near a secluded spot, where he saw a maiden seated on a mat of sacred grass, with deerskin beneath her. Her austere…
In a significant breakthrough, the Delhi Police recently intercepted a massive consignment of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore, sending ripples across political corridors and law enforcement agencies. This case, which emerged on Octoberm1, has not only grabbed headlines due to the staggering quantity of drugs but has also raised serious political allegations. The alleged kingpin,…
|| Om Devi Brahmacharinyai Namah || ||Dadhana Karpadma abhyamaksh Mala kamandalu | Devi Prasidatu Mayi Brahmacharinya Nuttama || Brahmacharini, also known as Tapaswini, Tapasyacharini or Parvati, is the second form of the Goddess Durga. Her name means one who practices penance or brahmacharya, with “Brahma” meaning penance and Charini” meaning a female follower. The Goddess…
New Delhi: India on Friday announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October. It will be for the first time in nearly nine years that India’s external affairs minister will travel to Pakistan even as the ties between the two…
Chandigarh: The fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat of the Congress besides JJP’s Dushyant Chautala and 1027 other candidates will be decided on Saturday as elections to the 90-member Haryana assembly will be held with over 2 crore people eligible to vote. The ruling BJP is eyeing a…
Bhubaneshwar: The office of former Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said no political issue was discussed when he met Odisha Governor Raghubar Das a week ago at the Raj Bhavan here amid speculation that the former Jharkhand chief minister is interested to return to active politics. Naidu and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said at least 50 per cent of the country’s total defence production should come through the participation of the private sector. Addressing an event by the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) here, he said the Russia-Ukraine war proved that the importance of a defence industrial base…
