Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee worked for the country and society with values and principles without worrying about the ruling party or the opposition. Addressing an ‘Atal Geet Ganga’ event on the eve of Vajpayee’s 100th birth anniversary, Adityanath said, “Atal Ji is…
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday released its second list of 26 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, fielding Farhad Suri against AAP’s Manish Sisodia from Jangpura while also giving tickets to ex-AAP MLAs Asim Khan and Devinder Sehrawat. With this list, the Congress has declared a total of 47 candidates for the elections for…
Mysuru: A proposal by the Mysuru City Corporation council to name a stretch of road in the city after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has evoked strong objections. According to official sources, the proposal calls for naming a stretch of KRS Road from the Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy temple to the Outer Ring Road junction as ‘Siddaramaiah Arogya…
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…
