Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the sacred cadence of Trishtup chandas, the venerable sage Deerghatama raises his contemplative hymn to Agni, the luminous principle that bridges the mortal and the divine. The Rugvedic vision beholds Agni not merely as fire, but as a cosmic intelligence—three-headed, encompassing earth, heaven, and the vast mid-space. His seven tongues, likened…
Dronacharya, the venerable preceptor of the Kuru princes, spoke gravely to his son Ashwatthama. Observing the battlefield with a mind sharpened by long experience in war, he said that the countenance of Yudhishthira, the steadfast Dharmaraja, appeared to glow with a rare and unsettling anger. Such a sight was unusual, for a man of unwavering…
Arulmigu Baladhandayuthapani Swamy Temple is located at Dharmarajankottai (Kulasekarankottai) in Vadipatti Taluk of Madurai District, Tamil Nadu. The temple is situated in a peaceful rural setting surrounded by agricultural fields and small hillocks. Kulasekarankottai is historically associated with the Pandya region and is easily accessible from Vadipatti and Madurai. The exact age of the temple…
Jammu: Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and National Security Guards (NSG) successfully conducted a week-long joint training exercise ‘Shakti Sangam’ here, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The exercise was conducted as authorities intensified preparations for the 57-day Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to commence on July 3. The Yatri Niwas Bhagwati Nagar in…
Puducherry: Union Minister L Murugan said on Saturday that Narendra Modi had set a record by serving continuously as Prime Minister for 12 years and had distinguished himself by taking several path-breaking initiatives aimed at building a developed India. Addressing reporters at the headquarters of the Puducherry unit of the BJP, Union Minister of State…
Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that more development took place in the country in the last 12 years of the Narendra Modi government than that achieved in the previous six decades. The country has moved forward in agriculture, industry, health, science, technology, infrastructure, women’s empowerment, youth empowerment, and in every other cultural,…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday raised with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the killing of three Indian mariners in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman. Jaishankar, currently on a visit to Europe, spoke to the US Secretary of State on phone. Following the…
New Delhi: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth will be the next Chief of the Army Staff, the defence ministry announced on Saturday. Lt Gen Seth, currently serving as the Vice Chief of Army, will take charge of the top position on June 30 when the incumbent Gen Upendra Dwivedi retires. The senior military officer is an…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday directed the high-level committee on demographic change to study the shift in population structure in border districts, officials said. Chairing the meeting of the committee, Shah also asked it to visit border areas, metro cities, and industrial towns for an assessment of changes because of illegal…
Washington: The US Navy said it has downed multiple one-way attack drones launched by Iran to target commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. “Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the US Central Command said in a post on X late Friday evening….
