United Nations: Voicing concern over the risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists, India has called on the global community to remain vigilant about the transfer of sensitive technology, particularly to those with a “record” of proliferation and terror links, a veiled reference to Pakistan. Delivering India’s statement at the…
Dussera gift to Sanatanis as Supreme Court draws a clear line between custodianship and ownership of temple properties Call it a Dussera gift to Sanatanis or a long-overdue judicial correction. Either way, the Supreme Court has delivered a powerful message: temple property is not government property, and the State cannot behave as though it owns…
Hiroo Onoda was sent to Lubang in the Philippines in December 1944 with instructions to keep fighting and not to surrender. Japan capitulated in August 1945. Onoda stayed in the jungle until March 1974, when his former commanding officer travelled to the island and formally relieved him of duty. That is nearly 29 years. The…
Special Correspondent Old questions, old habits and a decade of deafening silence Two messages are doing the rounds among Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) members this week. One wonders where HCA is headed after the Apex Council’s term ends. The other objects to the appointment of a Ranji Trophy team manager who is not an HCA…
Online Sports Desk India will be touring New Zealand this October for a long, demanding, multi-format series starting on 22nd. The series will feature a five-match T20I series followed by a five-match ODI series and then a two-match Test series. Full schedule of the New Zealand vs India series: The T20I series will conclude on…
Online Sports Desk Former Indian spinner Murali Karthik has offered a rare voice in support of the Gautam Gambhir-Shreyas Iyer duo for their treatment of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Karthik said he’s not in favor of dropping either Sanju Samson or Abhishek Sharma ‘for the sake of it’, saying Sooryavanshi needs to be patient for an opening,…
Washington: Two Indian nationals are among 28 green card holders charged with election fraud in California, the US Department of Justice said in a statement on Monday. According to the Justice Department, Amandeep Kaur (30) and Kamlesh Shah (67) have been charged with fraudulently registering as voters and casting their ballots in the November 2024…
Imphal: Militants ambushed 14 Meitei men, killing three of them in Manipur on Monday. The attack sparked protests in the state, which has been plagued by ethnic violence since May 2023, with locals placing the bodies outside the chief minister’s residence and police firing tear gas shells to disperse them. Security forces launched a combing…
M Radha Madhavi या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥ \Yā Devī Sarvabhūteṣu Śaktirūpeṇa Saṃsthitā, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaḥ.\ The Divine Mother, who abides in all beings in the form of primordial energy, is worthy of our repeated salutations. This sacred invocation, celebrated in the Devī Māhātmya of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa,…
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) founder YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who stormed to power in Andhra Pradesh in 2019 but suffered a crushing defeat in 2024, has often extended issue-based support to the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, including by abstaining on contentious matters. His sudden decision to challenge the NDA over the appointment of…
