Kolkata: Governor R N Ravi has dissolved the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly with effect from May 7 after completion of its term, according to an official notification. The current assembly was constituted in May 2021 after the Trinamool Congress, under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, returned to power for the third consecutive term in…
Vinay Rao The battle to save Hyderabad’s iconic Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park is no longer merely an environmental issue. It has become a defining test of governance, urban planning, public accountability, and the government’s commitment to preserving the city’s rapidly vanishing green spaces. Despite mounting protests from citizens, environmentalists, walkers’ groups, wildlife activists, and…
The people of West Bengal have delivered their verdict. In any functioning democracy, that verdict must be respected not selectively interpreted, emotionally resisted, or politically weaponised. If the reported trends and declared numbers indeed reflect a decisive rejection of the ruling dispensation, then the constitutional and moral obligation before outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is…
Khalid Umar The ousting of Mamata Banerjee’s TMC comes as no surprise. In many ways, it was long overdue and perhaps inevitable in any genuinely free and fair democratic contest. The real shock is that she managed to cling to power for nearly sixteen long years. Partition Trauma West Bengal has endured immense suffering in…
Stop politicizing marriage; it’s time for partnership Marriage isn’t a power struggle, but rather a relationship of trust, respect, and responsibility between two individuals. However, in our society, marriage is often transformed from a partnership into a game of control, where one party seeks to impose its traditions and the other adopts a rigid stance…
Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao In the sacred cadence of the Trishtup metre, the sage Kutsa, son of Angirasa, raises a profound hymn to Indra, the luminous sovereign of the Vedic cosmos. The seers of old perceived Indra not merely as a deity of might, but as a dynamic principle manifest in the natural and spiritual order….
The trembling man of indecision in Arjuna had now developed an incomparable equipoise. This inward peace arose from intelligent surrender to Krishna, who was delighted by what he had heard from the Lord. Krishna then addressed Arjuna as mighty-armed, reminding the Pandava prince that he must be a hero in his inner life, carving out…
Sri Rajarajeshwari Temple is located at Sandalli village in Kumta Taluk of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. Sri Rajarajeshwari Temple is traditionally associated with Shri Ramachandrapura Math through its spiritual and devotional practices. The temple follows worship traditions connected to the Rajarajeshwari and Sri Vidya sampradaya preserved by the Math. The exact historical age of the…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and other top ministers on Thursday changed the display pictures on their social media profiles to mark the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor following a call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The prime minister, earlier in the day, shared a…
Mumbai: Vietnamese President To Lam on Thursday pitched for deepening of ties between Vietnam and India amid “profound changes” like the advent of AI at the global level. Reconstruction of global supply chains, strategic competition between major economies, the emergence of digital technologies like artificial intelligence, green transformation, and increasing demands for economic autonomy are…
