Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, presenting his record sixteenth budget on Friday, strongly defended the government’s five guarantee schemes and targeted the union government for the state’s fiscal challenges. He also tried to emphasize that the budget was “development-oriented”. The total expenditure for the 2025-26 budget is estimated to be Rs 4,09,549 crore. It includes…
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday presented the first budget of Jammu and Kashmir in six years and said it is a roadmap for economic growth and a true reflection of people’s aspirations. Presenting the budget in the legislative assembly here, Abdullah, who holds the finance portfolio, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home…
U Lakshman Rao Sound and its resonance stand as the primal force of the universe—guiding creation, sustaining existence, and ushering transformation. In the vast expanse of Hindu cosmology, Om is the primordial vibration, the sacred utterance that encapsulates the essence of being. Shiva’s cosmic dance, the Tandava, symbolizes the rhythmic cycle of the cosmos—creation, preservation,…
The stage is set, the stakes are high, and the cricketing world is abuzz with one burning question: Can India maintain its blistering form and lift the ICC Champions Trophy? With New Zealand storming into the final after toppling South Africa, all eyes are now on the epic clash between the Black Caps and the…
(If women, who constitute half of the population, don’t tell the stories of this population, then who will? Not just on Women’s Day, but every day women will have to fight for this change, for their rights. Even if it is a small beginning, everyone will have to start. This journey of struggle is endless….
New York: The US Supreme Court has rejected Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s emergency application seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. He had filed an “Emergency Application For Stay” with the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the…
New York/Washington: India is a very high tariff nation, US President Donald Trump has said as he reiterated that reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose levies on American goods will kick in on April 2. “And the big one will be on April 2, when reciprocal tariffs, so if India or China, or any of…
Gandhinagar: A security cover comprising only women police personnel will be deployed at the mega event to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Navsari district of Gujarat on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, a state minister said on Thursday. This will be the first such initiative in the country,…
Dublin (UK): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who is on an official visit to the UK and Ireland, called upon Ireland President Michael D Higgins. Jaishankar on Thursday conveyed the regards of President Droupadi Murmu to him and the two leaders discussed about the role of culture in strengthening the nationhood. Sharing the details of…
Supaul (Bihar): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday asserted that India can show the way to the entire world by virtue of its cultural heritage. The ‘sarsanghchalak’ of RSS made the remark in Supaul district of north Bihar, after inaugurating a new building of a Saraswati Vidya Mandir school. “Ours is an…
