Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The sage Puruchhepa, immersed in the solemn cadence of Athyasti Chandas, raises his prayer to Agni, the divine mediator who stands at the threshold between the mortal and the celestial. Agni is not merely invoked; he is destined to summon the gods themselves, serving as the luminous bridge that unites human aspiration…
Sanjaya spoke unto Dhritarashtra, “O King, Bhimasena moves upon the field like an approaching cataclysm, a living ruin to the Kaurava host. At his advance, thy sons and their foremost princes gathered their valour and encircled him, striving with united might to arrest his progress, for his wrath resembled a tempest that none could lightly…
Sri Mayamma Temple is located in Ganagatte village of Kudligi Taluk. The temple is situated in the rural region of Ballari district and has become one of the most spiritually significant folk goddess temples in this part of Karnataka. The exact age of the temple is not clearly known. According to local traditions and oral…
Kolkata: Former Rajya Sabha MP and TMC leader Santanu Sen on Thursday resigned as the party’s national spokesperson and slammed the outfit over the controversy surrounding the R G Kar rape and murder case and described the poll defeat as a public rejection of “unethical practices”. The resignation comes at a time the TMC is…
Bengaluru: A special flight carrying Congress leader Siddaramaiah, his son Yathindra and party national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, besides others, made a landing in Jaipur instead of New Delhi due to bad weather on Thursday, the Chief Minister’s Office said. Shortly after tendering his resignation as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah left for…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah submitted his resignation on Thursday to the Governor’s Special Secretary at Lok Bhavan here. Special Secretary Prabhu Shankar received the resignation in the absence of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. According to Lok Bhavan sources, Gehlot is in his native place, Indore, for personal reasons. Deputy CM D K Shivakumar and other…
New Delhi: In frank recognition of India’s cultural plurality, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said Indian civilisation is an “amalgamation” of different faiths, and pages of history, “no matter what their colour”, cannot be removed. His remarks, during an exclusive interview with PTI Videos on Wednesday, come in the backdrop of various right-wing…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing party colleague Kalyan Banerjee of verbally abusing her inside Parliament and misogynistic behaviour towards women parliamentarians. The complaint comes amid deepening faultlines within the TMC following its drubbing in the assembly election, with public display of dissent and internal…
New Delhi: India and China held “constructive” and “forward-looking” talks on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, noting that maintaining border peace and tranquillity enabled progress in the normalisation of overall relations. The two sides discussed various aspects of the border situation during a meeting of the Working Mechanism…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah informed his cabinet colleagues of his decision to step down, during a breakfast hosted at his residence, official sources said on Thursday. His current deputy and possible successor, D K Shivakumar and other cabinet colleagues attended the breakfast meeting. In a picture shared by the Chief Minister’s Office, Siddaramaiah is…
