Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula Among the ancient hymns of the Rigveda, the sage Vāmadeva offers profound prayers to Lord Indra in the majestic Virāṭ and Triṣṭubh metres. These hymns are not merely poetic invocations but luminous expressions of Vedic philosophy, where nature, divinity, and human aspiration are woven into a single cosmic fabric. Indra emerges as the…
Sanjaya said, “O King Dhritarashtra, your son Duryodhana, hissing like an enraged serpent, seized his mighty mace and hurled it with irresistible force at the great Vrishni hero Chekitana, who fought on the side of the Pandavas. The weapon, as formidable as Indra’s Vajra, cleft the air with the speed of a tempest, flashed like…
Bailur Sri Mahishamardini Temple is an ancient Shakti shrine situated at Bailur (Bailoor), in Badagubettu, about 2 km from Udupi town in Karnataka. Dedicated to Goddess Mahishamardini, the powerful form of Goddess Durga who destroyed the demon Mahishasura, the temple is regarded as one of the twelve important Shakti Peethas of Udupi. The shrine holds…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday urged people to join the opposition INDIA bloc’s November 1 ‘Chalo Dilli’ march, asking them not to worry about police and their “lathis”. The leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha asserted that the BJP “will not have the guts to try any of their…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has permitted the existing elected members of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Apex Council, whose three-year tenure ended on October 21, 2026, to continue functioning in an interim in-charge capacity. In its order dated October 29 in I.A. No. 3 of 2026 in W.P. No. 21904 of 2025, the court…
Our Correspondent Hyderabad: Nearly a decade after the Supreme Court accepted the Lodha Committee’s reforms, the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) remains under judicial supervision, with questions over governance and club memberships refusing to go away. The association rewrote its constitution following the Supreme Court’s August 9, 2018, judgment, while its 2018 Memorandum abolished proxy voting…
Three defeats, a 262-run hammering by Delhi and mounting questions over selection. How much longer must Hyderabad’s women cricketers wait for accountability? Special Correspondent Hyderabad women’s cricket is in free fall. Three matches, three defeats, and a reported 262-run assault by Delhi in 20 overs have raised serious questions about the team’s competitiveness, selection practices…
New Delhi: India will have a “strong comparative advantage” in the trade deal being negotiated with the United States, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday, adding that no farmers’ interests would be compromised in the agreement. Goyal said that the people of India would “celebrate” once details of the deal are…
New Delhi: Several INDIA bloc leaders have given the final shape to the “public impeachment” proceedings that they intend to carry out against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on Friday as a symbolic protest over the “vote chori” issue. The INDIA bloc leaders met at Kharge’s residence here…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government was coordinating with the Union Home Ministry to airlift people from Ganjam district, where around 300 villages have been marooned by heavy rain and flash floods triggered by Cyclone Arnab, a top state official said on Thursday. Chief Secretary Anu Garg said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and…
