New Delhi: Shreyas Iyer showed that the spirit of the Friendship Cup was about more than just winning as the India captain invited Afghanistan skipper Ibrahim Zadran to join India’s trophy celebrations after their 3-0 series sweep in Delhi on Thursday. During the trophy presentation, Iyer called Zadran to the podium and invited him to…
New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Thursday said Hardik Pandya is not yet ready to bowl the full quota of 10 overs of the 50-over format and stressed that the star all-rounder will not be rushed back into international cricket. Pandya, a key component of India’s limited-overs setup, has often been managed carefully…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and “Flowers and Grass symbol during the West Bengal bypolls, and asked them to submit their preferred names and symbols by Friday morning. In its interim order issued on Thursday night, the Commission,…
Hyderabad: Slamming the previous BRS government in Telangana for not implementing the PM Awas Yojana, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the Centre would hand over approval for the construction of 2 lakh houses under the scheme to the state government on September 18. The approval for 2 lakh houses would be the…
New Delhi: Many world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman, wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday on Thursday. US Embassy in India extended wishes to Modi too, conveying the greetings on behalf of President Donald Trump. The embassy,…
The latest American tariff threat may sound dramatic. It should not, however, be mistaken for an economic apocalypse for Bharat. The US House of Representatives has now passed legislation that could empower President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries purchasing Russian oil, including Bharat and China. The measure…
The Puranas, when read not merely as repositories of sacred narratives but also as historical traditions preserving dynastic memory, present a remarkable chronological framework extending from the aftermath of the Kurukshetra War to the rise of Mahapadma Nanda. The Matsya, Vayu and Brahmanda Puranas are particularly significant in this context, because the report points to…
The drone never reached Mecca. The message did. On September 15, Saudi Arabia said its air defences intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered the holy city’s restricted airspace. The Houthis denied that they had targeted Mecca. Yet the incident immediately became a powerful geopolitical story because the mere possibility…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayulu The sage Viśvāmitra, born in the lineage of Kuśika, offered his profound prayers to Indra through the sacred Anuṣṭubh metre of the Ṛgvedic hymns. These mantras reveal not merely devotion but a deep understanding of cosmic order, social responsibility, and spiritual truth. The Vedic seers perceived the universe as an interconnected reality where…
Sanjaya, whose words were never colored by affection or hatred, narrated the events before King Dhritarashtra with unwavering honesty and deep concern. He observed that Karna, despite his extraordinary prowess, had become increasingly consumed by pride and self-exaltation. Such arrogance, Sanjaya implied, clouded the judgment even of the greatest heroes. He reflected upon the tragic…
