New Delhi: Poll authorities in Bihar have not received any application from candidates who were defeated in the recently-held Assembly polls with a request for EVM burnt-memory or microcontroller verification, the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday. It said no similar request was received for the eight Assembly bypolls held along with the second phase…
If there is any country in the world that has neither the moral right nor the political standing to comment on India’s internal matters—least of all on Hindu civilisational issues—it is Pakistan. Yet, true to habit, Islamabad has once again thrust itself into a domain where it possesses neither credibility nor relevance. On November 25,…
A routine airport transit turned into a full-blown diplomatic flashpoint last week, exposing once again the fragility of India-China relations and the growing assertiveness with which Beijing pursues its territorial claims. The 18-hour detention of an Indian citizen at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport was no ordinary immigration dispute — it was a direct challenge to…
K S Nagarajan For decades, the world has been distracted by the glitz, wealth, and fabricated superiority of global power networks. Much like the caricatured sheikhs in old films — reveling in extravagance while exploiting others — today’s self-proclaimed guardians of international order behave no differently. Behind the polished language of “global security” and “peacekeeping”…
The Pāśupatha in Arjuna’s hands shone like the blazing sun itself, its mere radiance shaking the worlds and striking terror into Dāityas, Dānavas, Yakṣas, and even the celestial beings, who trembled knowing the boundless power it contained. For a moment, the earth quivered in her oceans and mountains, as if acknowledging the force now entrusted…
Chikkarampura Sri Jayalakshmi Temple is situated in the serene village of Chikkarampura near Anegundi in Koppal district, Karnataka. Located very close to the sacred Pampa Sarovara, one of the most revered Theertha’s mentioned in the Ramayana. The presiding deity of the temple is Sri Jayalakshmi Devi, worshipped as a powerful and compassionate form of Shakti….
Mysuru: Expressing confidence that Siddaramaiah will complete a full five-year term as chief minister, his son and Congress MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Thursday pointed out that there are no complaints against his father, nor is he involved in any scams. Asserting that Siddaramaiah is running a good administration and has the backing of MLAs, he…
New Delhi: OTT platform Netflix on Thursday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede seeking an interim injunction on the series “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”, saying the show exposes Bollywood culture, satire, and dark comedy and can’t be enjoined in a defamation suit. Wankhede has sought that the series,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday asserted that it is the people of the country which helps it win elections, not the CIA or Mossad, as the ruling party hit out at the Congress, rejecting its leader Kumar Ketkar’s claim that the two foreign spy agencies plotted the Congress’ defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha…
New Delhi: India’s Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant has apologised for the team’s shambolic performance in the 0-2 series loss to South Africa, asserting that the team will “regroup, refocus and reset” to come back stronger. India were handed a 0-2 drubbing in the series that ended with the second Test in Guwahati on Tuesday. Pant…
