Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Sunil Ambekar on Friday said many positive changes have been introduced in history textbooks, and the epithet ‘the great’ is no longer used to describe Mughal emperor Akbar or Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan. Although the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has brought these changes, “nobody has…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday announced that it will hold a rally on December 14 at Ramlila Maidan here, against the alleged “vote chori”. It alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is now a “blatantly partisan player” that is “destroying” the very concept of a level-playing field for all political parties during…
Faridabad: Ongoing probe has revealed that Al Falah University, which has come under the scanner following the busting of a “white-collar terror module” and the blast near Red Fort, had long-standing links with terror operatives, sources said on Friday. They said fugitive Indian Mujahideen bomber Mirza Shadab Baig — wanted for a series of explosions…
Every time an Indian military aircraft goes down—especially one built indigenously—a predictable chorus springs to life. The naysayers awaken, foreign arms lobbies turn hyperactive, and social-media warriors with little understanding of aviation technology rush to ridicule India’s capabilities. Worse, a private TV news channel promoter, who imagines himself an expert in all things under the…
Russia’s offer to open the full technological vault of its fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter to India is not just another defence deal—it is a strategic earthquake. For the first time in independent India’s history, a major global military power has proposed unrestricted access to an entire fifth-generation fighter ecosystem: engines, stealth materials, avionics, sensors, AI-enabled…
India’s modern political imagination often returns to historical moments that shaped its democratic instincts long before they matured into institutions. Among these sits a lesser-discussed episode from the late 1940s—one that resurfaces whenever the country debates leadership, lineage, and national allegiance. It revolves around the Holkar dynasty of Indore, a young Republic defining its constitutional…
At Kamyakavana, the Pandavas were visited by Sri Krishna and the venerable elders of the Panchalas, Yadavas, Vrishnis, Bhojas, and Andhakas. The chiefs of these noble clans, beholding the humiliation heaped upon the sons of Pandu, were inflamed with righteous wrath. Their anger shook them like a storm, and they declared that the blood of…
Palakkad Fort Sri Hanuman Temple is located inside the historic Palakkad Fort on South Fort Road in Kunathurmedu, Palakkad city, Kerala. The shrine lies on the inner eastern gateway of the fort, making it easily accessible to devotees and visitors exploring the fort. The temple is considered one of the oldest Hanuman shrines in the…
Guwahati: The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has entered into agreements worth Rs 3,000 crore with various stakeholders for developing the sector and boosting industrial connectivity in the Northeast, an official statement said on Friday. It said Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the India Maritime Week 2025, held recently in Mumbai. Union…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that though the proposed medical colleges will be developed under the Public Private Partnership model, their administration and jurisdiction will be under the government. The state’s decision to go for the PPP model for 10 government medical colleges has sparked a major controversy in…
