Surya Mandir (Sun Temple) is located in Surajpur, also called Baragaon, in the Nalanda district of Bihar. The temple stands beside the sacred Suraj Pokhar (Sun Pond), which is central to all rituals here. The temple is dedicated to Surya (the Sun God), who is the main presiding deity. Devotees also find idols of other…
Mangaluru (Karnataka): Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy Temple, on Saturday welcomed the arrest of the complainant in a case involving allegations of multiple murders, rapes, and burials in the temple town, saying that the “truth is beginning to come out.” Speaking to a gathering that had arrived in Dharmasthala to show solidarity, after…
New Delhi: Megastar Chiranjeevi is reuniting with filmmaker K S Ravindra for his 158th film. Ravindra announced the news by sharing the first poster of the film on his Instagram handle on Friday, on the occasion of the actor’s 70th birthday. The project also marks the second collaboration for the actor and the filmmaker, who…
New Delhi/Mumbai: The CBI searched the Mumbai residence of Reliance Communication Ltd. (RCOM) Director Anil Ambani on Saturday after recently registering a case for allegedly defrauding the State Bank of India of Rs 2929.05 crore, officials said. Teams of CBI conducted the searches at two locations in Mumbai on Saturday — the official premises of…
Jabalpur: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday announced a Rs 5,500-crore four-lane corridor connecting four tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh and a Rs 15,000-crore greenfield highway between Bhopal and Jabalpur. Jabalpur MP Ashish Dubey, state PWD Minister Rakesh Singh and other MPs from the state had sought a corridor linking the…
Panaji: Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai on Saturday said the level of success in professional life was not determined by examination results but by determination, hard work, dedication, and commitment to work, and recalled that he was a bright student but would skip classes. Speaking during the golden jubilee celebration of V…
Mangaluru (Karnataka): The complainant, who had alleged there were multiple murders, rapes and burials in Dharmasthala over a period of the past two decades, was arrested on Saturday by the SIT formed to investigate these charges, official sources said. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) and its chief, Pranab Mohanty, have questioned the complainant—whose name is…
Gopeshwar (U’Khand): Heavy rain overnight in Tharali town of Chamoli district sent a rain drain flooding and depositing debris at several houses and markets, an official said on Saturday. Tunri Gadhera, a dry canal that channels excess rainwater, also filled the tehsil office with debris before joining the Pindar River. Two people went missing in…
New Delhi: Vitamin D has become a hot topic in recent years, largely because failure to get enough of it is associated with multiple diseases, and because much of the general population is deficient in this micronutrient. Since 1930, when its chemical structure was first identified, significant advances have been made in research into vitamin…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday voiced optimism about Russia-US ties, saying there was “light at the end of the tunnel” in relations that have hit their lowest point in years, as the two sides explore cooperation on projects in the Arctic and Alaska. “As for our relations with the United States, they are…
