Nothing exposes political hypocrisy better than refusing to debate an issue after spending weeks demanding one. The Congress-led Opposition’s conduct over the NEET question paper leak issue and the events at Jantar Mantar has done precisely that. Its hidden agenda is no longer difficult to decipher – it was never merely about the students, but…
Dr Sandhya Bombay Three Puranas—the Matsya, Vayu, and Brahmanda—preserve the names of every king who ruled after the Kurukshetra War and before the historical king Mahapadma Nanda. They preserve even the duration of each king’s reign, down to the minutest detail. This detailing continues for every king of the Nanda, Maurya, Sunga, Kanva, and Satavahana…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The venerable sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamāda, immersed in the spiritual radiance of Vedic contemplation, invoked the mighty Indra through the majestic metres of Jagatī and Triṣṭubh found within the sacred Rigveda. These hymns do not merely celebrate a celestial deity; they reveal a profound vision of the universe governed by harmony, energy, sacrifice, and…
King Dhritarashtra, eager to learn how Arjuna, though aflame with wrath and bound by a dreadful vow, was yet restrained amidst the fury of war, listened intently as Sanjaya unfolded the mighty spectacle. Hemmed in on every side by the vast Kaurava host, where countless elephants moved like dark hills, arrows flew in ceaseless torrents,…
Vithoba-Rukmini Temple is located in Pandharpur, a holy town in the Solapur district of Maharashtra. The templeis believed to be over 800 years old and is situated on the banks of the sacred Chandrabhaga River, also known as the Bhima River. Pandharpur is one of the most important pilgrimage centers for followers of the Bhakti…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order prohibiting the extraction, editing, dissemination, reposting, uploading or monetisation of audio and video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission from the concerned court. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and…
New Delhi: The Centre has removed 47 officials from the National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of a major overhaul of the examination body, with legal action also likely against some of those removed, according to IANS. The government is preparing a comprehensive restructuring of the NTA, with the entire organisational framework set to be…
New Delhi: The Indian government has directed GitHub to remove Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging app developed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, after protesters used it to communicate during internet shutdowns in central Delhi. The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), the Home Ministry’s cybercrime arm, ordered Microsoft-owned GitHub to remove the Bluetooth-based messaging application. Dorsey…
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokespersons Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das met union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh on Friday, as part of the second such high-level meeting with the Centre amid ongoing student protests in Delhi. After the meeting, Ranka told the media that the government has “in-principle” agreed to two demands…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests and its march to parliament on July 20. A Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that an order for an NIA probe…
