Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans messed up on a golden opportunity to seal a top-two spot in the league table as Lucknow Super Giants earned a consolation 33-run victory, riding on Mitchell Marsh’s maiden hundred in the Indian Premier League here on Thursday. Batting first, Marsh’s brilliant 117 off 64 balls took LSG to 235 for 2…
New Delhi: A sessions court in Manipur’s Churachandpur was on Thursday designated as a special NIA court for the trial of cases related to ethnic violence investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the Court of District and Sessions Judge, Churachandpur District, Manipur, has been…
New Delhi: Delhi University on Thursday objected to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s unannounced visit to its North Campus, calling it a breach of institutional protocol and a disruption of student governance operations. “Shri Rahul Gandhi has done this for the second time… coming to the university without any intimation and information to the University of…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conferred six Kirti Chakras, including four posthumously, to personnel of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police for displaying indomitable courage and extraordinary valour in the line of duty. The Kirti Chakra is India’s second-highest peace-time gallantry award. Col Manpreet Singh of the Sikh Light Infantry, two other…
In yet another judicial slap to the face of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, the West Bengal High Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has exposed what many in the state have long known but few dared to say out loud: the state machinery is not just incompetent but complicit. The SIT’s latest report…
The role of a registrar in an academic institution like the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, is to ensure smooth administration, uphold institutional integrity, and manage human resources with transparency. Unfortunately, the performance of Mr. PJP Singh Waraich, the former registrar, was far from this expectation. As a member of the…
The arrest of Jyoti Malhotra, a 33-year-old woman from Haryana, last week, allegedly for spying for Pakistan’s notorious ISI, is just the tip of the iceberg. Reports suggest she maintained multiple digital devices and used encrypted platforms to pass sensitive information to a Pakistani official previously expelled from India. Linking to her operations, several others…
From the vantage of the barbarous demoness throngs and the savage deportment of the loyal guards of the demon king, the sight of Sita pierced through like a lance of woe, sending shockwaves through her virtuous soul. Her pious and discerning mind, now veiled in sorrow, brimmed with a wellspring of tears. The self-respect of…
Shri Vardayini Mata temple in Rupal, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is a revered Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Vardayini Mata, believed to be an incarnation of Goddess Durga. The temple is dedicated to Vardayini Mata, a revered form of the Divine Mother, embodying the aspect of Brahmacharini, the second form of the Navadurga. The temple’s history is…
Tokyo (Japan): Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Delegation from India, that is in Tokyo as part of India’s global outreach against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, met Takashi Endo, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security, in Japan. During the meeting, India’s resolute commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms was unequivocally emphasised. Takashi…
