New Delhi: Cyclone Shakhti, the first cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea in the post-monsoon season, was moving towards Dwarka off the Gujarat coast on Friday and was expected to intensify further, the weather office said. The cyclonic storm over the northeast Arabian Sea moved west-northwestwards with a speed of eight kmph during the last…
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP government in Haryana has ended the “kharchi-parchi” system that prevailed in the state earlier, wherein people could not get jobs without corruption or favouritism. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader also said the people of Haryana have given their mandate to the saffron…
This week, we momentarily step away from our ongoing “How to Revive Hyderabad Cricket” series to focus on an equally urgent question: why does the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) still refuse recognition to the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA), despite its credibility, reforms, and grassroots impact—while continuing to prop up a dysfunctional…
For decades, Pakistan has survived by playing the role of an international blackmailer—harbouring terrorists, peddling drugs, and offering its territory as a playground for great power games. But the recent hard-hitting statements from India’s top security leadership make one thing abundantly clear: Islamabad may finally be scripting its own extinction. On Friday, both Indian Army…
In the shifting landscape of global politics, calls for reform often grow loudest when institutions lose touch with the realities they were created to serve. For India, that moment has arrived with its long battle for representation at the United Nations. Once envisioned as a beacon of equality, the UN now looks increasingly like a…
‘Mera Bharat Mahan.’ Should this slogan not be our mantra as Indians, wherever we are – at home or abroad? Telugu poet Rayaprolu Subbarao reminded us long ago: Ae deshamegina, endu kalidina, ae peethamekkina, evvaremanina, pogadara nee talli bhoomi Bharati. [Whichever country you go to, wherever you may live, whichever throne you ascend, whatever others…
The gathering of people at the grounds, where the princes displayed their strength and skill, ended in a blaze of triumph, though not without sparks of sudden outburst. All admired Karna as a rival equal to Arjuna, yet among the elders there grew a silent unease, for they foresaw in his entry into Duryodhana’s fold…
Dharavathi Anjaneya Temple is located near Tarihal in the Hubli–Dharwad region of Karnataka.The main deity of the temple is Lord Hanuman, also known as Anjaneya. The idol is believed to be swayambhu, meaning self-manifested, and not carved by human hands. Because of this, devotees consider the deity very powerful and living. The temple is popularly…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Friday proposed a framework with the objectives of ensuring prudence while allowing operational flexibility to banks when they lend to related parties. The RBI has issued draft ‘Reserve Bank of India (Lending to Related Parties) Directions, 2025’ with the aim to provide a harmonised, principle-based framework to be adopted by…
New Delhi: At least a dozen Pakistani military aircraft, including F-16 jets, were destroyed or damaged in Indian strikes during Operation Sindoor, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Friday while describing Islamabad’s claim of India’s losses as “fanciful stories”. The Air Chief Marshal said that Indian action also damaged…
