|| Om Devi Brahmacharinyai Namah || || Dadhana Karpadma Abhyamaksh Mala Kamandalu | Devi Prasidatu Mayi Brahmacharinya Nuttama || Brahmacharini, also known as Tapasvini, Tapasyacharini, or Parvati, is the second form of Goddess Durga. Her name means one who practices penance or brahmacharya, with “Brahma” meaning penance and “Charini” meaning a female follower. The Goddess…
Agartala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the redeveloped Tripureswari temple in Tripura’s Gomati district and offered prayers at the shrine. The more-than-500-year-old temple, one of the 51 ‘Shakti Peethas’, has been redeveloped under the Centre’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) scheme at Rs 52 crore. The Prime Minister also visited an…
Rabat: Indian armed forces were given complete freedom to appropriately respond to the cowardly terror attack on innocent civilians in Pahalgam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Singh also said that India’s actions in response to the attack were “measured and non-escalatory.” The defence minister made the remarks in an address to the Indian community…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the Jewish community across the world, his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, and the people of Israel on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. In a post on microblogging site X, he said, “Shana Tova! Warmest Rosh Hashanah greetings to my friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for bilateral discussions, as the high-level 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) kicks in. The meeting at Lotte New York Palace is the first face-to-face interaction between them following President Donald Trump’s imposition of an additional 25…
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government should not succumb to US President Donald Trump’s administration, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Monday. Reacting to the Trump administration’s decision to hike the H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000, Owaisi said it would impact Indians, who constitute about 71 per cent of such visa holders, the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the next generation GST reforms will boost savings and directly benefit every section of society, as he asserted that it is imperative to walk on the path of self-reliance to achieve the collective goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047. In an open letter to Indians, which…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to soon give a comprehensive relief package to flood-hit Punjab and said the initial relief of Rs 1600 announced by him is an “injustice” to the people of the state. In a post on X, Gandhi shared a 10-minute video of his…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday termed as “unfortunate and irresponsible” the selective publication of a preliminary report on the June 12 Air India crash, which outlined lapses on the part of pilots and paved the way for a “media narrative”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, which issued notices…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said a bench led by Justice Surya Kant would hear pleas challenging Karnataka’s decision to withdraw consent to investigate a disproportionate assets case against Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran noted that the pleas were…
