Lakshanrao Upadhyayula In the sacred tradition of the Rigveda, the venerable sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamada invokes Lord Indra in the majestic cadence of Triṣṭubh chandas, a metre reserved for lofty spiritual insight and heroic revelation. The hymn is not merely a prayer for material success, but a profound meditation on the cosmic power that overcomes darkness,…
The sons of Draupadī, burning with youthful ardour and eager to avenge the injuries inflicted upon their kinsmen, poured a tempest of arrows upon the rakshasa Alambusha in support of Bhīmasena. Skilled in sorcery and master of deceptive warfare, the fierce demon resorted to his illusory arts and assailed the Pāṇḍava heroes with relentless fury….
Sri Veera Anjaneya Swamy Temple is located at Sathyavijaya Nagaram (S.V. Nagaram), about 10 km from Arani in Tiruvannamalai District of Tamil Nadu. This sacred shrine is traditionally believed to have been consecrated by the great saint Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha nearly 500 years ago. The village lies on the serene banks of the Kamandala Naga…
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the alleged conspirators in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant (PA) to West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari. Rath was shot dead at close range on 6 May in Barasat. Agency sources said the two accused, brothers Sagar Sonkar and Sahib Sonkar, were in touch with…
Gandhinagar: Heavy rains have once again lashed several parts of Gujarat, severely disrupting normal life and road traffic today. The India Meteorological Department has issued a severe weather warning, forecasting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across widespread parts of Gujarat till tomorrow. IMD has issued a red alert for very heavy rainfall for 13 districts…
Anantnag: Unidentified terrorists shot two non-local brick kiln workers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, killing one and critically injuring the other, police officials said. The attack took place in the Kelam area. According to senior police officials, both men sustained injuries after they were shot at by terrorists. One of the injured, identified…
Online Sports Desk Asmita Dey and Harsh Singh scripted history on Friday, becoming the first-ever Indian judokas to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. She achieved the feat in the women’s -48 kg category by defeating Canada’s Heidi Quach 2-1, while Harsh brought the top prize by beating Joshua Katz of Australia 10-0…
Hyderabad: The Telangana BJP on Friday demanded immediate and exemplary legal action against those responsible for creating, disseminating and amplifying morphed, abusive and derogatory content targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the CJP-led NEET paper leak agitation, asserting that freedom of speech can never become a licence for organised abuse and character assassination. The state…
Mumbai: Even as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has alleged that Union Home minister Amit Shah had ordered the police to lathi-charge youngsters protesting against paper leaks in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar from July 20-25, Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil on Thursday claimed that the Delhi…
New Delhi: Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday in connection with the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North East Delhi riots. Sharma, 26, went missing near the Chand Bagh Pulia on 25 February that year. His body was found the next…
