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Govt monitoring situation regarding below-normal rainfall: Shah

New Delhi:  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Government is continuously monitoring the situation arising out of below-normal rainfall and “potential drought conditions” in certain parts of the country due to El Niño and directed ministries concerned to remain “vigilant.” Reviewing the situation with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Shah…

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SIT to re-audit Ram temple trust’s accounts, Katiyar says spoke to PM who ‘expressed concern’

Ayodhya:  Amid demands by the Opposition for public accounting of the Ram temple donations and a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the embezzlement issue, sources on Friday said a re-audit of the temple trust’s accounts will be conducted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). As the Opposition parties continued with their attack, senior BJP leader and…

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The silent turning

U Lakshman Rao Across many societies, growing concern is emerging about the future of marriage, family life, and human relationships. A widely circulated claim, attributed to discussions based on reported research by Morgan Stanley, suggests that by the end of this decade, a significant proportion of women aged 25 to 45 may remain unmarried or…

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Temple theft cannot shake faith, nor should politics distort it

Pochiraju Raja Rao The Uttar Pradesh government’s swift action against those accused of allegedly embezzling donations from the Ram Temple at Ayodhya has effectively demolished one of the Opposition’s favourite political narratives—that the Bharatiya Janata Party protects its own while selectively targeting others. Within days of the scam surfacing, the Yogi Adityanath government ordered a…

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Indus non-negotiable

For over six decades, Bharat honoured the Indus Water Treaty even when Pakistan repeatedly dishonoured every other principle of civilised coexistence. It respected an agreement signed in 1960 despite enduring wars in 1965, 1971 and 1999, despite decades of cross-border terrorism, despite the massacre of innocent civilians, and despite thousands of Bharateeyan soldiers sacrificing their…

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Abhimanyu and the Lotus of War

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, filled with anxious curiosity, addressed Sañjaya directly and said, “Tell me, how did so many seasoned warriors assail that youthful hero?” Sañjaya replied with composed gravity that Droṇa had arrayed the army in the formidable Padma-vyūha, a circular formation resembling a lotus of many layered petals. In each petal stood kings of varied prowess,…

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