Sometimes devotion doesn’t stay limited to prayer or thought. It becomes something that is felt so deeply that it shows itself through tears. In temples, during kirtans, or even in silence at home, devotees of Krishna often describe moments where emotions rise without warning. There is no single way to explain it. For some, it…
LUCKNOW: One of the riveting sights in cricket is to see a fast bowler run in, unleash the ball at great speed and hustle the batsman with his pace. That’s why Gurnoor Brar has got Indian cricket excited. The 26-year-old was recently rewarded with six Afghanistan wickets in two ODIs in vastly different conditions —…
Some emotions are felt only at certain moments in life, and for many fathers, the most emotional chapter is their daughter’s wedding. Now a viral social media clip is touching hearts for portraying those emotions in the simplest yet honest way. In an Instagram video (shared by user @_.soulshine), a security guard was asked a…
Cabinet secretary T V Somanathan NEW DELHI: For the first time, government has carried out a performance assessment of ministries on various administrative parameters, including delays in clearing of files, grievance redressal and responses to Cabinet proposals. Cabinet secretary T V Somanathan, on Thursday, presented the ranking of ministries and departments on each of these…
Rishabh Pant (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: The stage was set for a memorable century for Rishabh Pant, but the India wicketkeeper-batter chose to throw away the opportunity. Pant, who was removed as India’s vice-captain ahead of the series with the role being handed to KL Rahul, fell for 81 off 121 balls when he…
Mayawati (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Several Dalit leaders of the Congress attempted to meet Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati at her Lucknow residence on Wednesday, prompting the grand old party to issue show-cause notices to them seeking an explanation for their “unauthorised” act.The leaders were turned away at the gate as they had not…
At least eight people are dead and 34 remain missing after a rain-triggered landslide buried residential buildings in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality on Friday.The landslide struck at around 9.08 am in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, after local officials reported sporadic rockfalls about an hour earlier and began evacuating residents. Despite the early warning,…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court has ruled that a wife who earns more than her husband cannot claim maintenance simply because she is a woman. The court stressed that maintenance cannot be awarded on gender-based assumptions and that financial circumstances of both parties must be examined before passing such orders.The court set aside a…
Growth was primarily supported by robust private consumption and sustained investment activity. Amid the Middle East crisis and the US-Iran conflict, the Indian economy is in focus for the possible fallout from the war and rising global crude oil prices that is now hitting the external sector’s resilience. However, striking a positive note, the Reserve…
According to psychologists, our brains are using a great deal of expectations to perceive pictures. If you look at a busy marketplace, then your eyes will try to catch the details such as people, stalls, shopping bags, and other objects that belong there. An ice cream cone is hidden cleverly, and because of that, it…