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Now there is no more ambiguity. For almost a week, the four Shankaracharyas, the symbols of the Sanatan Dharma, are being ridiculed and humiliated at every public forum. The situation certainly did not acquire a nasty dimension all of a sudden. The manner in which the RSS and BJP have been denigrating and insulting the four Shankaracharyas and presenting them as anti-Hindu, was planned long before issuing invitation letter for the still incomplete Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya.

What has Ramlala in Ayodhya to do with Mumtaz Khan in Purulia? The question seems to be absurd and ridiculous on the surface, but when the Chief Priest of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Pujya Acharya Satyendra Das, recalls Mumtaz Khan while consecration rituals are under way, the question become important.

On 22 January 2024, India will change forever. It’s a misstep we may never recover from, a change triggered by a temple.

Shipping rates have already gone up by more than three times in a week after the January 9 attack by Houthis on the Red Sea. But supply chain professionals are warning that the rates are going to further shoot up in the coming weeks. This is bad news for India’s export-import trade, which is already facing a serious crisis due to shipping cost escalations.

New Delhi: In an edge of the seat encounter, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty overcame reigning world champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of Korea in a dramatic match to storm into the Malaysia Open doubles final in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

New Delhi: Vijayveer Sidhu earned India 17th quota in shooting for the Paris Olympics and the second in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event after making the final in the event at the Asian Shooting Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday.

New Delhi: Akhil Sheoran and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar cornered glory as they enabled India to a 1-2 finish in the 50m rifle 3 positions event at the Asian Shooting Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday.

Ranchi: The Indian women’s hockey team’s hope of making it to the Paris Olympics depends on their finishing among top three in the Olympic Qualifiers scheduled in Ranchi from January 13 to 19.

Supreme Court’s refusal to stay implementation of Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 has shattered the dream of the people for a free and fair Lok Sabha Election 2024, though the court has agreed to hear the pleas against the newly enacted law, but in April, when the country would already be undergoing election process under an Election Commission of India of PM Narendra Modi’s choice and power.

Economics and culture could be mixed but certainly not the politics. It could be either centrist, liberal or rightist, but definitely not mixed. Ever since its birth in 1885, Congress has been a congregation of all shades of people, from rightists, centrists to leftists, but it steadfastly pursued the secular tenets.