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Surgery is usually seen as a modern science. We associate it with machines, sterile gloves and complex equipment. But long before today’s hospitals existed, people were already cutting, stitching and treating serious injuries in organised ways. In ancient India, surgery was not only practised, it was taught, documented and regulated. …

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat partook in Srivari Annaprasadam along with devotees at the Tarigonda Vengamamba Annaprasadam Complex in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. In a post on X, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Chairman B R Naidu said that he, along with Additional Executive Officer Venkayya Chowdary, was present on …

Hyderabad, December 25: Emphasising that ideology and sacrifice, not infrastructure, built the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) into the world’s largest labour organisation, Dattatreya Hosabale on Wednesday said the movement had reached global prominence long before it had permanent office buildings. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarkaryavaha Dattatreya Hosabale was speaking at …

From the streets of Jalandhar to the Sikh diaspora in Canada, the sacred Dastaar (turban), the spirit of Bhangra, and the concept of Seva are increasingly being integrated into Christmas-themed activities. For many observers, this is not a sign of organic interfaith harmony but a strategic “inculturation” tactic used by …

As Christmas celebrations unfolded across several parts of the country, Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh witnessed the unmasking of a disturbing pattern of missionary-driven religious conversion operations. In rapid succession, multiple cases surfaced across different police station areas, exposing what investigators believe is a well-coordinated and systematically run network aimed …

CHANDRAPUR: RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat said that cancer and other serious illnesses pose immense challenges in life, and everyone wishes to overcome them. This is not a problem limited to one place; similar situations are seen across the world. Education and healthcare are two basic human needs, and they …

Bringing closure to one of the most brutal episodes of violence witnessed in Murshidabad this year, a fast-track court on Tuesday sentenced all 13 convicts to life imprisonment in the lynching of Hargobind Das and his son Chandan Das. The verdict was pronounced by Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ-I) …

NEW DELHI: The horrific mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Hindu youth in Bangladesh, has shaken the conscience of millions and triggered a powerful nationwide response in India led by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). What VHP leaders describe as a “cold-blooded, ideological killing” has become a rallying …

CHENNAI: In an era when India is consciously reclaiming its civilisational selfhood, the Madras High Court has delivered a judgment that quietly but firmly restores intellectual balance to the Indian legal discourse. By holding that the teaching of the Bhagavad Gita does not make a trust “religious” so as to …

Tirumala: In a significant development aimed at enhancing the spiritual aura of deity of Kaliyuga, Sri Venkateswara Swamy in the North Eastern parts of India, the Assam Government has decided to allocate land to the extent of 25 acres at Guwahati towards the construction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Divya Kshetram …