'No one wanted Champat Rai to resign': Seers on Ram Temple Trust reshuffle over donation row

IANS | July 7, 2026 4:41 PM

Ayodhya, July 7 (IANS) Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, the designated successor to Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, on Tuesday said that no one wanted Champat Rai to step down as the General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, even as the Trust accepted his resignation following the controversy surrounding the alleged Ram Temple donation irregularities.

India's economy now less vulnerable to monsoon shocks: Report

IANS | July 7, 2026 4:14 PM

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India's economy has become less dependent on monsoon rains, with expanding irrigation networks and changing cropping patterns over the last decade insulating agriculture and rural demand from the kind of shocks seen in earlier years, according to a report

SC refuses to entertain DMK plea over TVK leaders' remarks in Karur stampede case

IANS | July 7, 2026 12:05 PM

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking directions to restrain leaders of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), including Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and Minister Aadhav Arjuna, from making public statements that could allegedly influence witnesses in the ongoing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Karur stampede case.