Mumbaikars experienced a unique creative session combining blindfold painting and sound healing. Participants found the workshop offered a relaxing pause from daily stimuli and pressure. Art facilitator Lavanya Rastogi and sound healer Shikha Jhunjhunwala led the therapeutic event. Attendees expressed liberation and a new way of experiencing artistic creation. The event encouraged letting go of…
Bengaluru: The state govt has directed all higher education institutions (HEIs) to immediately report student suicide or unnatural death to jurisdictional police, irrespective of where the incident occurs.The directive seeks to operationalise the directions of Supreme Court on safeguarding students’ mental health. The order applies to state-run and private universities, colleges, residential institutions, PG accommodation…
Chennai: DMK sharpened its attack on TVK govt over Mekedatu, announcing a protest at Thanjavur on Aug 3, the day chief minister C Joseph Vijay is expected to visit Karnataka for talks. Stalin said Vijay’s decision to hold talks despite Tamil Nadu assembly passing a resolution seeking a separate tribunal for the Mekedatu issue would…
Hyd’s CURE Bill scores 28%, trails Bluru’s GBA Act Hyderabad: While the draft CURE Bill 2026 is projected as a replacement for the seven-decade-old GHMC Act, it falls well short of the governance reforms introduced under Karnataka’s Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Act, 2024.An assessment by Bengaluru-based Janaagraha awarded the CURE Bill a score of just…
By the time villagers dug him out, Deepak was dead According to the family, Deepak entered the pit on Saturday and was expected to be brought out by Sunday evening. But the organiser — whose identity was not immediately known — allegedly postponed the finale after collections remained poor According to the family, Deepak entered…
Bus conductor Hossen alias Sonu Kolkata: Cops have busted a mobile phone theft racket operating on public buses, arresting the alleged kingpin —a bus conductor who harassed female passengers to steal their valuables.Accused Imran Hossen alias Sonu, from Maheshtala, was arrested on July 27. According to cops, multiple complaints of mobile theft were reported along…
Ghaziabad: The SHO who handled the case of alleged rape and murder of a four-year-old girl was shunted to police lines and a departmental inquiry initiated against him following allegations of negligence and procedural delays in carrying out the probe, UP govt told Supreme Court on Thursday.Additional solicitor-general Aishwarya Bhati informed a bench headed by…
Preparations are under way at Malim jetty ahead of the commencement of the new fishing season Panaji/Colva: As Goa’s 61-day annual fishing ban ends on Friday, the state’s mechanised fishing sector is set to resume operations amid mounting challenges, with boat owners grappling with a shortage of migrant crew, high diesel prices, pending subsidy reimbursements…
CM Yogi Adityanath at a public meeting in Ghazipur on Thursday Varanasi: On the turf of gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Samajwadi Party, saying those who offered ‘Fatiha’ at the grave of the mafia don brandished weapons during Ramlila and patronised his family were…
Ahmedabad: All eyes are on a deep depression churning westward toward Gujarat, threatening to unleash another relentless two-day spell of heavy rain. Backed by a convergence of weather systems, including a shear zone and offshore trough, the state is bracing for a wet Friday and Saturday before conditions ease by Sunday.According to the India Meteorological…
