CHENNAI: Few playback singers have shaped Tamil cinema the way S Janaki did. For nearly six decades, she wasn’t merely a singer lending her voice to heroines, she was the emotional fulcrum of Tamil films. Whether it was romance, sorrow, devotional, folk music or a light comedy, Janaki could alter the texture of her voice…
Kolkata: The historic Belvedere House at the National Library is set to open a new chapter in India’s cultural landscape with the inauguration of the first-of-its kind museum on Indian languages — Museum of Word — also known as Shabdalok, on July 19. Home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate the museum as the…
Varanasi: In a major crackdown on organised crime, Azamgarh police on Saturday attached immovable property worth around Rs 10 crore belonging to jailed land mafia Krishnachandra Rai alias KC Rai, who is accused of amassing wealth through land fraud, forgery and other organised criminal activities.Rai, currently lodged in Ambedkar Nagar jail, faces multiple criminal cases…
Union home minister Amit Shah, who is also the Lok Sabha MP from Gandhinagar, will plant saplings under the ‘Green Gandhinagar Lok Sabha’ initiative Ahmedabad: Union home minister Amit Shah will launch and lay the foundation stones for public projects worth around Rs 405 crore at Vigyan Bhavan in Science City on Sunday morning. The…
Water Supply, Drainage & Inner Roads To Come Under Single Authority Panchkula: In a major administrative overhaul aimed at ensuring unified civic governance, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) has initiated the transfer of internal civic infrastructure and services in its sectors to the municipal corporation (MC), Panchkula.In an official communication issued on July 10,…
The Khadakwasla dam in Pune district has reached its full capacity Pune: Residents and corporators across the city are against imposing water cuts again after the civic body suspended the cuts and alternate-day supply plan till Sunday, as the palkhi is set to end on Sunday.They are citing a good spell of rainfall that has…
Aizawl: Heavy and incessant monsoon rain continues to create havoc in Mizoram, displacing over 100 families in Tlabung sub-division of Lunglei district after the Khawthlangtuipui river along the India-Bangladesh border flooded, officials of District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs) said on Saturday.The officials said at least 42 families were evacuated from Tlabung town, 45 families from…
Lucknow: Allegations of a question paper leak in the UGC-NET Sociology examination held on June 30 have raised serious concerns among aspirants and PhD scholars in the city.Students have demanded a fair and time-bound investigation, saying that if the allegations are proved true, the examination must be reviewed and accountability fixed.Several candidates claimed that they…
JAIPUR/BHILWARA/BANSWARA: A fresh series of maternal deaths in government hospitals has gripped Rajasthan, with nine women losing their lives in Bhilwara and Banswara over just six days between July 5 and July 10. Medical teams from Jaipur were dispatched Saturday to probe the causes of deaths in the two districts.The nine deaths are the latest…
EC sources stated that SIR is a constitutional exercise in accordance with the electoral laws of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: Three United Nations rapporteurs have flagged concerns regarding the special intensive revision (SIR) process completed in 13 states/UTs and ongoing in others, alleging shortcomings like “opaque AI-driven systems, weak ground for deletion of names,…
