Pratibha Patil inaugurated the Women Graduates Union hostel in 1974 Not far from the bustling fish market in Sassoon Dock sits the Women Graduates Union building in Colaba, with its offices and working women’s hostel tucked into a leafy lane. The organisation, established in 1915, turns 111 this year.It plans to celebrate with a host…
Udupi: Civil supplies minister Rizwan Arshad on Saturday inaugurated Akka Cafe, a joint initiative of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (Sanjeevini) and the Udupi zilla anchayat, on the Brahmagiri-Kinnimulki road in the city.Speaking on the occasion, the minister stated that Akka Cafe is a significant project for women’s economic empowerment and that it is a…
Hyderabad: A six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a neighbour in Peddapalli district. The incident came to light on Saturday.According to Manthani sub-inspector Sandeep Kumar, the girl’s parents, who work as daily-wage labourers, had gone to work on Aug 12. Their daughter, a class II student, returned home in the evening after school.The accused,…
Calangute: The mysterious death of a tourist from Karnataka whose body was found in a partially decomposed condition last Tuesday in a car parked at the parking lot has now been registered as a case of murder by Calangute police.A murder case against unknown accused persons was registered late on Friday night after the post-mortem…
NEW DELHI: A political row erupted after a video from the Independence Day programme at Congress headquarters showed Congress Parliamentary Party (CCP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi gesturing and engaged in an exchange of comments with party president Mallikarjun Kharge, drawing the attention of others, including Rahul Gandhi, who was standing at some distance.BJP MP Anurag Thakur…
‘Spider-Man’ box office day 17: Tom Holland starrer lags behind MASSIVE ‘Awarapan 2’ earnings ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, starring Tom Holland, is now in its third week at the Indian box office and continues to hold strong despite fresh competition. The Marvel-Sony collaboration saw a noticeable dip in collections on its third Friday and Saturday,…
Go a little slower today. That’s the plain truth. The Moon is a source of stress and anxiety and Mars can cause both speech and movement more rapidly than they ought to be. When you’re driving, taking stairs, working with tools, or racing between tasks, pay attention to where the feet of your shoes are.A…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu Saturday called upon Delhi residents to lead the nation’s journey towards Viksit Bharat@2047, saying the capital should become a national model of excellence, safety and civic pride.Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ’Shakti ki Saptadhara’, Sandhu, who hoisted Tricolour at Lok Niwas on the 80th Independence…
Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old man killed his 65-year-old widowed mother residing in Vashi by strangling and banging her head on the floor on Sunday. The man allegedly murdered her as she was preventing him from staying with his estranged wife, who had seperated from him due to frequent quarrels with his mother.Shashikant Chandekar, senior inspector…
Rizwan Arshad, civil supplies minister, at Independence Day celebration in Udupi Saturday Udupi: Karnataka has paused the cancellation of additional BPL ration cards until a detailed review is completed, Rizwan Arshad, minister for food, civil supplies & consumer affairs, said on Saturday.Speaking to reporters, Arshad said the Centre had provided data identifying around 7.5 lakh…
