SLIP OF THE TONGUE: Most Irula speakers are bilingual or multilingual and often mix Tamil or Kannada with their daily speech When languages are silenced, a process called phonocide, the passing down of knowledge is broken, and much oral wisdom is lost forever, says K Ganesh, former head of the department of English at Madras…
Agartala: The Tripura govt has implemented a project aimed at addressing the human-elephant conflict in the Atharomura hill region of Tripura’s Khowai district.The project involves the installation of solar fencing, elephant proof trenches and the establishment of an anti-depredation squad, which is a community-based troop responsible for managing elephant ravages, district forest officer Khowai Ashok…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gives captain Riyan Parag an ‘awkward’ stare (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: A funny moment between Riyan Parag and teenage Rajasthan Royals star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has gone viral on social media.In a video taken at an airport, paparazzi asked the two players for a photo together. Responding casually, Parag said, “(Hum nahi hai flim star.)…
A Gurgaon-based firm has terminated the services of an employee whose controversial remark about a Rs 370 plate of biryani during a stand-up comedy show sparked widespread outrage on social media. GURGAON: A Gurgaon-based firm has terminated the services of an employee whose controversial remark about a Rs 370 plate of biryani during a stand-up…
Guwahati: Blood-stained clothes that Samim Ahmed was wearing and had disposed of before fleeing the spot of the fatal road accident that claimed three lives on Apr 26 was recovered by the police on Friday from a location near the accident spot at Mathaghari in Guwahati, police said.The mobile phone of one of the deceased…
NESTS releases EMRS Tier 2 answer key 2026 with scanned OMR sheets access EMRS Tier 2 Answer Key 2026: The National Education Society for Tribal Students has released the EMRS Tier 2 Answer Key 2026 for candidates who appeared in the mains examination conducted for the EMRS Staff Selection Exam (ESSE) 2025 recruitment drive. Candidates…
Noida: Nine years on, when a consumer panel ordered an insurance compensation to a Badaun farmer, two words became his saviour — bread earner.Kailash Chandra, whose earning wife died in an accident in 2017, ran from pillar to post to claim the insurance compensation of Rs 5 lakh, as promised under a govt scheme, before…
Ghaziabad: District inspector of schools has formed a panel to identify and act against unrecognised schools operating across Ghaziabad, following complaints of students being enrolled on paper in recognised institutions but made to attend classes at coaching centres or dummy schools.The order, issued this week, follows earlier directives from the state govt and the joint…
Pune: A set of twins and a 16-year-old boy drowned in separate incidents in the district on Tuesday.In the first incident, twin brother and sister Ganesh and Shravani Sable (both 11) had gone to a lake in Taleraon village of Junnar taluka, around 124km from Pune city. The children had reached the spot around 11…
Kolkata: The Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers’ Associations (CISTA) has written to CM Suvendu Adhikari, urging him to set up a small tea growers’ development board. It has suggested that the board should have representatives from Tea Board, department of industry, commerce & enterprises, district administrations, and small tea growers. It has also requested…
