Mumbai: Celebrating 100 years of the first recording of Carnatic music stalwart MS Subbulakshmi, Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha presented a fellowship in her name to 50 young musicians from all parts of the country on Saturday.The award covers all disciplines like vocal, violin, flute, mridangam, tabla and nadaswaram. It carries a cash…
Bengaluru: A special court for elected representatives in the city granted anticipatory bail to RR Nagar MLA Munirathna Naidu in a criminal case registered against him for threatening a woman. The bail runs till Sept 15, the court said.A 36-year-old woman from the city had lodged the complaint against the MLA and seven others, accusing…
Chennai: Passengers exiting Chennai International Airport can now use the new plaza and adjoining cab pick-up point, almost a year after the construction was completed. On Sunday, Union civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu will virtually inaugurate the facility.Located about 30m from Terminal 1 (T1), the plaza will let passengers board cabs closer to…
Hyderabad: A stalled truck on the Hyderabad–Vijayawada highway could now trigger a faster response, with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) deciding to deploy additional patrol vehicles and cranes at 30-km intervals along the 181.5-km stretch.The move comes after a series of crashes involving vehicles stranded or parked on the highway, including the Aug…
Kolkata: The KMC has submitted 285 observations from the delimitation hearings to the state urban development and municipal affairs department. During the hearings, many political parties raised objections to booths being shifted from one ward to another, and at times, from one Assembly constituency to a neighbouring one.The hearings, conducted on four days, were held…
Ghaziabad: A 15-year-old girl died and her father suffered burns after a gas cylinder caught fire in their fourth-floor one-room home in Kaushambi’s Bhovapur village on Saturday evening.The girl, Aanchal, was allegedly trapped inside even as her parents and brother moved to the balcony. She suffered severe burns and died after being rushed to hospital….
Margao: Noted Konkani writer and translator Snehalata Bhatikar passed away after a brief illness. She was 85.A well-known figure in Konkani literary circles, Bhatikar made significant contributions to literary translation. Her work earned her the Goa Konkani Akademi Award for translation, besides several other honours from the Konkani Bhasha Mandal and other literary bodies.Bhatikar held…
Gorakhpur: A five-year-old boy was killed after a school bus allegedly ran over him while he waited with his mother in the Pipraich area on Saturday morning, sparking angry protests during which villagers detained a teacher travelling in the bus and vandalised the vehicle.The incident took place around 8 am in Naiyapar Buzurg village, about…
Ahmedabad: A 41-year-old woman from Ahmedabad has lodged a complaint against her Mumbai-based husband, alleging that he subjected her to years of physical and mental harassment, repeatedly abused her and their children, and maintained inappropriate relationships with several women employed in his businesses.According to a complaint registered with Women East Police on Friday, the woman…
Zirakpur: A 55-year-old property dealer was allegedly abducted in Zirakpur on Thursday afternoon. The assailants intercepted his Mercedes, assaulted him and dragged him into an Innova SUV. The accused allegedly took him to a showroom in Bhabat and held him captive before his wife reached the spot and secured his release.Police have arrested one of…
