The original logo created by Sandip Ray Kolkata: The 32nd Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), scheduled to inaugurate on the Victoria Memorial ground on Dec 16, has initiated discussions beyond its film lineup.During the initial planning meeting at Nandan on Friday, officials not only proposed introducing an Uttam Kumar Lifetime Achievement Award, increasing prize money…
The fire broke out in a fifth-floor flat of Aditya Mega City on Saturday Ghaziabad: A fire broke out in a flat of the multi-storey Aditya Mega City residential complex in Indirapuram on Saturday.No casualties were reported in the incident but furniture in the flat was burnt. The flat’s owners are one Mohit Goyal and…
Colva: A South Goa sessions court granted bail to Mohandas Sawant Dessai of Curchorem, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Cell (EOC) in June in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Ashtagandha Urban Cooperative Credit Society.According to the prosecution, the EOC registered a case in 2024 under various IPC provisions, alleging that before 2023…
Varanasi: A Tamil play, “Bharathi Yaar?” (Who is Bharathi?), was staged at Banaras Hindu University on Friday to mark the 105th Memorial Day of Mahakavi Subramania Bharati.The performance was held at Malaviya Moolya Anusheelan Kendra. Presented by the Subramania Bharati Chair and Rangshala, the University Theatre Cell, the production depicted the poet’s journey, literary legacy…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Technological University (GTU) has decided to discontinue its Problem-Based Learning (PBL) portal, which was introduced under the National Education Policy (NEP) to evaluate whether students were acquiring practical knowledge alongside theoretical learning. The move comes after repeated complaints from students and faculty members over technical and operational issues on the platform.The PBL system…
Punjab has received 244.5 mm of rain between June and September Bathinda: Punjab continues to face a dry spell and soaring temperatures, with deficient rainfall adding to the state’s power demand. The state has recorded 40% deficient rainfall during the ongoing southwest monsoon (June-September), receiving 244.5mm against the normal 405.5mm so far.The deficient rainfall comes…
PMC has deployed dedicated teams to fast-track preliminary land requirement proposals Pune: PMC is scheduled to hold a crucial coordination meeting next week with senior officials from the railways and the ministry of defence to discuss the handover of vital land parcels required to construct high capacity mass transit route (HCMTR) and the inner ring…
Agitating workers at the Surat district collector’s office on Saturday Surat: Textile workers from Surat city and rural parts of the district assembled at the district collector’s Office on Saturday, demanding implementation of an eight-hour workday, a compulsory weekly holiday and action on long-pending labour grievances.The demonstration brought together workers from various segments of the…
Guwahati: Gauhati high court has taken suo motu cognisance of health and prison-administration problems in Assam jails, including HIV infections, overcrowding, inadequate mental healthcare, suicides and delays in remission pleas.A division bench of Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury took up the matter on Friday and directed state govt to submit a…
Manjari MishraEleven years later, Lakshmi Gautam can still recall with startling clarity the precise moment when compassion overruled centuries of man-made customs and conventions.It was a scorching May afternoon in Vrindavan. A pall of heat hung over its labyrinthine lanes, temples and ghats, when the now-retired professor of Ancient History and Culture came across the…
