A protest by five Left student groups is scheduled for October 10 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Five Left student organisations will join the October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the groups…
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha has demanded that the historic Vemulawada Rajarajeshwara Swamy Temple be reconstructed using traditional black stone (Krishna Shila) and in accordance with Agama Shastra, strongly opposing the use of concrete in the temple construction.Addressing a press conference in Vemulawada on Tuesday, Kavitha said the temple had a rich…
Kolkata: A truck loaded with cameras, microscopes, wildlife films, books and virtual-reality experiences is taking a new conservation message to the doorsteps of children in south Bengal’s traditional hunting communities — that the forest can be explored through a lens rather than a catapult.The Jungle Truck, launched at Lalgarh Ramkrishna Vidyalaya ahead of Wildlife Week,…
Ashiq Ali, the prime suspect in the death of Gauhati University student Nimisha Thakuria, sustained a leg injury (File photo) GUWAHATI: Ashiq Ali, the prime accused in the murder of Gauhati University student Nimisha Thakuria, was shot in the leg in a police encounter early Tuesday after he allegedly tried to escape from custody at…
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc on Tuesday stepped up its protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with opposition parties demanding his resignation, scrapping of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and restoration of deleted names from electoral rolls.The demands were raised as INDIA bloc MPs marched from Parliament towards the Election Commission of…
Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its first case linked to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa, the fastest-spreading in history, with a Kenyan citizen who arrived from Congo via Uganda testing positive for the infection.According to Kenyan health minister Aden Duale, the patient arrived in the country on October 3 and had been isolated and treated…
Tollywood star Nandamuri Balakrishna who had suffered an injury earlier in June while shooting an action sequence for his next film ‘Dada’ has reportedly fully recovered. If the reports are to be believed the Telugu veteran seems to have now returned to the sets as well. Nandamuri Balakrishna reportedly resumes ‘Dada’ shoot According to Cinema…
India’s Abhishek Sharma and Shafali Verma (Agency Images) India’s dominant run in international cricket has earned four of its stars a place on the ICC Player of the Month shortlists for September, with Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma nominated in the men’s category, while Shafali Verma and Shree Charani feature among the women’s nominees.Gill is…
Delhi police has issued body-worn cameras to officers deployed for crowd control at protests NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has issued body-worn cameras to officers and personnel deployed on the frontline in the New Delhi area amid allegations of excesses during recent protests, while a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed before the Delhi high court has…
Bangladeshi dancer Farjana Yasmin performing Assam’s Sattriya dance Guwahati: At a time when cultural conversations are often reduced to headlines and social media posts, Farjana Yasmin has chosen a quieter, more demanding path — one shaped by years of discipline, study and a deep engagement with India’s classical dance traditions.The 42-year-old Bangladeshi dancer has spent…
