Arvind Gaur’s childhood observations of class disparity influenced his theatre work. Children often notice things adults miss. As an eight-year-old, Arvind Gaur observed that students of a nearby public school arrived in shiny shoes carrying cool bags while kids from the municipal school in Shahdara would walk in dusty chappals.The stark class disparity would linger…
HC raps Whitefield cops over premature detention of man after Kunal Kamra’s show cancellation BENGALURU: Karnataka high court came down heavily on Whitefield police, with Justice M Nagaprasanna suggesting that the police station be renamed “Darkfield” for allegedly detaining an Udupi man booked in a suo motu case even before his deadline for appearance before…
Hyderabad: Council chairman Gutha Sukender Reddy on Saturday called for a reshuffle of the cabinet, saying that a change in govt’s team will bring a sense of freshness after two and a half years in office.In a chat with media persons in his chamber at the council, Sukender Reddy, who was nominted by BRS for…
Police arrested Veerpratap Singh alias Veeru on Saturday for the crime (Representative image) GURGAON: A delivery boy allegedly returned to a Faridabad house two hours after handing out a parcel – having changed his clothes and armed himself with a knife – and robbed a woman and her elderly mother-in-law of gold jewellery.Police said the…
HC has sought a reply from the Centre on the provisions for appeal against GMC orders (File photo) AHMEDABAD: A 35-year-old woman from Shahibaug has moved Gujarat high court against three doctors and a laboratory, alleging negligence after she gave birth to a child with Down’s syndrome, cardiac anomalies and ambiguous genitalia.The woman had earlier…
Manjeet Kaur (Image Credit: Instagram) Why was Kaur allegedly taken to Morinda?Were Shubhi and Pinda the only people involved? Did the two hospitals treating her before PGI inform police about the medico-legal case? Did Kaur or her family approach Punjab Police earlier with allegations of abduction and burning, and if so, what action was taken?…
Bhau Rangari Ganpati, Pune Pune: The chorus for a DJ-free Ganeshotsav, scheduled for next month, is growing, with the city’s prominent Ganesh mandal — Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari Ganapati — supporting a ban on DJs and high-decibel speakers during the festival. Office-bearers of the mandal said more Ganesh mandals from various parts of the city are…
Lucknow: A jewellery trader from Lucknow is feared to have drowned in a river while bathing at Ghaurhar Ghat in Jauras village of Barabanki district on Raksha Bandhan on Friday, police said.They said Lal Ji Rastogi of Gosaiganj in Lucknow had been staying at his maternal aunt’s house in the village for the past 15…
PM Narendra Modi with Uzbekistan Shavkat President Mirziyoyev Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm and personal welcome from Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev after arriving in capital Tashkent on Saturday for a two-day state visit.From the airport, the two leaders travelled together by car to the presidential palace, marking the latest instance of PM Modi…
Franco Fontana passes away at the age of 92 (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) Franco Fontana, an Italian photographer famous for turning landscapes into abstract images through the masterful use of colour, geometry and shadows, has died at the age of 92, Italian media reported on Saturday.Starting his career in the 1960s, when black and white…
