Thiruvanathapuram: A day after Malayalam writer S Hareesh withdrew a serialised novel in the wake of threats by Hindu right wing supporters over “offensive” portions it contained, support for the writer emerged from different sections of the society and across political lines. Noted writers, including M Mukundan and K Satchidanandan,Continue Reading
Kerala stands as the best governed state in the country said the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC) in Bengaluru. “Kerala has topped the Public Affairs Index (PAI) for 2018 as the best governed state for the third consecutive year since 2016 amongContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman and Hari Kumar Hazaribagh: — Jayant Sinha is a Celtics fan. He graduated from Harvard. He worked for McKinsey. Born and raised in India but minted in the United States, he found wealth and success in the Boston area. His American friends say his politics were moderate,Continue Reading
The bench also clarified that from September 1 onward, automobile companies cannot sell vehicles without third party insuranceContinue Reading
Passports of eight non-resident Indians (NRIs), who abandoned their wives and absconded, have been cancelled, a senior official of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) said today. An inter-ministerial agency of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs hasContinue Reading
Rijiju said in Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of rape were registered in 2016, 34,651 cases of rape were registered in 2015 and 36,735 cases of rape were registered in 2014Continue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala Police team probing the case pertaining to the rape of a senior nun allegedly by Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Jalandhar Diocese of the Latin Catholic Church questioned Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, head of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, on July 18 on the basis of the nun’s chargeContinue Reading
Tagging a woman’s right to enter the famous Sabarimala temple with her menstrual cycle is unreasonable, the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench observed on July 18. The Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, asked whether the exclusion of women aged between 10 and 50 from entering a templeContinue Reading
New Delhi : As many as 2.52 crore minority students, half of them girls, availed three scholarship schemes being offered by the government, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today. Naqvi said in Lok Sabha that scholarships are being given for the education empowerment of minority students, including girlContinue Reading
Public acceptance of people in gay relationships will help meet health concerns and control the spread of HIV, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud told lawyers who argued in support of criminalising homosexuality, on Tuesday. Same sex couples living in denial with no access to medical care were more prone to contracting andContinue Reading
