Thiruvananthapuram: In a first, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has shortlisted 36 non-brahmins, including six Dalits, for the job of temple priests in shrines under it. The TDB has picked the candidates for the job of priests as per the reservation norms stipulated for the recruitment of government staff. The move followsContinue Reading
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Bengaluru: Activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru last month, will be posthumously given the Anna Politkovskaya Award this year, making her the first Indian to receive the honour, her family said Friday. Lankesh will share the annual award, instituted in memory of a RussianContinue Reading
By: Smitha George Vellimadukunnu,Kozhikode: Newly consecrated Holy Redeemer church in Vellimadukunnu near Kozhikode has suffered extensive damage following a fire that broke out on Thursday, Oct 5 night. Locals informed the fire force after they noticed fire blazing through the ground floor of the church. It is thought that theContinue Reading
New Delhi: The first three women fighter pilots of the country are set to script history next month when they will fly military jets after completing a strenuous training in the coming three weeks. Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh were commissioned as flying officers in July last year,Continue Reading
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Ghaziabad: As many as 59 teachers were found absent on October 4 during random checking of 93 government schools in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, official sources said. The checking was done on the orders of newly posted District Magistrate Ritu Maheswari, a district official said. Matters related to middayContinue Reading
Chennai: A Gender Conclave held by the Church of South India at its center in Chennai was “another significant milestone in the journey towards a gender equal society beginning with the church,” the CSI said. The conclave was one of a number of events held as part of the Church’sContinue Reading
Two people were injured including one in bomb explosion during Tazia procession in the district Tusday night. Police said here today that a youth Mohammed Usman was injured when bomb exploded near Parsad Bigha village under Town police station area when he was returning to his residence after the conclusionContinue Reading
