Cinema was not exactly Sr Jiya’s field of expertise. She never learnt the craft of film making, didn’t plan to be associated with the industry or even bothered to spend much time watching films. Yet here she is… as the writer-director of a full-length Malayalam feature film. ‘Ente Vellithooval’, the two-and-a-half hour long film which is allContinue Reading
Kolkata : For over18 months, protesters in Manipur’s Churachandpur town refused to bury the bodies of eight of their fellow activists who died during an agitation against the previous Ibobi Singh-led Congress government over the implementation of an Inner Line Permit that restricts the entry of outsiders. They will nowContinue Reading
Chhatarpur: Water scarcity in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district has created an unforeseen problem for young lads as families are not willing to marry off their daughters. “A wedding was lately cancelled as there was an acute water problem in the area. Nobody is ready to marry off their daughters here,”Continue Reading
Patna: At least 85 children fell ill on Wednesday after eating midday meal in a government school in Samastipur district of Bihar, officials said. “Soon after the children consumed their meal at a primary school in Akbarpur Pitaurdiya village, they complained of uneasiness, which led to vomiting and some studentsContinue Reading
Chennai: At least 50 transgenders have applied for the 15,000 plus vacancies of police constables, firemen and jail warders for which the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) would conduct a written examination on May 21 (Sunday). Tamil Nadu became the first State to open the gates for theContinue Reading
Kannur: Four teachers of a school at Kunhimangalam in Kannur, Kerala, were suspended pending inquiry into an alleged incident of removal of inner wear of a student before she appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 7. Officials of the TISK English Medium School at Kovvappuram in KunhimangalamContinue Reading
Darjeeling: The death of a 22 year old Teresa Rai who was working in a 5 star hotel in Delhi has left the Gorkha community across India in a state of shock. Her family members and those who saw her dead body in Delhi and in Darjeeling suspect that sheContinue Reading
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: In order to save four Peepal trees in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada district, an MLA from Penamaluru- Bode Prasad,on Sunday night took it upon himself to translocate the heavy trees with the help of cranes, according to a Deccan Chronicle report. The trees were moved to a placeContinue Reading
By K.M. Rakesh Kannur: A girl who took the all-India medical entrance exam in Kerala yesterday was told to her horror that the ban on candidates carrying metallic items into the exam hall applied even to the buckles on her bra. The 19-year-old was forced to remove the innerwear andContinue Reading
By Suparna Goswami One of the main objectives of the current Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been to make India corruption free. But it seems the country still has a long way to go. A recent survey by Transparency International (TI), an anti-corruption global civil societyContinue Reading