Panaji: Eight years after the launch of the pre-matric, post-matric and merit-cum-means scholarships by the central government for the educational progress of minorities, the scheme does not seem to be popular in the state mainly due to the meagre scholarship amount and lack of awareness about the scholarships. The number ofContinue Reading
Madikeri: A local VHP leader died and several others, including policemen, were injured as violence erupted over the holding of the birth anniversary celebrations of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan. A youth was also injured in firing by some unidentified persons near here, police said, adding that prohibitory ordersContinue Reading
Chennai: Ten people died in rains that tormented Tamil Nadu, as the deep depression hit the land North of Puducherry on Monday night. The depression gathered force over the Bay of Bengal and brought heavy rain before hitting the coast, resulting in heavy floods and winds of 70 kmph. Fierce windsContinue Reading
Nestle has relaunched its popular Maggi noodles in India, five months after a food scare saw them taken off shelves.Continue Reading
A class III student claims that he uses the buara (broom) twice daily, once in the morning, and then before the meals. His classmate reminds him that they also clean, and set the garbage pile on fire, whenever the school gets too dirty. “Sweep the floor or we’ll give youContinue Reading
Kochi: The initiative by the Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services Department to market products made by jail inmates has proven successful many a time. Most of the items produced by jailbirds, including chapathi, idli, curries and handicraft, turned out to be money-spinners, giving a tough time to the established tradersContinue Reading
Mapusa: The body of Bismarque Dias – who had been protesting against a string of controversial, land intensive projects across Goa – was fished out from Mandovi river near St. Estevam island on Saturday, making opposition and civil society activists demand a probe into the mysterious death. The body of Dias,Continue Reading
New Delhi: A man who claims to be a “monk” living in Delhi has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before Delhi High Court seeking directions to create a law banning sale of beef and related products on the lines of laws in Maharashtra and provisions of the Ranbir Penal CodeContinue Reading
The court was of the opinion that in absence of a uniform civil code having more than one wife is not an offence in the Muslim community. It, however, observed polygamy “is an exception and not a rule.” Continue Reading
Kochi: An alleged key conspirator in the college professor hand-chopping case in Kerala in 2010 surrendered before a special NIA court here today and was remanded in judicial custody. An activist of radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), M K Nasar, the 28th accused in the case andContinue Reading
