New Delhi — St Stephen’s, one of Delhi’s top colleges, came in for fresh criticism on Monday with the Supreme Court pulling it up for what it called an unfair internal inquiry against a professor for allegedly making “defamatory remarks” against the principal, Valson Thampu. The remarks against Thampu wereContinue Reading
New Delhi : Exactly five months after the crime, the special task force has solved the Holy Child Auxilium School burglary. A youth from Manipur, arrested in May for trying to burgle his own school, Mount Carmel, is the culprit. Rohul Moirangthem (19), who had since got bail, was arrestedContinue Reading
Lucknow: A Shia cleric’s demand to impose a dress code within the historical imambaras has evoked mixed reactions from the city’s residents. While some feel that modest dressing by tourists is essential to maintaining the sanctity of the monument, others have questioned the timing of the demand and the authorityContinue Reading
Chennai — Renowned Tamil composer MS Viswanathan died at a hospital in Chennai on Tuesday morning. He has been ailing for some time and was undergoing treatment; he was 87. Fondly called MSV, the composer was admitted to the hospital for old-age related ailments and breathing problems. He was showingContinue Reading
Raipur : Four police officials, recruited by the state police as auxiliary personnel, were on Monday evening abducted by suspected Naxalites in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. Officials said that the personnel were abducted from a civilian bus plying in the Kutru police station area of the said district. Additional directorContinue Reading
The Jharkhand health department on Saturday said that more than 10% of the state’s tribal population is suffering from sickle cell anaemia (SCA), a virulent genetic disorder peculiar to India’s tribal belts. More than 8.6 lakh out the 86.4 lakh tribal population of Jharkhand are affected by the disorder, healthContinue Reading
Dumka — After getting a call from the Prime Minister’s Office, ministers, lawmakers and officials are queuing up with promises before the house of Khusbhu, the 17-year-old girl who committed suicide shamed by the lack of toilet, and exposed graft in welfare schemes. Sources in the government said Prime MinisterContinue Reading
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New Delhi — The lone Christian member in the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) under the Human Resources Development ministry and noted historian, C I Issac, has put up a passionate defence of the Sangh Parivar’s ghar wapsi (home coming) programme and called for a ban on conversions. AContinue Reading
New Delhi — Geologists have identified a cluster of rocks in southern India that they say is a signature of volcanic eruptions that triggered the separation of Madagascar from India and may have been the source of the iconic Kohinoor diamond. Geochronological studies on the outcrop called the Timmasamudram cluster,Continue Reading
