Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi An alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl studying in a private CBSE school near Manapparai in Tiruchi district sparked protests in the late hours on Thursday (February 6, 2025) with a group of people vandalising a nearby matriculation school belonging to the same management and … Read more
Some films focus less on plot and more on character-driven narratives. Thandel, the Telugu film directed by Chandoo Mondeti, is a prime example. Based on true incidents from a few years ago, in which fishermen from Andhra Pradesh unknowingly crossed international waters into Pakistan, the film weaves a love story that transcends all odds. The … Read more
Watch: Communal tensions rise at Thiruparankundram – what’s behind the conflict? Communal tension has been building up at Thiruparankundram, the first of the six abodes of Lord Muruga or Karthikeya. The holy hill in Madurai, has largely stood as a symbol of communal harmony. Now it is at the centre of a heated debate that … Read more
Twitter image of Narcotics Control Board. File The Narcotics Control Bureau has exposed a drug syndicate and seized various banned substances worth about ₹200 crore from Navi Mumbai after arresting four persons, an official said on Friday (February 7, 2025). According to an official from the NCB’s Mumbai zonal unit, a group of people based … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is addressing at a meeting held in Tirunelveli on February 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: A. Shaikmohideen Even as the Gangaikondan SIPCOT Industrial Growth Center is overflowing with industries and the land acquired for this complex has almost got exhausted after the entry of TP Solar and Vikram Solar, … Read more
A view of Bharathiar University in Coimbatore. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan Sixteen students of a girls hostel in Bharathiar University received medical treatment for suspected food poisoning in Coimbatore on Thursday (February 6, 2025). According to university sources, initially, a student, after developing nausea, was referred to Kalveeranpalayam Primary Heath Centre. After … Read more
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Friday (February 7, 2025) arrived at party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in Delhi to take part in the meeting being held ahead of the Assembly Election results scheduled tomorrow. Also Read | EVMs kept in strongrooms with three-tier security system, … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin handing over welfare measures at a function held in Tirunelveli on February 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: A. Shaikmohideen Even though the BJP-led Union government adamantly refuses to release sufficient financial assistance to Tamil Nadu for implementing development schemes, the State government will continue to utilise its resources judiciously … Read more
Sensorial games | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When you visit Elca Elder Care, an assisted living facility at Peelamedu, you may see elderly women and men engrossed in pallankuzhi, a game that has kept generations entertained. The two-player game demands the use of one’s mathematical insight, cognitive and motor skills, and hand-eye-coordination to crack it. Players … Read more
Security personnel keep vigil at a counting centre ahead of the results of the Delhi Assembly polls. | Photo Credit: PTI The voting for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 concluded on February 5 with an overall voter turnout of 60.39%. The eagerly awaited results are scheduled to be announced on Saturday (February 8, 2024). Most … Read more
Sensorial games | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When you visit Elca Elder Care, an assisted living facility at Peelamedu, you may see elderly women and men engrossed in pallankuzhi, a game that has kept generations entertained. The two-player game demands the use of one’s mathematical insight, cognitive and motor skills, and hand-eye-coordination to crack it. Players … Read more
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goel makes a point to Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta during their meeting in New Delhi on February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta urged Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal to establish a … Read more
Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) was designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency while HAL will be the production agency. | Photo Credit: File photo For the first time, a full scale model of India’s fifth-generation fighter jet Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) will be on display at the upcoming Aero India. The 1:1 … Read more
The accused stormed into Colors Unisex Salon, near KSRTC bus stand at Bejai, in Mangaluru on January 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: H S MANJUNATH While strongly rebuking the accused for their alleged act of ‘moral policing’, a Mangaluru court applied the principle of ‘bail is a rule and jail is an exception’ while granting … Read more
A domestic flight circles mid-air over Coimbatore International Airport for 30 minutes on February 7, 2025 morning before making a safe landing | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy An Air India Airbus A321-211 aircraft with a carrying capacity of 182 passengers from Mumbai to Coimbatore circled over Coimbatore International Airport for nearly 30 minutes before making … Read more
A train parked at Vijayawada railway station. File photo used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Officials of the South Central Railway (SCR) has cancelled six trains on Saturday (February 8, 2025) due to non-interlocking works for commissioning of automatic section between Nuzvid-Yathur-Eluru in Vijayawada division. Train No.67262, Vijayawada-Rajahmundry, Train No.67261, Rajahmundry-Vijayawada, … Read more
Edappadi K. Palaniswami. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Expressing shock over two reported incidents against women, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Friday (February 7, 2025) insisted the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK government to ensure safety of women. While a woman sub-inspector of police was allegedly assaulted … Read more
You I could not save, Walk with Me, is a showcase of lens-based works, new media and installations that zooms in on the last 18-odd months of the life of Mahatma Gandhi. The show, on at Durbar Hall Art Centre, is a revelation to an aspect of the Mahatma that most of us would only … Read more
RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy being taken to jail from court in Kolkata. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI The Calcutta High Court on Friday (February 7, 2025) admitted an appeal of the CBI challenging the trial court’s life term till death sentence awarded to RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay … Read more
The aroma of coffee leads my way as I make my way up the stairs to The Brew School (TBS) at Kadavanthra junction. Situated on the second floor of Daffodils, a building on KP Vallon Road, it looks more like a chemistry laboratory than what one expects ‘barista school’ to be. The ‘classroom’ has all … Read more
Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images With rising cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) cases in West Bengal, and over three GBS-related deaths, medical experts from the State shed light on the threat of the disease, its probable causes, the impacts, precautions, and treatment. Though the number of cases or deaths related to GBS has … Read more
Niranjan Davkhare with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during a press conference in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI BJP MLA Niranjan Davkhare has called for the under-construction Vadhavan Port in Palghar district of Maharashtra to be named after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the renowned freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue. Mr. Davkhare made the proposal during a district … Read more
As the sun dipped below the horizon, bathing the Goshamahal police grounds in a golden glow, Sunday evening settled into its usual rhythm. Far from the honking of vehicles and the hurried footsteps of pedestrians, the sprawling ground pulsed with life. Children took confident swings at makeshift wickets with their cricket bats, their laughter ringing … Read more
The 4TB hard disk seized from YouTuber Masthan Sai contained private videos, retrieved from the phones of the owner of a popular South Indian eatery in Gachibowli and a popular Telugu actor. The first information report (FIR) of the case, a copy of which is in the possession of The Hindu, states that the hard … Read more
BJP’s Haryana State presidentMohan Lal Badoli. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two persons have been arrested by the Haryana Police on charges of extortion and criminal conspiracy for allegedly implicating Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party president Mohan Lal Badoli and former Haryana government Publicity Chairman Rocky Mittal in a rape case registered at Himachal Pradesh over … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on Thursday (February 6, 2025) asked the Centre to decide on the regularisation of south Delhi’s Sainik Farms colony saying the “fate of the colony has to be decided”. The court, while dealing with petitions, including one filed in 2015, … Read more
Go with the flo board game | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The educational board game Go With the Flo – The Period Game is exactly what you think it is. It is about menstruation, and probably India’s only board game on the subject. It is designed to demystify menstruation and aims to create menstrual literacy … Read more
view of St. Stephen College in Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu A prominent college and a school in Delhi received bomb threats over email on Friday (February 7, 2025), prompting police to deploy explosive disposal units and dog squads to comb the premises, officials said. The threat emails were sent to St. … Read more
Bomb squad personnel conduct investigation at a school after it received a bomb threat in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI A 15-year-old student of Class 9 was apprehended for sending bomb threat emails to four schools in Noida, the police said on Thursday (February 6, 2025) He was later presented before … Read more
The ongoing white-topping work on J.C. Road in Bengaluru has become a major traffic bottleneck, adding to the city’s already troublesome congestion. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The ongoing white-topping work on J.C. Road has become a major traffic bottleneck. Being a key connector between south Bengaluru and the city’s central areas, the chaotic condition … Read more