Visitors at a Germany stall during the 48th Kolkata International Book Fair, in Kolkata, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. File | Photo Credit: PTI The oldest existing bookshop in Kolkata has come down heavily on the city’s book fair, saying the “once-glorious” event now promoted poor quality literature through numerous book-launches rather than promoting the habit … Read more
Unable to repay a loan, a 26-year-old labourer allegedly ended life at his house in Gudibande in Chikkaballapura on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Girish, who was married and had a child. According to the police, Girish borrowed ₹13 lakh to buy a tractor from private finance companies a few years ago. He … Read more
The Rachakonda Police Commissionerate rescued 1,051 children through ‘Operation Smile-XI’ during January 2025. This achievement has placed Rachakonda at the forefront of child rescue operations in the State, said Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu. The operation, aimed at tracing missing children and identifying child labourers and adolescents working in hazardous occupations, was carried out across the … Read more
Social activist Medha Patkar delivering the keynote address at the conference on ‘Ecological discourse: literary, scientific and sociological aspects’ organised by the Department of Hindi, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam, and Bharathiya Sahithya Prathishthan, Kochi, on February 6. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Social activist Medha Patkar has urged the government not to proceed with the proposed … Read more
Medical evidence in the form of an autopsy report concluding that the victim was strangled to death and did not commit suicide helped an additional district and sessions court in Mangaluru sentence a 64-year-old man to life imprisonment on Wednesday, after finding him guilty of murdering his wife. The III Additional District and Sessions Judge … Read more
The Krishnagiri Municipal Commissioner has filed a police complaint over a hidden camera on the digital wall clock in his chamber. The complaint regarding the hidden camera came to light on Thursday, after a clip of a heated argument between a sanitation worker and the DMK functionary Nawab, who is also the spouse of Municipal … Read more
Ahead of the Aero India 2025, which is to kick off on February 14, a final rehearsal was conducted at the Yelahanka Air Force Station on Thursday. The rehearsal was attended by school students and family members of the armed forces. A limited number of air assets which belonged to the Indian Air Force (IAF), … Read more
Irate farmers of Mulanur blocked the Dharapuram-Karur Road on Thursday placing carcasses of sheep killed by wandering dogs. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Around 100 farmers blocked the Dharapuram-Karur road outside the Mulanur police station for about six hours on Thursday by placing the carcasses of 25 sheep killed by wandering street dogs at a … Read more
Marri Babu being carried down the hill after he suffered severe stomach pain on Thursday. The sick have to be carried in dolis through difficult terrain in the absence of a road to Neredubanda of Ravikamatham mandal in Anakapalli district. It seems like an endless wait for the tribal people of Neredubanda hilltop village of … Read more
The Dabeerpura Police, along with the South East Zone Task Force, apprehended two individuals involved in fake educational certificate racket. During the operation, authorities seized 91 fake certificates of multiple universities, including 43 from Kakatiya University, 23 from Acharya Nagarjuna University, 8 from Osmania University, 10 from the National Board of Secondary and Senior Secondary … Read more
G. Natarajan, Postmaster General, Chennai City Region, releasing the cancellation in the presence of J. Rolands Nelson, president, South India Philatelists’ Association, and eminent writer S. Ramakrishnan. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Most mail delivered from the Chennai General Post Office (GPO) carried a permanent pictorial cancellation (PPC), a special postmark featuring the heritage building, … Read more
The police found the tobacco products in two cars in Thoothukudi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh Thoothukudi police arrested four persons who were allegedly transporting 450 kg of banned tobacco products meant for sale on Wednesday. As per the directions of Thoothukudi Superintendent of Police Albert John and under the supervision of Additional … Read more
Almost everything I imagined about Italian eateries comes to mind as I step into Si Nonna’s — bright, cosy and sunshiny, with familiar tunes serenading us in the background. Only candles in wine bottles atop red-and-white checkered tablecloths were missing. Traditionally, pizzas were simple affairs, prepared with the most basic of ingredients. The overloaded, fusion … Read more
Writers K Natarajan and Jyothi Natarajan with The Hindu in Bengaluru, January 2025. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Two masterpieces in Kannada — Mankutimmana Kagga by the late literary giant DV Gundappa (DVG) and Hasuru Honnu by his son BGL Swamy, have been recently released in English in Bengaluru. While K Natarajan, Gundappa’s grandson, translated … Read more
HYDERABAD The Cyberabad cyber crime police have warned citizens against fake hospital emergency scams. This comes at a time when impersonation frauds have been on a rise in the State. Police said in such cases, fraudsters target ‘unsuspecting’ families by impersonating hospital staff. They claim that a family member is having a medical emergency and … Read more
The Union government said on Thursday that the Karnataka government has not agreed to hand over 32.97 acres of additional land required for the runway safety basic strip at Mangaluru International Airport. In a written reply to an unstarred question by Capt. Brijesh Chowta in the Lok Sabha, Murlidhar Mohol, Union Minister of State for … Read more
The Coimbatore Corporation has started demolishing the fish market on Selvapuram bypass road after shifting the vendors to the new market. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan The retail fish market on the Ukkadam-Selvapuram bypass road has been demolished, and a new facility set up for the vendors at Pullukadu near Ukkadam. Officials with police … Read more
The Kerala High Court on Thursday adjourned to February 13 hearing on a writ petition filed by the Kerala Waqf Land Samrakshana Vedi challenging the appointment of C.N. Ramachandran Nair Commission on the Munambam land issue. The petitioner contended that the State government had no power or authority to appoint a Commission to inquire into … Read more
Water level in Mullaperiyar dam on Thursday stood at 119.75 feet (the maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 148 cusecs and a discharge of 556 cusecs. The level in Vaigai dam was 64.90 ft. (the maximum level is 71 ft.) with an inflow of 149 cusecs and a discharge of 69 … Read more
The Highways Department awaits funds to address design flaws on the flyover. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan A flyover at Periyanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore district, constructed at ₹115.56 crores and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, remains risky to motorists because of faulty design. Officials of the National Highways wing of the State … Read more
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Uttara Kannada MP, with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Uttara Kannada MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to extend Train No. 16585/586 SMVT Bengaluru-Murdeshwar-SMVT Bengaluru Express to Vasco-da-Gama. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Uttara Kannada MP, … Read more
A joint meeting of the film bodies in the Malayalam film industry on Thursday decided to go on a strike from June 1 onwards demanding an end to the double taxation on movie tickets and a salary cut by the actors in view of the rising cost of film production. The meeting was attended by … Read more
A 58-year-old retired woman’s entrepreneurial journey hit a roadblock before it could off. She was conned of ₹8.13 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials from a Gujarat State Finance Department by claiming to offer 100% loan for her solar harvesting project. Following a complaint, the Hyderabad cyber crimes police booked a case and initiated investigation. … Read more
Water level in Papanasam dam on Thursday stood at 107.85 feet (maximum permissible level 143 feet). The dam had an inflow of 430 cusecs and 800 cusecs of water was discharged. The level in Manimuthar dam stood at 97.20 feet (118 feet). The dam had an inflow of 18 cusecs and 455 cusecs of water … Read more
A 40-year-old farmer alleged that the Income Tax Department sent a notice to him seeking an explanation for ₹28 lakh deposited in his account recently. Annadurai of Vadakku Nadu in Kalvarayan Hills near Attur is a farmer. On January 7, he received an alleged notice from the Income Tax Department seeking an explanation for depositing ₹28.37 … Read more
Most of ITES companies function on the premises of the IT Park promoted by the Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) or in some private buildings in Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Though Tiruchi, an important education hub in the State, is making a steady growth in offering Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES), the city … Read more
Bharat Tex 2025, the second edition of textile exhibition organised by 11 export promotion councils and industry bodies related to textiles and apparel and supported by the Union Ministry of Textiles, will be held in New Delhi from February 14 to 17 and will have 5,000 exhibitors. The exhibition at Bharat Mandapam aims to serve … Read more
Fourteen children studying in an elementary school near Needamangalam were treated for suspected food poisoning after they had their breakfast in their school on February 6. Mayilvaganan, head of Narasingamangalam Panchayat Union Elementary School near Needamangalam, noticed a dead lizard in the pongal served to children on Thursday. Immediately, he stopped the children from having … Read more
All arrangements have been made for the three-day ‘Shatha Chandi Maharudra Sahasra Ghatabisheka Kumbabisheka Mahotsavams’ to be held at the historic Sri Kaleshwara Sri Mukteshwara Swamy temple in Kaleshwaram of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district from February 7 to 9. According to a press release on Thursday, the mega religious event featuring ‘Maha Rudrabishekam’, ‘Chandi Homam’, ‘Chandi … Read more
Work on the additional loop to the Hebbal flyover must be completed by April 30 and will be opened for the public in May 2025, said Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D. K. Shivakumar. Underpass on ORR Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday after inspecting the flyover along with heads of … Read more