Delhi HC permits use of ‘En Iniya Pon Nilave’ song in ‘Aghathiyaa’ after depositing ₹30 lakh

The court’s order came on a plea by Saregama India against Vels Film for infringement of its copyright in the literary and musical work of the song ‘En Iniya Pon Nilave’  | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that Vels Film International Limited, producer of upcoming movie ‘Aghathiyaa’ cannot use … Read more

Air India Express commences direct morning flight between Mangaluru and Delhi

The Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) unit of Mangaluru International Airport presented a water cannon salute to the Air India Express Delhi-Mangaluru inaugural flight on February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Air India Express commenced a direct flight service between Mangaluru and Delhi. The initiative offers a direct daily morning service between … Read more

Osmania Hospital expansion spurs move for Hyderabad’s iconic Mounted Police after 75 years

Mounted police officials along riding horses during their morning exercise routine at the Horse Riding Ground right next to the Mounted Police Headquarters in Goshamahal, in Hyderabad. File | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Hyderabad’s iconic mounted police unit is set for a major move from its 75-year-old home in Goshamahal as the site makes way … Read more

Demand for foreign language picking up post-pandemic at Bangalore City University

Courses are offered by the Centre for Global Languages (CGL) at the BCU, Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The demand for foreign language courses, which died down during the covid pandemic years, resurfaced last year at Bangalore City University (BCU). However, problems with the Unified University College Management System (UUCMS) portal are discouraging students … Read more

FEMA case against Flipkart founders: Madras HC dismisses cases filed by Sachin and Binny Bansal

The Madras High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by popular e-commerce platform Flipkart’s founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal and a few others in connection with an alleged violation of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy involving ₹23,451 crore. Justice S. Sounthar rejected all the writ petitions pending since 2021, with … Read more

Four women from Telangana reported missing at Kumbh Mela

Four women from Telangana have been reported to be missing while attending the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The missing women, all above 55 years of age, were reportedly part of a 11-member group that had travelled to the religious gathering. The missing women have been identified as Anugula Buchavva, a 65-year-old resident … Read more

Narender Reddy is Congress candidate for Council polls

Ending suspense, the Congress party has decided to field Alphores Educational Institutions chairman V Narender Reddy as the party nominee for the forthcoming biennial election to the Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates’ Constituency of the Telangana Legislative Council (TGLC). A decision to this effect was taken by All India Congress Committee general secretary KC Venugopal in New Delhi on Friday, … Read more

Delhi records minimum temperature of 10.8 degree Celsius

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: PTI “The national capital on Saturday (February 1, 2025) recorded a minimum temperature of 10.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was at 100%. The IMD has forecast moderate to dense fog for the day … Read more

Former CEC Navin Chawla passes away at 79

Navin Chawla. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla passed away on Saturday (February 1, 2025),” former CEC S.Y. Quraishi said. Navin Chawla was 79. Mr. Quraishi told PTI that he met Chawla some 10 days back when the latter had informed that he was getting admitted to hospital … Read more

Police submit inquiry reports on alleged abduction of Koothattukulam CPI(M) councillor Kala Raju

The Additional Superintendent, Ernakulam Rural, and the Special Branch DySP have submitted to District Police Chief (Ernakulam Rural) their inquiry reports on the dramatic turn of events involving the alleged abduction of CPI(M) councillor in Koothattukulam municipality Kala Raju. The reports, which reportedly suggested some inaction on the part of the police, would be forwarded … Read more

Delhi records minimum temperature of 10.8 degree Celcius

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: PTI “The national capital on Saturday (February 1, 2025) recorded a minimum temperature of 10.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was at 100%. The IMD has forecast moderate to dense fog for the day … Read more

Special train from Vizag to Gorakhpur for Kumbh Mela

East Coast Railway (E Co R) will operate special train from Visakhapatnam to Gorakhpur and back to cater to the demand from passengers and pilgrims attending the Maha Kumbh mela. Train no. 08588 Visakhapatnam- Gorakhpur Special Express will leave Visakhapatnam on Tuesdays at 10.20 p.m. on Feb 4 and will reach Gorakhpur on Thursday at … Read more

Had Kumbh tragedy happened in Oppn.-ruled State, BJP would have sought President’s Rule: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI With the toll of pilgrims from West Bengal in the Maha Kumbh tragedy rising to four, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday (January 31, 2025) targeted Uttar Pradesh for investing more on publicity of the event than in planning and proper arrangements. “If this (the tragedy) had … Read more

Progress begins in the mind, says Madhupal

Actor Madhupal addressing a seminar at Amal College of Advanced Studies at Nilambur on Friday. | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN Actor Madhupal has urged students and teachers to think progressively. “The real progress begins in the mind,” he said while addressing a seminar during the ongoing international conference ‘Amalit’ at Amal College of Advanced Studies, … Read more

Maoist Kotehonda Ravi to surrender in Chikkamagaluru, return to mainstream

Kotehonda Ravi, who has been with the Maoist movement, met K.P. Sreepal, member of State committee, to oversee the policy of rehabilitation of Left-wing extremists, on Saturday, February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kotehonda Ravi, a Maoist, is expected to appear before Chikkamagalur district administration later today and join the mainstream, giving up … Read more

New Osmania hospital to rise where a Qutb Shahi palace once stood

Design of the proposed Osmania General Hospital building. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL A new Osmania General Hospital is taking shape in the middle of the bustling neighbourhood of Goshamahal, Begumbazaar and Asif Nagar in Hyderabad. A hundred years earlier, the city saw a similar hospital taking shape on the banks of River Musi. Conceptualised … Read more

NGT issues notice to Andhra govt. on Olive Ridley turtle deaths, orders T.N. to submit trawler information

NGT Southern Bench says the departments concerned should have stepped in first to curb the mass mortality of the turtles, and then proceed with the prosecution. | Photo Credit: B. Thamodharan  The Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has informed the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that enforcing the use of Turtle Excluder Devices … Read more

Will take legal, political route to serve Karawal Nagar people, says CPI(M) candidate-cum lawyer

Ashok Agarwal says his party was among the few that were on the ground to help people during the north-east Delhi riots. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After spending nearly three decades fighting for education, health and workers’ rights in Delhi, Ashok Agarwal, a Supreme Court advocate, has decided to take the political route to … Read more

Study finds microplastics in Delhi’s groundwater

Though the main aim of the study was to ascertain microplastics in groundwater, their presence was also found in the Yamuna’s water and soil samples from its banks. This suggests that the groundwater has been polluted with microplastics due to leaching effect from the river.  | Photo Credit: File Photo A first-of-its-kind study commissioned by … Read more

Nadda ropes in NDA MPs for slog overs in Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President J.P. Nadda. | Photo Credit: ANI As parties get ready for slogovers ahead of the Delhi Assembly election on February 5, BJP president J.P. Nadda presided over a meeting of the MPs from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Friday (January 31, 2025) and urged them to campaign … Read more