Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has raised the cases of “young people dying due to stress”, referring to the death of a 26-year-old Ernst & Young employee in Pune, allegedly because of extreme work pressure. Mr. Pawar, who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said in … Read more
MP Kanimozhi distributes special equipment to differently-abled persons, in Thoothukudi, on August 3. | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh “Not only the public office buildings in Tamil Nadu were friendly with the differently-abled persons, but the affected people too were provided with quality gadgets in a big way by the DMK government,” Lok Sabha MP K. … Read more
Heritage enthusiasts say authorities in both the Centre and U.P. have failed to take concrete steps to remove encroachments. A view of Rumi Darwaza in Lucknow. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Syed Mohammad Haider Rizvi, 50, believes heritage sites are a collective legacy. A lawyer and heritage enthusiast, Mr. Rizvi was momentarily jubilant when the … Read more
Varsha is an MTech graduate. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Little did Varsha, an MTech graduate from Oxford College of Engineering in Bengaluru, expect her modest initiative in zero waste management of banana plants at Ummattur in Chamarajanagar district would fetch her widespread attention and bring her eco-friendly handicraft and edible items under the media … Read more
T.N. CM M. K. Stalin | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. K. Stalin on Wednesday, said the BJP was raking up the Sanatana Dharma issue to divert the attention of people from its failures, and its corruption. In a statement, Mr. Stalin endorsed Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani’s … Read more
A file photo of former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who described the feat of Kiran Terlekar as ‘footballer’s instinct’. Video grab of Kiran Tarlekar, boundary-rope acrobatics, going viral on social media. Cricketers all over the world are applauding a young man’s incredible catch during a cricket match in Belagavi, Karnataka. When the batsmen hit the ball, … Read more
A video grab of the man who threw currency notes from atop a flyover in Bengaluru on January 24. Commotion prevailed at the busy City Market junction and the flyover above it, as a man with a wall clock around his neck, carrying a bag, stopped his scooter and started showering currency notes from the … Read more
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao laying foundation for Hyderabad Airport Metro is meant to divert attention from the failure to complete the existing metro rail project and contribute State’s pending share to MMTS Phase Two which could help commissioning the project, charged Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast region G. Kishan Reddy … Read more
Narendra Modi also sported the black woollen blanket, a trademark of Kurubas, the community Kanakadasa belonged to Narendra Modi also sported the black woollen blanket, a trademark of Kurubas, the community Kanakadasa belonged to Not only was the Prime Minister’s programme in Bengaluru a signalling to the Vokkaliga community which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party … Read more
Back in 2014, Belle Gibson was riding high. The story of how this young Australian wellness blogger had overcome inoperable brain cancer through healthy eating and alternative medicine drew worldwide attention, and her Apple app, The Whole Pantry, racked up 300,000 downloads. A Whole Pantry cookbook, to be published by Penguin, was on the way. … Read more