WD&CW Director to visit Anantapur Sishu Gruha

WD&CW Director to visit Anantapur Sishu Gruha

Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Director M. Venugopal Reddy will visit Anantapur Sishu Gruha following the suspicious death of an infant. A two-month-old baby boy died under suspicious circumstances at the government-run Sishu Gruha a couple of days ago, and the staff buried the body. The incident came into light on October 4, 2025. … Read more

Unhappy over probe, R.G. Kar victim’s parents meet CBI director; assured all assistance

Unhappy over probe, R.G. Kar victim’s parents meet CBI director; assured all assistance

Parents of the R.G. Medical College rape victim met CBI Director Praveen Sood. File | Photo Credit: PTI Parents of the R.G. Medical College rape victim met CBI Director Praveen Sood on Thursday (August 7, 2025) to express their dissatisfaction with the agency’s probe in the rape and murder of their daughter, officials said. The … Read more

They don’t want to employ me: Director Mohit Suri on not returning for Aashiqui 3

They don’t want to employ me: Director Mohit Suri on not returning for Aashiqui 3

Filmmaker Mohit Suri, best known for directing the romantic hit ‘Aashiqui 2’, has addressed the much-anticipated question of whether he will return to direct ‘Aashiqui 3’. He shared that he has not been approached by the producers to helm the third instalment of the franchise. In a recent interview with Filmygyan, Suri said, “I think … Read more

T.N. government appoints advocate Krishnaraja as Director of Prosecution

T.N. government appoints advocate Krishnaraja as Director of Prosecution

G. Krishnaraja | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tamil Nadu government has appointed advocate G. Krishnaraja as the Director of Prosecution since State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah, who had been hitherto holding additional charge of the post, had requested to be relieved due to the workload. A Government Order issued by the Home (Courts-VI) … Read more

Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee takes charge as director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee takes charge as director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Dipankar Banerjee | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee took charge as Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), on Monday. Professor Banerjee, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, was serving as Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, prior to the current assignment. He has … Read more

‘Meeting a real-life cyborg was gobsmacking’ says film director

‘Meeting a real-life cyborg was gobsmacking’ says film director

First Born Films Neil Harbisson, who sees in black and white, says his antennae lets him “hear” colour For the past 20 years, self-declared “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his “eyeborg” – a surgically attached antenna. Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colour blind, having been born with the rare condition … Read more

‘GOAT’ director justifies 3-hour runtime for Thalapathy Vijay’s film

‘GOAT’ director justifies 3-hour runtime for Thalapathy Vijay’s film

‘The Greatest of All Time’ aka ‘GOAT’, starring Thalapathy Vijay, has a runtime of three hours and three minutes. In a recent interview, director Venkat Prabhu justified the lengthy runtime and promised a fun-filled commercial entertainer for fans. ‘GOAT’ will hit theatres on September 5 in multiple languages amid massive expectations. This is Vijay’s penultimate … Read more

S. Tripathy appointed as the first director of UVCE

S. Tripathy appointed as the first director of UVCE

The State government has appointed S. Tripathy, professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, as the first director of the University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE). Prof. Tripathy has been appointed for four years from the date of assumption of office or up to attaining the age of … Read more

Kannan Warrier appointed KFRI Director

Kannan Warrier appointed KFRI Director

Kannan C.S. Warrier, chief scientist at the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore, has been appointed Director of the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi. Winner of the National Award of Excellence for outstanding research in forestry given by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dr. Warrier had his … Read more

More Unicorns will emerge from the campus, says IIT-Madras Director

More Unicorns will emerge from the campus, says IIT-Madras Director

Each year an Unicorn will emerge out of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), said V. Kamakoti, Director of the institute. While talking to media about the ongoing Entrepreneurship Summit at the campus, he said: “If India has to become a superpower, we need innovation and entrepreneurship. We are even nurturing school students on entrepreneurship.” The … Read more