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Rising from the ashes: inside Bihar school run from cremation ground
A class under way on the premises of Mukti Dham, a crematorium at the Sikandarpur locality in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari A 31-year-old teacher, Sumit Kumar, has been educating over 100 slum children at a cremation ground in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, since 2017. Mr. Kumar’s initiative, Appan Pathshala, has transformed the lives … Read more
How the MCG, India’s favourite hunting ground, has changed since their last visit
India have traditionally enjoyed the Boxing Day Test match in Australia. In the last decade, India have been unbeaten at the MCG after playing three Test matches. They have drawn once in 2014 and secured dominating wins in 2018 and 2020 at the ‘G’. India’s sensational performances have come at the G when their backs … Read more
Trinamool holds ground amid chaos
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks in the State Assembly in Kolkata on December 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Discontent and anger against the government do not necessarily result in the electorate voting against the ruling party. This has become quite evident over the past few years in West Bengal politics, the latest … Read more
Input on infiltration by 900 Kuki militants could not be substantiated on the ground, says Manipur security advisor
Manipur DGP Rajiv Singh visits violence-affected areas at Kadangband and Koutruk in Imphal on September 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Manipur security advisor Kuldiep Singh and Director-General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh said in a joint statement on Wednesday (September 25, 2024) that the input regarding the infiltration of 900 trained Kuki militants from … Read more
Audi owner arrested after slamming cab driver to ground in Mumbai
Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested Rishabh Bibhas Chakraborty, the Audi owner who assaulted a 24-year-old cab driver after his taxi bumped into the former’s luxury car in Ghatkopar last week. According to officials, Chakraborty, a journalist by profession, has been arrested on charges of attempted murder by the Parksite Police. The incident happened around 11.20 … Read more
Ground Zero | Along the Indian-Myanmar border, living in a limbo
Soon after the Tatmadaw, or Myanmar’s military, seized power in a coup d’etat in February 2021 by displacing the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government, Sumi, 18, fled the country. She crossed the border into India and finally secured a job in Treasury Square, the administrative hub of Aizawl, Mizoram’s capital. Sumi was not too … Read more
HC directive to CDB to ensure plastic-free Pooram festival on temple ground
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the Cochin Devaswom Board (CDB) and Thrissur Municipal Corporation to comply in letter and spirit with its earlier directives to ensure that the entire Thekkinkadu Maidan in Thrissur is kept plastic-free and no music concert is allowed during the Pooram festival. The Bench led by … Read more
Soha Ali Khan visits Melbourne cricket ground ‘where her father once played’
Soha Ali Khan, along with actor-husband Kunal Kemmu and daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu, visited the Melbourne cricket ground. A picture of the trio was posted by the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of Melbourne Cricket Ground and mentioned how she came to check out the ‘hollowed turf’ where her father, cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, … Read more
Women break new ground in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Women work at a Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme project site at Umachagi village in Hubballi taluk, Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The proportion of women workers participating in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has touched a ten-year high in the ongoing financial year. According to the … Read more