Educationist Chitran Namboodippad passes away 

Educationist Chitran Namboodippad passes away 

Eminent educationist, writer and former additional director of the Kerala Education department Chitran Namboodirippad died at his residence here on Tuesday. He was 104. A national award-winning educationist, Mr. Namboodirippad established a high school at Mookkuthala in 1947 soon after his post-graduation from Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai. After running the school for 10 years, he handed … Read more

Muslim Personal Law Board president Rabey Hasani Nadwi passes away

Muslim Personal Law Board president Rabey Hasani Nadwi passes away

Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi. Photo: Twitter/@AIMPLB_Official Renowned Islamic scholar and president, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, passed away in Lucknow after a prolonged illness. He was 94. Known for his ability to take everybody along, Mr. Hasani was also the Vice-President of Riyadh’s Aalami Rabita Adab-e-Islami, a founding member of … Read more

Assembly passes three land Bills; two more on education tabled

Assembly passes three land Bills; two more on education tabled

The Legislative Assembly on Sunday passed three Bills — the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks (Amendment) Bill, 2023, the A.P. Dotted Lands (Updation in Resettlement Register) (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the A.P. (Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Two more Bills were also tabled in the Assembly. The … Read more

Veteran journalist R. Sreenivasan passes away

Veteran journalist R. Sreenivasan passes away

R. Sreenivasan | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Veteran journalist R. Sreenivasan who had been part of the Dina Thanthi newspaper for over 50 years passed away at his house in Bilathikulam housing colony in Kozhikode on Thursday. He was 86. Fondly called as Swami, Sreenivasan was a mentor and guide for many cub journalists in … Read more

Kamareddy Municipal Council passes unanimous resolution cancelling draft Master Plan

Kamareddy Municipal Council passes unanimous resolution cancelling draft Master Plan

In a move that is likely to pacify the farmers facing the looming threat of loss of their agricultural land in the proposed expansion of the town, the Municipal Council of Kamareddy, under the chairmanship of Chairperson Nittu Jahnavi, passed a resolution cancelling the draft master plan. The emergency meeting held at the Council Hall … Read more

Ex-Uttar Pradesh MLA Sunderlal Dixit passes away

Ex-Uttar Pradesh MLA Sunderlal Dixit passes away

The 80-year-old suffered a serious head injury and was rushed to Lohia Hospital in Lucknow where doctors declared him dead. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@orgrkmkisan Former MLA from Haidergarh Assembly seat and senior BJP leader Sunderlal Dixit died on January 14 after falling down the stairs at his home. The 80-year-old suffered a serious head injury … Read more

Rajya Sabha passes Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill

Rajya Sabha passes Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill on Wednesday, two days after the Lok Sabha passed it. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said the Bill … Read more

Parliament Watch | Opposition stages walkout in RS over no permission for border-conflict debate, Lok Sabha passes the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 

Parliament Watch | Opposition stages walkout in RS over no permission for border-conflict debate, Lok Sabha passes the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI SansadTV Monday, December 19, marked the beginning of the third working week of the Winter Session of Parliament. Opposition members today continued to raise concerns about the clash between India and China … Read more

Journalist Rahmathullah Khan passes away

Journalist Rahmathullah Khan passes away

Senior journalist Rahmathullah Khan, 68, passed away at a private hospital in Mysuru on Saturday. Mr. Khan, who worked for Mino News and other publications as a journalist in Mysuru, was honoured by the Mysuru District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) on the Independence Day this year as part of the felicitation for senior journalists. Mr. Khan’s … Read more

Arunachal Pradesh BJP legislator passes away

Arunachal Pradesh BJP legislator passes away

GUWAHATI Arunachal Pradesh MLA Jambey Tashi died at a hospital in Guwahati on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 48. A three-time legislator who represented the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Lumla Assembly constituency in Tawang district, he was the adviser to the State’s Planning and Investment Minister. The late Tashi was also related … Read more