While Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) recently invited various sections of society to provide “all-inclusive and dynamic” developmental suggestions for incorporating them in the manifesto, a Mumbai-based non-profit organisation revealed that BJP has failed to fulfil their promises that they have claimed in the manifesto. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji While Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) … Read more
Despite largely being forgotten and undervalued, Muslim women have created their own space and established their rightful place in society, said Shamshad Hussain K.T., Professor, Tirur regional centre of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, here on Saturday. She said a large number of Muslim women had found their voice through periodicals and other publications in … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake over the electoral contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule. File | Photo Credit: PTI Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake, an apparent … Read more
The 385th Madras Day is just the occasion to celebrate the founding of a cultural city and its architectural landscape. It is a confluence of civilisations, manifested in its architectural evolution, over centuries. Madras, renamed Chennai in 1996, began its journey as a conglomeration of riverine village clusters located close to the ancient Mahabalipuram port. … Read more
Casa Feliz in Alibaug: received WA Awards in the category Architecture – Realised | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Even as I write this, the World Architecture Community Awards have introduced their next cycle — the 48th. The WA Awards have three categories in both Architecture and Interior Design — Realised (projects that are actually built), … Read more
Dr. Parameswaran Pattiyil Parameswaran Pattiyil, Professor and head of the Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C), has been made Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom, for his contributions to chemistry. The award is in recognition of Dr. Pattiyil’s research on chemical bonding and reactivity. A Fellow is the RSC’s … Read more
Sri Basavalinga Swami of Rudrakshi Mutt speaking at the 108th KLE Society foundation day programme in Hubballi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The contribution of the founders of Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) Society, who established the institution more than a century ago to provide education to all in North Karnataka region, was remembered during … Read more
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said commercialisation of education and health can never be in the interest of society. He expressed hope that the current situation will change with the implementation of the new National Education Policy. Mr. Dhankhar was addressing the 11th foundation day ceremony … Read more
Policemen on Monday guarding the land recovered from the Agri Horticultural Society. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The Chennai District Collectorate on Monday evening regained possession of a prime land measuring 6.35 acres of land in the heart of the city on Cathedral Road, just a few feet away from the U.S. Consulate here. … Read more
Photograph used for representational purposes only Despite the availability of ₹50 lakh of financial support for treatment of all rare disease patients, none of the six patients with Fabry Disease, who have been shortlisted for treatment on the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s crowdfunding portal, have been given the treatment, the Lysosomal Storage … Read more