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A row erupted at a polling booth in Madurai during the Tamil Nadu urban local body elections on Saturday, February 19, after a BJP polling officer objected to a woman wearing a hijab while voting. Giriranjan can be seen arguing with other polling officials — who belonged to the DMK and the AIADMK — that […]

The member of Telangana State Legislative Assembly made it clear that he would not join any other party and would continue to serve the people independently. Earlier, he called on senior party leader V Hanumantha Rao, who advised him not to leave the party and to fight injustice by staying in the party. In December, […]

Sumaira, who was living in Qatar, married an Indian man who took her to India without a visa. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday, February 17, that his ministry had issued the citizenship certificate for Sumaira, who is at a detention centre in Bengaluru, after verification of her family tree by the National […]

Javed Akhtar, Farhan’s father, read out a poem that he had especially composed for this occasion. On the night before the wedding, Shibani’s sister, VJ Anusha Dandekar, danced to the DDLJ number, Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna, with Rhea. This is 48-year-old Farhan’s second marriage. Pune-born Shibani, who acted in Zoya Akhtar’s 2015 film Roy, starring […]

Jointly produced by Fox Star Studios and Junglee Pictures, the announcement was made by the production house on social media on Friday, February 18. Speaking about the project, Madhur Bhandarkar noted in a statement released on Friday, “As a filmmaker, there is a lot to be excited for and look forward to, when you get […]

Over 2,000 Indian students, who face an uncertain future after three Montreal colleges closed last month by declaring bankruptcy, have demanded intervention by the Canadian government to give them justice. As some of the impacted students and their supporters raised slogans for justice at a rally in the Toronto suburb of Brampton on Wednesday, anxiety […]

An image of Dr Ambedkar was painted over without permission in Dharmapuri district on February 12, the management of a night school run by the well-known Tamil Nadu based anti-caste organization, Neelam Cultural Centre has alleged. He also alleges that until Neelam Cultural took up the space, the land itself was being used by the […]

In a fresh development surrounding the hijab row in Karnataka, students studying in schools and colleges in Udupi taluk that do not have a specific uniform mandate or have previously allowed it will be allowed to wear hijabs. This comes a day before high schools will be reopened on Monday, February 14, after a holiday […]

The protesters made it clear that their agitation will continue till the Union government withdraws its decision on strategic sale of VSP. He hailed their struggle for the last one year and urged them to carry on till the Modi government withdraws its decision. A delegation of the VUPPC leaders on Saturday, February 12, visited […]

With a dip in COVID-19 cases in Kerala, regular classes for students of classes 1 to 9 will be conducted from Monday, February 14, onwards but classes will only be held till afternoon, said education minister V Sivankutty. “Classes will start in full swing from morning till evening starting from February 21, and arrangements should […]

Intelligence officers have painted a frightening picture of the CFI in their off-record briefings to journalists, describing its leaders as ‘radicals’ and ‘fundamentalists’ who have plotted to disrupt the peace of the state. But there is also a great deal of discomfort in the Hindu left and liberal circles about the unabashed Islamist assertions of […]

The global financial markets have corrected today as the annual CPI that measures price of goods and services and its inflation has reached a 40 year high of 7.5% in the US. Tezos,  a proof-of-stake blockchain that is currently ranked 42 among cryptocurrencies, has also signed sponsorship deals with Formula 1’s McLaren Racing and Major […]

The post caused a massive uproar, with #BoycottHyundai trending on Twitter in India, with many people asking to stop buying the company’s products in the country. In December last year, the automaker announced plans to invest around Rs 4,000 crore to drive in around six electric vehicles in India by 2028. The company is planning […]

A woman and four children were found brutally murdered in Karnataka’s Mandya district on Sunday, February 6. They had gone to check when no sound was heard from the house and none of the residents of the household had stepped out in a while. Senior police officials, including Inspector General of Police Praveen Madhukar Pawar […]

The group questioned the Prime Minister about job creation, ITIR for Telangana, Rail Coach Factory, Turmeric Board, Bayyaram Steel Factory and the setting up of an IIM in the state. Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao asked, “Sir, What does the Union Govt do with all the letters and representations given by Telangana Ministers? Very curious to […]

In this episode of Let Me Explain, Anna Isaac looks at the controversy over the hijab in Karnataka, how the state government has reacted and whether the headscarf violates the college dress code. …Read the full story

From Chennai floods to Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, movie releases to cricket matches, protests to the coronavirus pandemic, Tamil meme pages have been discussing a range of topics through memes. With stellar composers like AR Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Anirudh, GV Prakash, Harris Jayaraj, Santhosh Narayanan and Vijay Anthony, among others producing hit tracks, […]

The AIADMK on Friday, January 28, relieved its Rajya Sabha member A Navaneethakrishnan from the post of secretary of the party’s advocates wing. In his speech at the wedding event presided by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Navaneethakrishnan had praised Elangovan and MP Kanimozhi for helping him make his ‘speeches better’, according to reports. […]