Vivahkumari Mandal After several years of delay, Bengaluru Metro’s DTG Purple Line prototype train, manufactured by China’s CRRC, will arrive at Chennai port by the end of this year and is expected to reach Bengaluru’s Penya depot by January 10, according to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). . Once the six-coach distance-to-go (DTG) train arrives in … Read more
Congress supporters protested Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Rajya Sabha speech and Karnataka BJP leader CT Ravi’s alleged remarks against minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar at the party office in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI If the alleged lewd comments by BJP leader CT Ravi against Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar were false, … Read more
The Karnataka High Court has directed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to provide 0.5% reservation for transgender persons until the university prepares a reservation for transgenders. Also, the court directed the NLSIU to arrange for fee waiver for those admitted under the transgender reservation quota and to seek suitable grants from the … Read more
Emergency services attend an incident at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. | Photo credit: AP At least 2 people have been killed and 60 injured in a suspected attack on a Christmas market in Germany A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday (Dec … Read more
As the air in Bengaluru cools down, the city’s busy shopping streets are buzzing with excitement for Christmas and New Year celebrations. Businessmen say that the BWSSB has dug a road connecting the commercial street to lay the sanitary pipe, but the business has not been affected much. “Commercial road is busy as always. Civil … Read more
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday welcoming students of a private engineering college who visited him near Edupugallu in Krishna district, where he attended the Revenue Sadasu on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangements Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the government is firmly committed to taking action against land grabbers and correcting errors … Read more
Blind poets at a session of the 87th Akhila Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelan in Mandya on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangements One of the highlights of the 87th Akhila Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, which began in Mandya on Friday, was the blind poets’ session. This is the first time that a platform has been … Read more
HinduSR Praveen received the Media Award for Best Print Reporting from Fisheries, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Saji Cherian at the closing ceremony of the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala at Nishagandhi Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Courtesy: Nirmal Harindran SR Praveen, Chief Correspondent of Hindus Thiruvananthapuram Bureau, won the Media Award … Read more
The Maharashtra Assembly on Friday (December 20, 2024) passed a bill seeking to reform the prison system in the state. Also Read: Comment |Access to Indian prisons, a long battle for dignity The Maharashtra Prisons and Correctional Services Act, 2024, is based on the Model Prisons Bill, 2023 sent by the Center to the states, … Read more
Brazilian filmmaker Pedro Freire won the Suvarna Chakoram Award for Best Film for his film Malu from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at the closing ceremony of the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala at Nishagandhi Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Courtesy: Nirmal Harindran Brazilian filmmaker Pedro Frereco MaluInspired by the life of her … Read more