Dileep’s plea against Single Judge order dismissed

April 16, 2024 10:13 pm | Updated 10:13 pm IST - KOCHI Actor Dileep’s petition challenging the Single Judge’s order to provide the survivor in the actor rape case the copies of witness statements of the inquiry into the illegal access to the memory card was dismissed by the Division …...Read More

Dwarakish-Vishnuvardhan: A Kalla-Kulla combination that did wonders at box office

April 16, 2024 10:12 pm | Updated 10:12 pm IST - Bengaluru Actor-producer Dwarakish and superstar Vishnuvardhan forged a combination that gave some of the biggest hits of Kannada cinema between 1970 and 1980. Dwarakish never played second fiddle to Vishnuvardhan but an equally important role in successful movies such …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls | Home voting turns into health camp for elderly in remote Arunachal villages

April 16, 2024 10:11 pm | Updated 10:11 pm IST - GUWAHATI Gida Yajik, a nonagenarian, does not remember when she last voted or visited a doctor for treatment miles away from home in Pania village of Arunachal Pradesh’s Kra-Daadi district. On April 15, the 92-year-old experienced both — voting …...Read More

Congress names candidates for 3 more seats in Jharkhand, fields MLA against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey

April 16, 2024 10:10 pm | Updated 10:22 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Congress on Tuesday announced a fresh list of three candidates for three Lok Sabha seats from Jharkhand, fielding MLA Deepika Pandey Singh against BJP’s Nishikant Dubey in Godda. The other two candidates are former Jharkhand Minister …...Read More

Dwarakish tried his hands at politics and was an observer of polls

April 16, 2024 10:09 pm | Updated 10:09 pm IST - BENGALURU Like many other actors, veteran Kannada film actor, producer, and director Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, better known as Dwarakish, tried his hands in politics too. He contested the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from his hometown Hunsur constituency in …...Read More

Government says is does not keep record of CAA applications

April 16, 2024 10:03 pm | Updated 10:03 pm IST - New Delhi The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said the government does not have a provision to maintain the record of applications received under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). In a Right to Information query, Ajay Bose, …...Read More

Watch | Devdutt Pattanaik interview | Aryavarta: Heartland of Hindu imagination

April 16, 2024 10:01 pm | Updated 10:01 pm IST Devdutt Pattanaik was trained in medicine and has worked in the healthcare and pharma sector for the past 15 years. But over the past decade, he has been exploring mythology and has authored over 50 books and is a columnist …...Read More

Want to give back to society, say UPSC toppers

April 16, 2024 10:00 pm | Updated 10:00 pm IST - NEW DELHI Aditya Srivastava who secured the top rank in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), results of which were declared on Tuesday, quit his job at Goldman Sachs, an investment banking …...Read More

Restaurant staff in Chennai to get a day’s leave to cast their votes

April 16, 2024 10:00 pm | Updated 10:00 pm IST - CHENNAI On Friday, April 19, when the State goes to the polls, restaurants in and around the city plan to open past noon with limited menu options and a skeleton crew. Chennai Hotels’ Association’s V. Ravi said they would …...Read More

Lok Sabha polls will be CPI(M)‘s Waterloo: Chennithala

April 16, 2024 10:00 pm | Updated 10:00 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram There is no doubt that the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be the Communist Party of India (Marxist)‘s [CPI(M)] Waterloo, said senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala here on Tuesday. The people of Kerala have no reason to vote …...Read More