March 15, 2024 07:06 am | Updated 07:32 am IST - CHENNAI The Madras High Court on Thursday, March 14, 2024, wanted to know whether the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department will come up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for performingcunder its control. The First Division Bench …...Read More
Come up with SOP for conducting weddings inside temples, Madras HC tells HR&CE Department
Board exams in Karnataka: Students in a fix
March 15, 2024 07:00 am | Updated 07:32 am IST “On Wednesday, I had a Hindi exam. I was well prepared. But our teacher informed us the previous day that the exam had been postponed. I don’t know when the exams will start again. We are really confused,” said Sangeetha, …...Read More
The Hindu Morning Digest, March 15, 2024
March 15, 2024 06:47 am | Updated 06:47 am IST Electoral bonds data | BJP received ₹6,060 crore, highest among all parties The Bharatiya Janata Party encashed electoral bonds worth ₹6060.5 crore — the highest among all parties — between April 12, 2019 and January 24, 2024. In the period, …...Read More
Kerala Official Found Dead After Farewell Ceremony, Was Accused Of Wrongdoing
Police said he was supposed to return to his home district a day earlier (Representational) A day after he was given a send-off by his colleagues, including the Kannur District Collector, from the north Kerala district, Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu was found dead at his quarters in Pallikunnu …...Read More
UP Woman Shot Dead Fighting Off Robbers, Husband Hospitalised
Representational Image A woman was shot and killed as she tried to fight off robbers, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place near Dunka in the Shahi police station area of Bareilly on Tuesday evening. According to the police, the wife was on her way home from her maternal …...Read More
835 cases registered against CAA protesters in Kerala
March 15, 2024 05:23 am | Updated 05:23 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram A total of 835 cases were registered against those who participated in protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, while addressing the media here on Thursday. Of these, 629 cases were quashed …...Read More
Forest Rights Act implementation mixed in 5 States, shows report
March 15, 2024 03:23 am | Updated 03:23 am IST - GUWAHATI GUWAHATI A fact-finding committee formed by Call for Justice, a Delhi-based organisation, has found “mixed” implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006 in five States across the country. The States studied by an eight-member committee, which …...Read More
Barrackpore may see a 2019 rematch as Trinamool leader Arjun Singh set to return to BJP
March 15, 2024 03:02 am | Updated 03:02 am IST - Kolkata: Upset at being denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Barrackpore, Trinamool Congress leader Arjun Singh on Thursday said he would join the BJP on Friday. The development at Barrackpore, ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha …...Read More
Groups accused of 'extremism' hit back at Michael Gove and say re-assessment 'will motivate us'
Two groups set to be re-assessed under the government's new definition of extremism have hit back at Michael Gove – with one saying the minister's latest move will only bolster their organisation. Speaking in the Commons on Thursday, the communities secretary named two far-right organisations and three Islamist groups as …...Read More
Over 1.50 lakh migratory birds visited sanctuaries, wetlands in Andhra Pradesh this winter, say forest officials
March 15, 2024 02:47 am | Updated 02:48 am IST - ATAPAKA In recent times, nature lovers, bird watchers, students and many tourists have been having an enjoyable time at Atapaka Bird Sanctuary with thousands of migratory birds arriving at Kolleru Lake. Mounds, trees and iron stands erected by the …...Read More
