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Brij Bhushan’s acquittal raises questions over how the court read the evidence
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (313+ words) The case so far A wrong country, a wrong year, and two eyewitnesses The court treated this as fatal. It called the failure to recall the location “abnormal conduct,” and held that the contradiction was “fatal to the prosecution case....
Mamata Banerjee’s aide Ashish Banerjee found dead at TMC office in Birbhum
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (569+ words) Former West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker and veteran Trinamool Congress leader Ashish Banerjee was found dead inside a party office adjoining his residence in Rampurhat, Birbhum, on Sunday, August 16, with police recovering a purported suicide note from the spot. A…...
Andhra women availed 87 crore fare-free bus rides in first year of Stree Shakti scheme
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (221+ words) As Andhra Pradesh’s fare-free bus travel scheme for women, Stree Shakti, completed one year on August 15, officials said that on average, women avail 24 lakh bus rides under the scheme daily. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu travelled in an RTC bus…...
Karnataka’s Beda Bro campaign targets Gen Z, but is the message getting through?
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (1676+ words) We have never received an email about this particular campaign that has been going on by the government of Karnataka. So I was quite surprised.” Karan, a fourth-year Social Sciences major, is closely involved in substance-abuse awareness work on his…...
When discounts cost dearly: Why Bengaluru restaurants are upset with Swiggy, Zomato
8+ hour, 31+ min ago (1618+ words) Shangrila, a Tibetan restaurant on Bengaluru’s Brigade Road, is 52 years old. Currently managed by Kunga, a third generation owner, the restaurant never needed advertising to attract customers. Rather, word of mouth did that job for no charge. Then online platform…...
No Vande Mataram in Kerala govt’s Independence Day celebrations
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (579+ words) The omission assumes significance as Satheesan had earlier said that the Kerala government and the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) have a clear position on the issue and that it would be evident during the celebrations. In his Independence Day…...
Will Vishal Bhardwaj's Tejpal rape case film put the survivor on trial all over again?
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (1241+ words) When I read that Vishal Bhardwaj is planning a Rashomon-like film on the Tarun Tejpal rape case, I was intrigued. Bhardwaj is a filmmaker I admire, and his 2015 film Talvar showed how effectively he can tell a complicated real-life story…...
16-year-old Class 12 student beaten to death by schoolmates in Chennai
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (242+ words) A 16-year-old Class 12 student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of students near the Tiruvottiyur bus terminus in Chennai on Friday, August 14. The deceased, identified as Dhanush, was a resident of Vasantha Nagar in Tiruvottiyur and studied at…...
Sonia Gandhi, Kharge accused of trying to stop Vande Mataram, Congress rubbishes allegations
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (356+ words) The controversy comes days after Parliament passed a law extending statutory protection to Vande Mataram and making the intentional obstruction or disruption of its singing a punishable offence. At the Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony at the Congress headquarters, the full…...
Kerala agrees to PMAY logo, beneficiaries may have to pay up to Rs 1 lakh
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (589+ words) The Kerala government has decided to proceed with the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U 2.0), agreeing to conditions that the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government had repeatedly opposed. This includes the display of the scheme’s logo…...