Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu Akshaya entrepreneurs in Ernakulam district, affiliated to the Akshaya Welfare Association, have unofficially suspended K-Smart services in protest against what they allege is an abysmally low service charge unilaterally fixed by the State government without any consultation. On Friday (August 8, 2025), the association laid siege to the…
An art exhibition titled ‘You I could not Save, Walk with Me – Freedom, Gandhi, 169 Days’ will begin at 5.30 p.m. on August 9, Quit India Day, at the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi courtyard in Thrissur. The exhibition is a creative response to a journey undertaken by photographer Sudheesh Ezhuthu, poet P. N. Gopikrishnan, and…
M. Ranganathan delivering a motivational speech at Erattupetta Government Higher Secondary School. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT M. Ranganathan, a native of Theni in Tamil Nadu, was busy cutting a tree on the premises of the Erattupetta Government Higher Secondary School when a sudden downpour disrupted the work. He and his fellow labourers rushed to…
Two members of a family drowned while bathing in the Kallanai canal near Manojipatti, located on the outskirts of Thanjavur, on Saturday evening. The deceased have been identified as Palani, 36, a daily wage labourer, and Tamizhmany, 13, a Class VIII student and son of Palani’s brother-in-law, Thennavan. Palani was a resident of South Manojipatti…
Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court, on Friday, quashed the proceedings related to the First Information Report (FIR) issued against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, pending before a local court in Hyderabad. The case was registered against the CM based on a private complaint lodged by BJP General Secretary Kasam Venkateshwarlu, alleging that…
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and Minister of Electronics, Information Technology & Biotechnology Priyank Kharge at the ‘Bridge to Bengaluru’ event in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the Bengaluru Tech Summit, 2025, will be held from November 18 to 20…
The death of a 46-year-old labourer in Kadugodi reported on June 26 took a shocking turn after his minor daughter allegedly confided in her uncle about suspicious circumstances surrounding her father’s demise. Her tip-off prompted a police investigation that ultimately led to the cracking of a murder case which was initially dismissed as a natural…
Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi. | Photo Credit: PTI Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi lauded Operation Sindoor as a pivotal, intelligence-driven mission that redefined India’s counter-terrorism approach, showcasing the Armed Forces’ capability to address evolving warfare challenges and readiness for fifth-generation conflicts, in Chennai on Monday (August 4, 2025). General Dwivedi inaugurated…
