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Aarpo irro echoes as expat leads biggest int'l boat race in Canada

WHEN TRADITIONAL Arpo irro chants reverberate across Professor's Lake in Brampton City in August every year, they do not simply signal the conduct of an event of the Malayali community in Canada, but mark the celebration of sportsman spirit, and Kerala culture and heritage at an international arena.

Chinnar Tribes Embrace Power of Books in the Wilderness

WHEN WAS the last time you visited a library? The question would seem a bit outdated for urban people, who scarcely have time to visit a physical library outside their digital devices.

Plating Love, Actually

The Plated Project's new collection, Love Letters to a City, is a tribute to the cities that shape its denizens

Nadar 'gifts' daughter control of HCL

Founder of the IT company transfers 47% stake in promoter entities Vama, HCL Corp to Roshni Nadar

Manipur erupts amid bid to restore free movement in state

CLASHES broke out in Manipur's Kuki-majority Kangpokpi district on Saturday as the Centre tried to restore free movement for people on all roads in the ethnic violence-hit state.

Engineering student dies, three injured in car crash

A 21-year-old youth died, and two others were critically injured after their car lost control and crashed into a signboard, an electric post, and finally the wall of a house near the Poothakulam panchayat office on the Paravur-Parippally road around 12.30 pm on Saturday.

Hunt for stolen postbox at Kanjiramattom begins

AT a time when letterboxes of the postal department are becoming a rarity, a letterbox has been reported stolen from Kanjiramattom.

Her Kitchen Chronicles

The actress talks about the success of her latest film and the constant stress of being in the spotlight

Banks must innovate to adapt to global landscape: FM

BANKS must continue to innovate to sail through the changing global landscape, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.

Indian students invited to apply for special scholarship

KING'S College London has issued a callout to Indian students to apply in time to be eligible for the Vice-Chancellor's Awards, which comes with a 10,000-pound (about ₹11,26,000) fee waiver to pursue a post-graduate degree geared towards making a wider societal impact.

Why draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 had to be withdrawn

HE recent introduction and withdrawal of the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 came as a bitter pill for the government. It had several provisions that raised concerns within the legal community on the potential curtailment of advocates' freedoms and the autonomy of legal institutions.

How Sandalwood actor with gold walked into trap at airport

HARSHVARDINI RANYA alias Rao (33), a Sandalwood actor, stepdaughter of Director General of Police (Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation) Ramachandra Rao—a 1993-batch IPS officer — and a four-month-old wife of well-known Bengaluru-based architect Jaitn Hukkeri had literally everything going for her until her arrest at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on the night of March 3 by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) under Customs Act, 1962 for smuggling 14.2 kg of gold worth ₹12.56 crore.

Hackman, wife died of natural causes, a week apart, says doc

ACTOR Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, authorities said.

NTPC Official on Way to Work Shot Dead in Jharkhand

NATIONAL Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Deputy General Manager (DGM), Kumar Gaurav, was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Hazaribagh on Saturday.

Has The Media Lost Its Mojo And Money?

Wilde's postulation has been turned into a political burlesque.

Maha Cong Kicks Off Sadbhavana Yatra From Slain Sarpanch's Place

HARSHVARDHAN Sapkal, the newly appointed president of the Maharashtra Congress, launched the 'Sadbhavana Yatra' on Saturday.

The Ancient and the Contemporary

A new design collection by Gunjan Gupta brings together functionality and artwork to elevate interior spaces

Sooranad's paddy processing centre remains unfinished after 16 years

Despite allocation of Rs 2 cr by dist admn & two panchayats, facility remains nonfunctional

Beyond the Boardroom

Hobbies, far from being mere distractions, are proving to be powerful tools that shape better leaders By Mamta Sharma

CPM's Change in Stance on Pvt Capital Puts Allies in a Spot

THE CPM's capitalist shift in its perspective, which has gone to the extent of allowing private capital in public sector units, has left the allies including the CPI, in a spot.

CPM effects a paradigm shift after two and a half decades

The proposals presented by CM Pinarayi Vijayan in the documents underline a new vision and political position of the largest communist party in the country

In an Age of Global Influence, the US is the Most Unreliable Partner

The appalling squabble at the Oval Office—what one commentator described as \"a premeditated, gangster-like ambush\"—with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance hectoring Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in full view of the Press, and then accusing him of being 'disrespectful' and 'ungrateful', has not only put paid to any hopes of an early, US-mediated ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, it has left America's reputation and credibility, globally, in shreds.

Only 7% Women Directors Are Non-Promoters, Says Report

The representation of women falls drastically as one moves up the corporate ladder, a report by PRIME Database shows.

Ukraine Spat Triggers Super Power Europe

N a little over 40 days since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has unleashed cataclysmic changes at home and around the globe.

Muslim nations reject Trump's call to empty Gaza, back alternative plan

FOREIGN ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by US President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead.

More than 600 dead in two days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria: War monitor

THE death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria's conflict began 14 years ago.

North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine

NORTH Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.

Exiles of the Lord

A year back Paramita Panda and Panchami Manoo Ukil had a vision. The Founder Trustee and Managing Committee Chairperson, respectively, of the Ila Panda Centre for Arts (IPCA) wanted to bring the many stories of Lord Jagannatha's exile to the public.

IIFA celebrates 25 years of cinematic excellence

Special discussion on journey of women in cinema

12 Wounded as Three Gunmen Open Fire at Canadian Pub

A dozen people were injured in a shooting at an eastern Toronto pub in what police called a reckless act of violence by three men who entered the bar and fired randomly without warning.