India

Bright young minds, once again, will get an opportunity to engage in an exciting battle of wits as the 23rd edition of The Hindu Young World Quiz will be held on Monday at the Deshpande Foundation auditorium on the campus of BVB College of Engineering and Technology in Vidyanagar of Hubballi. The event, presented by the State Bank of India, is open for students in two categories: Junior (classes 4 to 6 and Senior (classes 7 to 9). Schools may visit www.thehindu.com/ywquiz for registration. There is no registration fee. Each team must consist of two members for each category and any bona fide team from […]

Labour Minister and Dharwad district in-charge Santosh Lad has said that the responsibility of bringing the number of road accidents to zero is everyone’s and for the purpose, creating awareness on road safety is crucial. He was flagging off a motorcycle and car rally as part of National Road Safety Week 2025 jointly organised by […]

A 58-year-old retired woman’s entrepreneurial journey hit a roadblock before it could off. She was conned of ₹8.13 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials from a Gujarat State Finance Department by claiming to offer 100% loan for her solar harvesting project. Following a complaint, the Hyderabad cyber crimes police booked a case and initiated investigation. […]

HYDERABAD The Cyberabad cyber crime police have warned citizens against fake hospital emergency scams. This comes at a time when impersonation frauds have been on a rise in the State. Police said in such cases, fraudsters target ‘unsuspecting’ families by impersonating hospital staff. They claim that a family member is having a medical emergency and […]

Eleven second-year MBBS students at the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, have been suspended on the charge of ragging first-year students there. The incident is reported to have happened at the college hostel some time ago. According to sources, the junior students later lodged a complaint saying that they were physically and mentally harassed. There had […]

All arrangements have been made for the three-day ‘Shatha Chandi Maharudra Sahasra Ghatabisheka Kumbabisheka Mahotsavams’ to be held at the historic Sri Kaleshwara Sri Mukteshwara Swamy temple in Kaleshwaram of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district from February 7 to 9. According to a press release on Thursday, the mega religious event featuring ‘Maha Rudrabishekam’, ‘Chandi Homam’, ‘Chandi […]

A man allegedly sexually assaulted a minor girl in a village in Belur taluk on Tuesday. The victim’s parents lodged a complaint with Halebidu police on Wednesday. According to the parents, the incident happened when the girl was alone at home. They went to meet a relative. On return, they saw the accused running out […]