Pushpa 2 stampede: Eight-year-old injured boy discharged after four months, shifted to rehab centre

Sritej was admitted to the hospital’s emergency room on the night of December 4, 2024 after stampede at Sandhya Theatre, in a semi-conscious state with low oxygen saturation and irregular breathing. File | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisett Eight-year-old Sritej, who has been undergoing treatment at KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad, for over four months following injuries sustained…

A school at Mylapore that takes in the poor

Still in service: In 1886, a group of missionaries from Scotland established a school which is now known as St. Ebba’s Girls Higher Secondary School. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN In 1886, a group of missionaries from Scotland established a school at Mylapore to educate the poor girls in the neighbourhood. Five women — Laura Jackson, Teale, Ruth Gordon, Schebhert,…

Life inside Iraq’s ‘Forbidden Zone’

Simona Foltyn BBC World Service Reporting fromIraqi Kurdistan Phil Caller For generations Sherwen Sergeli and his family have made a living from his village’s land, but that’s now under threat Nestled in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan sits the picturesque village of Sergele. For generations villagers have made a living growing pomegranates, almonds and peaches…

Object behind POCSO Act will be defeated if offence is condoned due to romantic relationships or subsequent marriage: Madras High Court

Justice P. Velmurugan said the offence under the POCSO Act should be considered as an offence committed against the society and not just against an individual.  The Madras High Court on Tuesday held that the object behind the enactment of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2010, would get defeated if a 22-year-old…

Transport Employees Association pays tribute to Pahalgam victims

Andhra Pradesh Transport Employees’ Association members stage a demonstration in Vijayawada on Tuesday, condemning the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Members of the Andhra Pradesh Transport Employees’ Association held a silent demonstration at the DTC office in Vijayawada to condemn the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. They held placards and called…

CIFT incubatee recognised as Best Fisheries Startup

Epicure Innovative, an incubatee of the Zonal Technology Management Agribusiness Incubation Centre of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), has won recognition as the Best Fisheries Startup at the Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai. The fisheries meet is organised by the Union government under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. The fisheries…