Swachha Andhra Diwas on April 19 with theme ‘e-Check’

Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister P. Narayana instructed officials to make arrangements for the successful conduct of Swachha Andhra-Swachha Diwas programme on April 19, 2025. In a teleconference with municipal commissioners on Friday (April 18, 2025), Mr. Narayana said the programme was being held on the third Saturday of every month with a…

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar slams opposition to Hindi in schools, says Marathi will still remain top priority

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at Budget session of the state Assembly, in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has criticised political parties for opposing the move to make Hindi a mandatory third language for students in classes 1 to 5 in Marathi and English-medium schools across the State….

PG programme launched at IIM-K

The Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) launched the sixth batch of its flagship one-year full-time residential MBA, the Post Graduate Programme in Business Leadership, on Thursday. Japneet Kaur Sachdeva, partner at Deloitte India, an alumnus of IIM-K, was the chief guest. The event was presided over by Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM-K. The sixth cohort comprises…

SolveCon 2025 brings together youth voice, action, and impact

Participating organisations included Mercy Mission, Terrum, Jhatkaa, Quest Alliance, Bannada Dara, Avarna, The Maitri Arha Foundation, Defy Project, Selco Foundation, Momentum Shifts, and Dream A Dream.  | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Bangalore Creative Circus witnessed a day of collaboration, play and civic innovation as SolveCon 2025, hosted by Reap Benefit — a social enterprise that…

Seven decades on, a glimmer of hope for land rights

Kallukoppa (Shivamogga) It is 10.30 a.m. and four government officials have just reached Kallukoppa, a village in Sirigere, a gram panchayat in Shivamogga taluk. One of them is armed with a rover to record GPS location, while others are carrying documents. The team, comprising officers of both the Revenue and Forest Departments, with residents as…