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A taxi driver in his bathroom towel protesting in front of Crowne Plaza in Kochi against inadequate washroom facilities. The need for adequate number of well-maintained washrooms, common resting spaces, and dormitories for drivers of cars, buses, and other vehicles that ferry guests to hotels and resorts, is increasingly being raised in different tourism forums….
Slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s jail dairy at the stall in Srinagar curing the Chinar Book Festival. Photo credit: Peerzada Ashiq As a spin-off of the ongoing war between Iran and the U.S., slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s jail diary is selling like hot cakes at the book festival in Srinagar. Buyers are jostling…
Activists holding a celebration at Kaloor in Kochi on July 25, 2026, to mark the success of the student protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin Political parties, youth organisations and innumerable others joined the victory celebrations of the student-led agitation in New Delhi which culminated in the resignation of…
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Amid the sea of students and placards at Jantar Mantar, some of the youngest faces were children barely two years old, perched on their parents’ shoulders or walking while clutching their fingers. For many parents, joining the protest was both an act of defiance and a demand for a better future for their children. On…
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A man dismantles the tent from the protest site after CJP protest concludes, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI For 36 days, the makeshift stage at Jantar Mantar stood as the face of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) agitation. It was a platform for speeches, slogans and solidarity. On…
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Placards and speeches throughout the CPI’s office echoed that the Minister’s resignation was only the beginning. | Photo Credit: Nitika Francis As Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tendered his resignation from the Cabinet on Saturday, protesters at the CPI State Office continued their demonstrations, now seeking the abolition of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). On…
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Swayams Mishra. File | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout A formidable Indian squad has been named for the women’s event in the upcoming chess Olympiad and will be the pre-tournament favourite. However, the team captain Swayams Mishra is not leaving anything to chance. The Indian team comprising Koneru Humpy, R. Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agarwal, and…
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A satellite image shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex in Natanz, Iran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Profile “We’ll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon, and there’s not a thing they can do about it,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently said about Pickaxe Mountain, a geological formation around 220 km south…
More than 600 students were part of the ‘Umbrella Drill’ Over 1,137 students, 90 staff and 56 world records in the offing. MCC Public School in Chetpet is sporting a festive mood with ‘MCC World Records Festival 2026’ under way on the campus till July 26. To mark the school’s 10th anniversary, six major team…
As the student protests over paper leaks spread across different States and snowballed into a major political crisis for the Narendra Modi government, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Education Minister on Saturday (July 25, 2026), prompting the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to call off the protests at Jantar Mantar, which had become the epicentre of…