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An inquiry has been ordered after R Sooraj, associated with the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, was assaulted by some students who claimed to be Sangh Parivar supporters. The beef controversy took an ugly turn, with a PhD scholar of IIT Madras being beaten up allegedly by some students protesting against the “beef fest” held in the campus on Sunday. The IIT authorities said an inquiry will be conducted by the institute and appropriate action will be taken based on its outcome. R ...

[India], June 6 (ANI): The member of 'Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam' on Tuesday organised a beef festival to protest against Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter. Biryani was served to the people in this festival with beef chukka (a semi gravy ...

Kochi: A group of 87 feisty kids swam across the widest stretch of Periyar spanning 600 meters from Ashramam kadavu to Manappuram Kadavu. The kids took a total of 27 minutes to swim across the 30-feet-deep water body with immensely strong currents. The kids ...

Thousands of people today performed 'Bali tharpanam' ritual and paid homage to their ancestors on the occasion of 'Karkkidaka Vavu' in Kerala. Cutting across gender and age barriers, people belonging to Hindu community performed the traditional ritual on the ...

While the Jallikattu protest in Chennai was credited to creating awareness among youth to take up the cause, it also forced the Tamil Nadu police to remain in crackdown mode. The police have upped its ante even against peaceful protesters and last week, three ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today granted three weeks time to Tamil Nadu to file a rejoinder in support of its plea alleging that the neighbouring state of Kerala was not allowing it to maintain the Mullaperiyar Dam. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S ...

Construction work for memorials of Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan in Dindigul district is complete, Information and Publicity Minister Kadambur Raju announced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly today. The Minister told the House that the memorial, constructed at an ...

NORTH INDIA Neemrana Hotels: Fakirs of the Heritage World “Heritage,” says Aman Nath, founder and co-chairman of Neemrana Hotels loftily, “has to be handled as a 'custodian', not as an owner. That would be taking it at the most obvious level of Maya - ...