Dalit youth Elavarasan committed suicide: panel
The Justice S.R. Singaravelu Commission of Inquiry has concluded that Dalit youth E. Elavarasan committed suicide by throwing himself before a train in Dharmapuri on July 4, 2013. The commission was constituted the same year by the then CM Jayalalithaa after Dalit activists and rights groups claimed that it was a case of honour killing. It was asked to probe the cause of death of Elavarasan, whose marriage to Divya, a girl from the Vanniyar community, led to caste clashes in Dharmapuri.
India, Maldives sign six key agreements
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives on Saturday, his first state visit abroad since being re-elected to office, was marked by the signing of six key agreements, and substantive bilateral level talks, reaffirming cooperation between the two countries.
India asks Pakistan to exempt Narendra Modi’s flight
India has requested Pakistan that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be allowed to fly through its airspace to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, on June 13 and 14 despite the restrictions it had imposed on flights from and through the country, according to government sources.
Kargil veteran out of detention centre
Kargil War veteran Mohammed Sanaullah returned home on Saturday from a detention centre for foreigners at Goalpara in western Assam 24 hours after the Gauhati High Court granted him bail.
ED set to move Interpol for Red Notice against Zakir Naik
The Enforcement Directorate will soon send requests for an Interpol Red Notice against preacher Zakir Naik and his extradition from Malaysia after securing a non-bailable warrant against him from a Mumbai special court.
Journalist arrested for tweet on Adityanath
A freelance journalist was booked on Saturday by the Uttar Pradesh police on charges of trying to malign the image of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by allegedly posting an “objectionable comment” on Twitter.
Humanity to secular, these West Bengal colleges allow faith options
Agnostic, humanity, non-religious and secular. These are among the options that some colleges in Bengal are offering as choice of religious identity for applicants seeking admission to undergraduate courses in their institutions in this year’s admission cycle.
The Hindu Explains: How will a 5G network power the future?
The government plans to start trials for next generation cellular tech this year. Is India prepared? Our correspondent Yuthika Bhargava takes a look at some of the challenges ahead.
Magazine | Why Indian street art is not necessarily anti-establishment
In less than a decade since, street art has become something of a rage in the country. There has been an explosion in the number of graffiti artists, many of whom have gained a following that rivals that of their established Western counterparts. Graffiti has not only come of age but has also become a thriving profession, with artists like Daku and Zine becoming cult legends on the online forums and subreddits of the art world. They are frequently commissioned by large corporate houses to create extravagant murals at top dollar prices.
Child marriage figures stand at 765 million: UNICEF
An estimated 115 million boys and men around the world were married as children, UNICEF said on Friday in its first ever in-depth analysis of child grooms. Of these, one in five children, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15.
