One of the world’s most prominent philanthropists and business leader Melinda French Gates recently delivered a powerful message to more than 400 attendees at the University of Denver’s annual Korbel Honors celebration. Speaking at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, she stressed on the point that empowering women is key to building stronger families,…

Monthly penalties of Rs 75,000-Rs 80,000 were collected for such violations but the problem persisted GUWAHATI: After fines failed to check public urination in parts of Tinsukia town, the Tinsukia Municipal Board (TMB) has started displaying footage of offenders on a public LED screen as part of a behaviour-change campaign.The initiative, being carried out with…

CHENNAI: Few playback singers have shaped Tamil cinema the way S Janaki did. For nearly six decades, she wasn’t merely a singer lending her voice to heroines, she was the emotional fulcrum of Tamil films. Whether it was romance, sorrow, devotional, folk music or a light comedy, Janaki could alter the texture of her voice…

Ram Temple in Ayodhya (file photo) LUCKNOW: The SIT has zeroed in on the role of Ramashankar Yadav alias Tinnu, with investigators pointing to serious procedural irregularities that allegedly allowed him to wield considerable control over the temple’s donation collection system despite lacking any formal authorisation.According to the SIT report, Tinnu retained custody of the…