The just-concluded Karnataka state elections were the “most expensive ever” assembly poll in the country in terms of money spent by political parties and their candidates, according to an analysis by a research organisation. The Centre for Media Studies, which describes itself as a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary development research and facilitative think-tank on its website, has described the electoral exercise as “money guzzler”. According to the CMS, the money spent by […]

The Narendra Modi government has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity since it came to power in May 2014, an agency under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in reply to an RTI query. The expenditure was incurred on advertisements in the print and electronic media as well as outdoor publicity, the central government agency said in response to the application filed by city-based RTI activist Anil Galgali. […]

Mother’s Day is just a day away and most of you must be preparing to pamper your mothers on the special occasion. But on the day when we honour our moms, the mother-like figures in our lives also deserve a special mention. These are the people who take care of you like your own mother would. They could be anyone – a sister, a brother, a friend or even an […]

What is a spiritual space? A spiritual space could be defined as the sense of oneness with this world; an urge to know the purpose of our existence; a willingness to be better in everything that we think and do as a human being. A person who progresses spiritually no more sees himself or herself just about individually but as one with the world; one having an impact in this […]

If you boost ethics in the process of education, you boost hope and humanity. If you remove hope and humanity from life, not much is left. Why are we educating everyone? The answer is simple: To promote ethical behaviour and humanity. That’s it. But objectives such as ethicality, empathy, enlightenment have gone into oblivion; education is not enhancing the students’ hope for a good life, ability to have peace with […]

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday upped the ante against rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former CM BS Yeddyurappa in the run up to the state Assembly elections, where polling is scheduled to be held on May 12. In a newspaper ad in Bengaluru dailies, the Congress leader has challenged PM Modi and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Yeddyurappa for an open debate, accusing them of […]

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 6. A competitive exam conducted by CBSE for aspirants seeking admission to undergraduate MBBS and BDS courses all over India, lakhs of candidates apply for admission in medical colleges. With tough competition and a vast syllabus, months of dedication, focus and hard work is required to excel in the same. NEET […]

Seven years after the sensational murder of senior crime journalist Jyotirmay Dey, the MCOCA court today convicted underworld don Chhota Rajan in the case. The court convicted journalists Jigna Vora and Paulson Joseph in the case. The court found Rajan guilty of ordering the murder of J Dey.        It’s over, finally – those were the words of Jigna Vora after she was acquitted in journalist Jyotirmay Dey murder case […]

Aadhaar could be a very important document for verification in various services, but it is not mandatory to get a mobile SIM, as per a newspaper report. The government has directed telecom operators to accept other documents like driving licence and voter ID card to get a mobile SIM card, the Times of India reported. Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan told TOI that the telecom companies have been “asked to follow […]

Negative thinking is a pattern that is easy to make, however, quite difficult to break. Once you let these emotions take the brighter side of you, everything else seems to take a back seat and all that will exist for you is the negativity that consumes you whole. Our mind is a sponge and it absorbs and acts on whatever we allow it to think – it also gradually multiplies. […]