At a time when caste atrocities are more visible than ever before, a young Dalit force is fighting to protect their people in one of India's most violent states. Read full story here: https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/amb...
Actor Raza Murad shares his love story with The Quint. Veteran actor Raza Murad had never met or even seen a picture of his wife-to-be before they got married. But he had faith in his mother’s choice and just followed his instincts. Watch him narrate the emotional story of how they met and fell in love. What’s your love story? Share it with us and we’ll share it with the world.
Months after the AIADMK split into two warring fractions following the demise of it’s leader J Jayalalithaa, the Election Commission on Thursday denied the original “two leaves” symbol to either factions. The O Panneerselvam camp will now be known as ‘AIADMK Puratchi Thalaivi Amma’ party and will contest under an ‘Electric pole’ symbol. Team Sasikala, which was first offered an ‘auto-rickshaw’ symbol, later settled for a ‘hat’. It will now fight the upcoming by-poll to Chennai’s RK Nagar constituency as ‘AIADMK AMMA.’ The seat was held by former Chief Minister and party supremo J Jayalalithaa, and fell vacant following her death in December last year. Video: ANI Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
There's fusion music, and then there's IndoSoul, Karthick Iyer's new sound. Karthick began his musical journey at the age of eight. The violin maestro has performed at events around the globe for over two decades. The Quint visited the studio where the second album of IndoSoul is currently taking shape. Accompanied by Sumesh Narayanan (mridangam and percussion), Vikram Vivekanand (guitar) and Ramkumar (drums), IndoSoul is Karthick's beautiful attempt at breaking musical boundaries.
Nearly 40,000 Maharashtra doctors decided to go on an indefinite strike to support their colleagues agitating over the lack of security to them in the government hospitals. The 40,000-odd doctors, all members of the Maharashtra chapter of the Indian Medical Association, decided to shun work and join over 4,500 resident doctors in the state, who have been staying away from the duty for the last three days. In AIIMS Delhi, around 1,200 resident doctors turned up on duty expressing solidarity with their striking counterparts in Maharashtra. They have decided to continue this novel protest tomorrow as well. "Nobody bothers about resident doctors who were brutally beaten up. Instead of providing security to resident doctors at their workplace, the Maharashtra government is threatening them of deducting their salaries and throwing them out of their hostels," president of Resident doctors' Association of AIIMS Dr Vijay Gurjar said. "We, the resident doctors at AIIMS, will work with helmets on in the emergency department tomorrow as well," he said.
Tajamul Islam, the eight-year-old world kickboxing champion from Bandipora district hit out at the Jammu and Kashmir government for not providing proper training facilities and equipment for her and other sportspersons from her district. In a four-minute video Facebook Live, Islam, who won a gold medal at world kickboxing championship in Italy in 2016, said it is a matter of shame that the state government has not been able to build a proper indoor stadium in Bandipora for sportspersons which could have enabled them to train throughout the year. While showing the tin shed used as 'indoor hall', the youngster said there was no heating arrangement inside that would have made training possible during winters. Islam appealed to the Centre and state government to construct an indoor stadium in Bandipora and also provide the required equipment for her to continue her training. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Vijay Goel responded to Islam’s video and promised to right a letter to the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on the matter. Video: ANI Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
NN Biren Singh has been elected as BJP's legislature party leader in Manipur. He is expected to meet Governor Najma Heptulla soon to stake claim for forming government in the North Eastern state.
Udhampur District of Jammu Kashmir experienced heavy snowfall and landslides. Around 150 vehicles have been stranded on the Jammu Srinagar Highway for more than 72 hours. The highway was closed down due to the dampness in the weather because of continuous rainfall. Not just humans, cattle are also suffering because of scarcity of food. The cattle owners are very worried as without food the cattle is likely to perish. Though the farmers are requesting the government to let the convoy , the weather conditions restrict the officials to open National Highway
Seeking to experience a divine festival of colours, devotees from across the country thronged Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura on Wednesday to play Lathmaar Holi. Unlike any other holi played across the country, lathmaar holi involves not just the an array of dry colours, but also sticks and drums. However, the main attraction of this special holi was the presence of actors dressed up as lord Krishna and Radha, who adorned the centre stage. Additionally, performers from Rajasthan and Haryana too added their aura to the high-spirited event.
Suresh Mandal, a Muzaffarpur resident had to carry his wife's body wrapped in a piece of cloth on his shoulders on Wednesday after the government hospital (where the patient had died during treatment) refused to provide him an ambulance or mortuary van. Mandal's 30-year-old wife Shyama Devi, who had been admitted to the hospital since 18 February, died on Tuesday.
Will the action stop in the Manipuri film industry? That’s one question that everyone associated with the film business is asking this election season. The People’s Liberation Army has banned Hindi films in Manipur since 2002; that resulted in a spurt of regional Manipuri films immediately after the ban. This election season the actors and technicians have just one demand from the state Government, they want the government to set up a film city and subsidise the industry. This will result in better cash flow as banks may issue loans to make films.
More and more Indian Models are being seen on international runways. Models like Radhika Nair became the first Indian to walk for Balenciaga. Monica Tomas walked for Delpozo at New York Fashion Week. Bhumika Arora walked for Balmain S/S 2017, Natasha Ramachandran walked for Moncler, Tome NYC, and Pooja Mor has walked for Givenchy and Louis Vuitton. Here's a look at out top International modelling faces.
Naezy, short for ‘Naved is Crazy’, is not just making waves - but creating a tsunami in the Indian Hip Hop scene. Unlike most rappers, Naezy brings in a social element into his music, trying to bring about a change in today’s complacent youth. No wonder Zoya Akhtar found inspiration in him for her upcoming directorial venture: Gully Boy. Gully Boy is set to star Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, a pairing yet to hit the silver screen. As the first rapper to be launched on Saavn’s new project, Artist Originals - a venture aimed at bringing underground artists to light, Naezy is surely deserving of such an opportunity.
