Latest Stories of Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
Thousands take part in 'No Pants Subway Ride'; Bengaluru joins the 'celebration of silliness'
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Monday, January 12, 2015, 16:33 [IST]
New York, Jan 12: The second Sunday of 2015, January 11, saw thousands of commuters all over the world participating in the annual event - No Pants Subway Ride - much to the dismay of officials in many cities. Taking ...
Kerala's Idukki is country's first district with high-speed rural broadband network
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Monday, January 12, 2015, 11:40 [IST]
Idukki, Jan 12: Kerala's hilly district Idukki has been declared as the country's first district with high-speed rural broadband network. An Indian Express report said that the pioneer project will be inaugurated by Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shanker ...
Akhilesh Yadav says he downloaded PK; Twitter ridicules the CM
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Friday, January 02, 2015, 15:05 [IST]
Lucknow, Jan 2: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is being booed by social networking sites users for a comment he made at a press conference on Thursday. At the press conference on December 31, Yadav declared the Bollywood film ...
Red Alert: Kerala activists send sanitary pads to factory where menstruating women were insulted
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Thursday, January 01, 2015, 15:17 [IST]
Kochi, Jan 1: After the much-debated and discussed 'Kiss of Love' campaign, yet another campaign has been launched by the activists in Kerala. This time, the campaign is against the society's attitude towards menstruating women. The campaign, which was launched ...
I belong to 'no religion': An 18-yr-old from Kerala shows the way
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 16:00 [IST]
Kochi, Dec 30: In a country like India, which is home to people belonging to numerous religions and castes, it is not easy to stand out from the crowd. In Kerala, which is currently embroiled in religious conversion and other communal ...
Flashback 2014: An year of floods, storms, earthquakes, avalanche and landslide
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Tuesday, December 30, 2014, 11:58 [IST]
Bengaluru, Dec 30: As the year 2014 is coming to a close, here is a look at some of the gravest natural disasters that hit various parts of the planet in last 12 months: Kashmir floods In ...
NC lashes out at former Jammu varsity VC; questions his objectivity
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Saturday, December 27, 2014, 17:41 [IST]
Srinagar Dec 27: National Conference party on Saturday lashed out at academician and former Vice Chancellor Jammu University, Professor Amitabh Mattoo for his brash, obnoxious and unacceptable comments about the people of Jammu & Kashmir and National Conference. ...
Uber cab introduces 5 new safety features for customers in India
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Saturday, December 27, 2014, 16:54 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 27: The controversial radio taxi service group Uber has rolled out five new safety features specially for customers in India, said a News minute report. After a woman passenger was raped by a Uber driver ...
India's most wanted: New tapes reveal that Dawood Ibrahim is in Islamabad
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Saturday, December 27, 2014, 16:25 [IST]
Islamabad, Dec 27: Islamabad has been denying the presence of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but a set of tapes prove that the wanted criminal is living in safe havens in the city, says a Mail Today report. The ...
Bihar: 4 JD(U) MLAs disqualified for anti-party activities
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Saturday, December 27, 2014, 16:09 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 27: Four Janata Dal (United) legislators were disqualified by the Bihar Assembly Speaker for anti-party activities on Saturday, said a NDTV report. The legislators, Ajit Kumar, Raju Singh, Suresh Chanchal and Poonam Devi, have reportedly said that ...
10 years after the Tsunami disaster: Cities and towns rebuilt; improved technology in place
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Friday, December 26, 2014, 11:00 [IST]
Chennai, Dec 26: Today, December 26, marks the tenth anniversary of the killer Tsunami that originated in Indian Ocean in 2004. The giant waves killed at least 2,20,000 people in the region. The Indonesian province of Aceh, close to the ...
Former US president George HW Bush admitted to Texas hospital
Aswathy Gopala Krishnan
| Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 16:27 [IST]
Washington, Dec 24: Former US president George H. W. Bush has been admitted to a Texas hospital suffering shortness of breath, said a AFP report. The 90-year-old former president was taken to the Houston Methodist Hospital in an ambulance after ...