Art & Culture

Telangana MA&UD Minister KT Rama Rao suggested the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority to explore the options for development of the Ibrahimpatnam Lake, as tourist spot. The suggestion on October 14, was made after a Twitter user requested the minister to lookinto ways and make Ibrahimpatnam Lake as a weekend getaway spot. Notably, built by Ibrahum Qutb Shaha, during 1550-1580 AD, which is now likey to be a tourist spot soon.

In a bizarre superstition, the Arnakonda village in Telangana stopped functioning, after a skunk entered the sarpanch's office. Notably, considering the skunk entry as bad luck, a symbol of negativity, the panchayat sarpanch Vidya Sagar Reddy stopped coming to the office, following which many officials also started avoiding going to the office citing ill health. Moreover, many villagers blamed the breaking the tradition of Alai-Balai on… read-more

The Kerala Police revealed the details of the gruesome murder and human sacrifice case incident. On October 12, the police mentioned, one victim was cut into 56 pieces and said, the main accused, Shafi has a past criminal record. In a press meeting, Kochi commissioner CH Nagaraju said the Shafi trapped the couple-Bhagaval Singh and his wife Laila, who made sacrifices of humans, to gain money and launched an investigation. 

After criticism from the BJP leader over Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Rajendra Paul Gautam's presence in a religion conversion event, the Delhi Minister submitted his resignation.  On October 9, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam has resigned. Gautam purportedly denounced Hindu deities at a religious conversion programme. The viral video of the event held in the national capital recently has come under criticism by the BJP.

The Royal Swedish Academy announced Nobel Prize 2022 for peace, on October 7. The award was given jointly to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties. The aforementioned organisations and activists contributed to the peace of the world and demonstrated civil societies' significance. Now, Nobel Prize for economics is… read-more