Ranjana Pandey

Additional district judge Dinesh Chandra Shukla, who awarded life sentence to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahamed and two others in Umesh Pal kidnapping case, is known for his tryst with tough cases. However, no other case has put the spotlight on him as much as his Tuesday judgment. After all, it was the first conviction of Atiq, a former MP and MLA, despite facing 101 criminal cases.

Two teachers lodged FIRs against each other at Gadwar police station in Ballia district on Friday over a scuffle during Nari Chaupal at Block Resource Centre in Chilkahar.

LUCKNOW: Even as senior sub inspector (SSI) of police, Naka, Ram Sewak and S-I Rakesh Chaurasiya were put under suspension for not complying with the order of the senior officers to register a case in connection with the molestation of a girl in Nehrunagar allegedly by two police informers who even assaulted the girl and her brother publicly when they offered resistance, no action has come against the two accused till late on Thursday evening.

Anurupa Roy, founder of the Delhi-based Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, is an internationally renowned puppeteer. Under her leadership, Katkatha has infused puppetry with fresh, contemporary stories, created performances for all age groups, and used puppetry to initiate dialogue and generate awareness in the areas of health and conflict resolution. In a chat with STOI, Roy talks about her fascination for puppetry and her new play Bollywood Bandwagon, a comedy for adults based on stories from Bollywood featuring both puppets and actors, which comes to Bangalore after touring Switzerland and Austria.

NEW DELHI: As part of the ongoing efforts to involve the corporate sector in social development, the Confederation of Indian Industries would launch Khullam Khulla, a fun learning weekly children's serial on Doordarshan, from coming Saturday.

For most people, puppetry is all about some tiny dancing dolls associated with frivolous entertainment. But for a few, puppets are tools to tell a message and bring about a change.

A host of problems greeted the voters who turned up at the respective polling booths to cast their votes during the civic polls on Monday.

The meeting of the Executive Council (EC) of Allahabad University, which was held at north hall of Arts campus of the AU concluded late on Saturday evening.

Traditional puppetry is dying because most traditional puppeteers are illiterate and have not been able to adapt to changing times.