Top news of the day: INDIA bloc declares Tejashwi Yadav as Bihar CM candidate; West Bank annexation could endanger Trump’s Gaza plan, warns Marco Rubio, and more
RJD leader and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav addresses INDIA bloc press conference, in Patna, on Thursday, October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Tejashwi Yadav named CM face of Mahagathbandhan, VIP chief Mukesh Sahani declared Deputy CM face The INDIA bloc coordination committee chairman and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi... Read More
UPI leads in payments volume, RTGS in value; debit card transactions decline: RBI report
In terms of volume, the payment transactions grew from 3,248 crore in Calendar Year (CY) 2019 to 20,849 crore in CY 2024. In terms of value, from ₹1,775 lakh crore to ₹2,830 lakh crore during this period according to Payments Systems Report, a bi-annual publication released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday... Read More
Controversy erupts over photo of President’s visit to Sabarimala
President Droupadi Murmu in front of the 18 holy steps of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A day after President Droupadi Murmu visited the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple on Wednesday (October 22, 2025), a controversy has erupted over an alleged violation of temple protocol after the Rashtrapati Bhavan posted a... Read More
India and Bhutan review bilateral security cooperation, border management
India- Bhutan Secretary Level Meeting on Border Management and Security in Thimphu on 16-17 October 2025. Photo: X@Indiainbhutan India and Bhutan reviewed bilateral security cooperation, border management and issues like mobile signal spill over, future roadmap for integrated check posts, among others, at a high-level meeting held in Thimphu. The fourteenth India-Bhutan meeting on border... Read More
Mysuru-based GRAAM invites applications for ‘Embark India Development Fellowship’
Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), a public policy think-and-act-tank based in Mysuru has announced the launch of ‘Embark India Development Fellowship’ (EIDF), an 18-month programme designed to ‘nurture the country’s next generation of development and governance leaders’. “Anchored in the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, the fellowship aims to place young professionals at the heart... Read More
Kapil Sharma’s ‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2′ gets a release date
Poster of ‘Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2’. | Photo Credit: @KapilSharmaK9/X Indian comedian Kapil Sharma’s film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 is all set to release in December, he announced on Thursday. The actor-comedian shared a poster on Instagram that showed him in a groom’s outfit looking sneakily at the audience as four women in... Read More
Railway officials meet with rail users at Srirangam station to seek suggestions for improving amenities
Balak Ram Negi, centre, Divisional Railway Manager, Tiruchi, interacting with rail users at the “Amrit Samvaad” programme organised at the Srirangam station on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Tiruchi Railway Division organised “Amrit Samvaad” programme at the Srirangam Railway Station on Thursday to facilitate an interaction between rail users and railway officials. The... Read More
Yathindra Siddaramaiah has spoken about ideological successor to his father: Satish Jarkiholi
A file photo of Minister Satish Jarkiholi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Yathindra Siddaramaiah has spoken about an ideological successor to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and not a political successor, said PWD Minister and KPCC working president Satish Jarkiholi in Kittur in Belagavi district on Thursday. “He (Yathindra) has not spoken about the next Chief Minister... Read More
Dalit homes attacked at Kabisthalam in Thanjavur district, four arrested
The Kabisthalam police are investigating a complaint of an attack on houses of Dalits at Kabisthalam by another group on October 22. According to Simon of Ilaignar Aran, Thanjavur, the crime was committed around 5 p.m. on Wednesday when a group barged into the Dalit settlement on Mettutheru, Kabisthalam, and started damaging the properties. The... Read More
Telangana eyes ₹1 lakh cr investments in life sciences by 2030: Industries Minister in Melbourne
IT and Industries Minister D.Sridhar Babu addressing the AusBiotech International Conference 2025 in Melbourne. | Photo Credit: Arrangement Telangana has set an ambitious target of attracting ₹1 lakh crore in new investments in the life sciences sector by 2030, IT and Industries D. Sridhar Babu said at the AusBiotech International Conference 2025 in Melbourne, Australia.... Read More







