Revenue and WRD depts. monitoring reservoirs: Minister

As the depression, which is likely to gain strength as a cyclonic storm, has moved towards Andhra Pradesh, there will not be much damage in Chennai and the neighbouring districts, but it will bring rain, said Revenue and Disaster Management Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran. Speaking to reporters, he said Chief Minister M. K. Stalin had directed...
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The Hindu Morning Digest: October 26, 2025

Trump announces 10% increase in tariffs on Canada for not pulling down ad sooner U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday (October 25, 2025) he was increasing tariffs on Canada by an additional 10% “above what they’re paying now,” just two days after ending trade talks with Ottawa over what Mr. Trump said was a...
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Mamata directs CCTV cover and photo ID cards after sexual assaults reported in the State run hospitals

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: ANI After back-to-back incidents of assault inside State-run hospitals, the West Bengal government on Saturday (October 25, 2025) held a meeting where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her anguish over CCTV monitoring and directed that security staff in the hospitals are not allowed to enter...
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