Farm irrigation equipment lays on the ground after it is damaged by strong winds in Waiau, New Zealand, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Swathes of New Zealand were pummeled by dangerous winds for the second time in a week on Thursday (October 23, 2025), with howling gales cancelling hundreds of flights, causing... Read More

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 87.80 and touched an intraday low of 87.96 before settling at 87.86 (provisional), registering a rise of 7 paise from its previous close. Representational image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee appreciated by seven paise to close at 87.86 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on... Read More

Vakulabharanam Krishna Mohan Rao, former Chairman of the Telangana State Backward Classes Commission | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Failure to frame a lawful policy, in accordance with the Supreme Court judgments, has pushed the issue of 42% Backward Classes (BC) reservations in Telangana rural local bodies to a situation where the State government has no... Read More

A 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a speeding train while attempting to shoot an Instagram reel near a railway track in Odisha’s Puri district, police said on Wednesday (October 22, 2025). The deceased from Manglaghat area in Puri town, was trying to capture a moving train in the background of his video when... Read More

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The fourth line project from Tambaram to Chengalpattu has been accorded sanction by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The development comes at a time when the Tambaram railway station is being developed as the third railway terminal in Chennai by the Southern Railway, after Dr.... Read More

Nearly 10 children were admitted to Hamidia Hospital in Bhopal due to injuries sustained after using the calcium carbide guns (costing just ₹150) on Deepavali. Videograb: PTI Videos More than 60 persons, most of them children aged between 8 and 14, were hospitalised in Bhopal due to injuries sustained after using “dangerous” calcium carbide guns... Read More

South made several efforts to gain the information that would enable him to bid a grand slam before settling for six hearts. Partner had four-card heart support, but the rest of the dummy was a disappointment South found a terrific line of play. He ruffed the opening club lead with the ace of hearts and... Read More

A quarter-century-old Kudumbashree hotel near Vyttila in the Ponnurunni division in Kochi city Corporation is staring at potential shutdown from Saturday (October 25, 2025) in the wake of a notice issued by the non-tax wing of the Corporation over alleged rent dues. According to the notice dated September 9, 2025, issued by the Corporation’s Joint... Read More

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The doors of Hasanamba Temple in Hassan were closed as the Hasanamba festival came to an end on October 23, 2025. Revenue Minister Krishna Byregowa and legislators were present. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The doors of the historic Hasanamba Temple in Hassan were closed on Thursday (October 23, 2025), after traditional rituals, to mark... Read More