U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has prepared additional sanctions it could use to target key areas of Russia’s economy if President Vladimir Putin continues to delay ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter. U.S. officials have also told European counterparts that they support the EU... Read More

Former Vice-President Kamala Harris greets people during an event. File | Photo Credit: AP Kamala Harris isn’t ruling out another run for the White House. In an interview with the BBC posted on Saturday (October 25, 2025), Ms. Harris said she expects a woman will be President in the coming years, and it could “possibly”... Read More

C. Thiruvetai, State vice-president of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, addressing a conference in Madurai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY  The working class section by defying the capitalistic ideas and mindset should stand together to fight for their rights and livelihood, said C. Thiruvetai, State vice-president, Centre of Indian Trade Unions.  Speaking at the... Read More

Farmers ump onions to the ground at the Amaragol APMC yard in Hubballi on Saturday demanding MSP for onion crop. | Photo Credit: KIRAN BAKALE The farmers of Dharwad and adjoining districts, who have already suffered losses due to incessant rains affecting the crops of green gram and black gram, are now further burdened owing... Read More

A 19-year-old remand prisoner lodged at the Central Prison in Tiruchi died in the early hours of Thursday allegedly because of a fall in the prison bathroom. The deceased, A. Subin Kumar ,19, hailed from VOC Nagar, Perambalur district. He was remanded in judicial custody on October 2 in connection with a case booked under... Read More

Thousands of devotees participate in the golden car procession that was held at Subramania Swamy Temple in Tiruchendur on Friday night. | Photo Credit: RAJESH N Thoothukudi district police have issued traffic diversions and parking facility details ahead of Kanda Sashti festival in Tiruchdendur. Since high crowds are anticipated on October 26 (Sunday) and October... Read More

The Chennai Metro Rail’s phase II construction work over the Kathipara clover flyover is moving quickly, and will be completed in four months. This section of Metro Rail’s Corridor 5 – Madhavaram to Sholinganallur via Alandur – has the tallest pillar and sharpest curve in the entire phase II network, said officials of the Chennai... Read More

The Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), Chennai, the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) have joined hands to conduct research on the link between diabetes and brain health. On Saturday, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed for the collaboration. According to... Read More

SPOTLIGHT Nestled in a corner of the Madhav National Park in the northern tip of Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, is Binega village. The village is home to about 60 Sahariya families, a notified Scheduled Tribe, that has been listed as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG). The families mainly survive on daily-wage labour. Less than... Read More

Thuingaleng Muivah | Photo Credit: Illustrations: Sreejith R. Kumar Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, the Italian General and nationalist who played a major role in the Risorgimento, or the Unification of Italy, in the 1860s, came to be known as the ‘Hero of Two Worlds’ for his revolutionary military exploits in Europe and South America. He never... Read More