The Kerala High Court dismissed a plea by the Akhila Kerala Thantri Samajam demanding that the appointment of priests in temples under the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) be made in accordance with religious texts and authorities. The court also rejected the plea to declare that the second qualification prescribed in the notification for the post... Read More

India’s Harmanpreet Kaur during the practice session ahead of ICC Women’s World Cup India vs New Zealand match at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on October 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Women in Blue will be hoping to find their mojo when they face New Zealand in what would effectively be... Read More

National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah receives a warm welcome on his return to his native village of Somdal after sixty years, in Ukhrul on October 22, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI UKHRUL/SOMDAL: Six decades after he trekked out to join the Naga freedom movement, National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN)... Read More

Not enough: Goa could not convert Brison’s equaliser into points. | Photo Credit: special arrangement It was an inspired performance from FC Goa, but it was not enough to get its first point of its AFC Champions League 2 campaign as the side succumbed to a 1-2 loss against Al Nassr at the Fatorda Stadium... Read More

The Pazhavoor police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who fatally knocked down an old man and his granddaughter while driving his car on the busy Tirunelveli – Kanniyakumari National Highway. Police said a speeding car hit a bike on the Tirunelveli – Kanniyakumari National Highway on Monday last in which 65-year-old Joseph of Vadakkankulam and... Read More

Priests tying Kaapu to Duvara Balagar at Sri Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The ‘Kanda Sashti’ festival began at Sri Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani in Dindigul district on Wednesday with the tying of ‘Kaapu’. The HR and CE Joint Commissioner Marimuthu, Assistant Commissioner Lakshmi and others were... Read More

With Salem district receiving incessant rainfall, the district administration has banned movement of tourists and heavy vehicles to Yercaud as a precautionary measure. A release from District Collector R. Brindha Devi stated that tourist and heavy vehicles are barred from traversing the Salem–Yercaud ghat road, while four-wheelers, tourist vehicles, and heavy vehicles are prohibited on the Salem–Kuppanur–Yercaud road from 7... Read More

A flood alert has been issued to low-lying areas along the waterways of Chinnar Dam in Shoolagiri, as the reservoir’s water level was inching to full capacity as of Wednesday evening (October 22, 2025). The water level reached 31.82 feet of the total capacity of 32.80 feet and the inflow into the reservoir was 50... Read More

An inundated house at Illakiyampatti in Dharmapuri district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. Heavy rain that pounded Dharmapuri district throughout on Wednesday (October 22, 2025), inundated houses in a few areas. In view of rain, schools will remain closed on Thursday (October 23, 2025). The district has been receiving sporadic rain since Monday... Read More

An SUV passing through a flooded waters road in Tirupati on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar A day after heavy rain pounded many parts of Rayalaseema and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati, said that the red alert for SPSR Nellore, Prakasam, YSR Kadapa, Annamayya and Tirupati district would... Read More