With Karnataka Social and Educational Survey set to resume, all eyes are on its progress in Bengaluru region
The survey in Greater Bengaluru Authority region, which started on October 4, has managed to record a progress of about 45.97% Source link
More than 70 persons injured in Vellore and nearby districts while bursting crackers
More than 70 persons were injured while bursting crackers on the day of Deepavali in Vellore, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, and Tirupattur districts. Health officials said that the injured persons were treated at government hospitals in these districts up to 7 a.m on Tuesday. Among the injured, many patients were treated for burns, eye injuries, and minor... Read More
Food Minister refutes Palaniswami’s allegation of inadequate paddy procurement
The Food and Civil Supplies Minister R. Sakkarapani has refuted the allegation of Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami that the DMK government was not taking steps to procure adequate paddy from farmers in the delta region. In a detailed press note, the Food and Civil Supplies Minister claimed the Opposition leader was providing false... Read More
Kingpin of ₹300‑crore multi-State fraud arrested after six months on the run
Superintendent of Police S. Satish Kumar presenting the açcused at Puttaparthi of Sri Sathya Sai district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Sri Sathya Sai district police have arrested Morimi Shetty Suresh, alias Dal Mill Suri (53), the alleged mastermind behind a ₹300‑crore fraud targeting farmers and traders across several States. The accused, a native of... Read More
Satish Jarkiholi well-suited to provide leadership to politics of liberal, progressive ideology: Yathindra Siddaramaiah
Yathindra Siddaramaiah speaks to reporters in Belagavi on October 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Minister for Public Works Satish Jarkiholi is well-suited to take over the leadership of the brand of politics that is based on liberal and secular ideology, Karnataka MLA and CM Siddaramaiah’s son, Yathindra Siddaramaiah, said in Belagavi on Wednesday (October... Read More
Revisiting the scars of historical oppression of Reunionese indentured labour
Gaëlle Bélem, prominent writer from Reunion Island in conversation with Arnaud Rondeau of the Alliance Française de Pondichéry at a musical reading event featuring musicians of the Kafmaron band during the ‘Month of Reunion’ festival. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The scars from the historical oppression of indentured migrant labour, a deceptively fairer outgrowth of... Read More
Fire breaks out in Bhubaneswar market, 30 shops gutted
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A fire broke out at the Unit-I Haat, the largest daily market in the Odisha capital, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday (October 22, 2025), destroying around 30 shops and damaging property worth crores of rupees, officials said. There were no reports of casualties or injuries in the incident, which... Read More
TGPSC invites VP for national chairpersons’ conference
Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) chairperson Burra Venkatesham on Wednesday called on Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan in New Delhi and invited him to the national conference of chairpersons of State public service commissions. The event to be hosted by TGPSC in Hyderabad will be held on December 19 and 20. Mr. Venkatesham explained to Mr.... Read More
NHAI opens under-construction bridges on Chennai – Bengaluru Highway in Ranipet
Officials said that more than 80% of bridge work has been completed including the initial bitumen layer on the carriageway of the new bridges The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday has opened two under-construction bridges on Chennai – Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) in Ranipet to ease traffic flow on the route after... Read More
Kochi Mayor, MP lock horns over future use of old Corporation building, land
The potential future use of the land and old office of the Kochi Corporation, now that the civic body has a modern headquarters near Marine Drive, seems to have triggered a war of words between Hibi Eden, MP, and Mayor M. Anilkumar. A proposal to convert the old Corporation office into a museum had appeared... Read More



