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A passion for reading. | Photo Credit: percds There are many ways to categorise books, but not by genres or by the Dewey Decimal Classification. The real categories are the ones we all encounter but rarely admit to. There are the books meant simply for flipping. Not quite coffee table books. Those at least pretend... Read More

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar, on October 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP 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... Read More

BJP State president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday said the DMK government had failed to take precautionary measures to put in place all infrastructure for the timely procurement of paddy from the farmers in delta districts. Speaking at a public meeting held here as part of his Statewide pre-election tour, he said the farmers in Thanjavur,... Read More

A woman farmer separating sprouted grains from the paddy mound at the Alakudi direct purchase centre on Saturday. | Photo Credit: V.Venkatasubramanian BJP State president Nainar Nagenthran blamed the Tamil Nadu government for the delay in procurement of Kuruvai paddy in the delta. Addressing the media at the Alakudi direct purchase centre (DPC) near here... Read More

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has directed the State government to frame a special scheme for their permanent land settlement 48 Scheduled Caste (SC) families who twice faced caste-based violence. According to human rights activist Biswapriya Kanungo who moved OHRC taking up the case, 48 families belonging to Berhampura village under Brahmagiri block in... Read More

Union Minister of State and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar gets into his car. File | Photo Credit: PTI Leaders of the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday (October 25, 2025) urged ‘refugees of religious persecution’ from Bangladesh to apply for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as... Read More

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has moved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the J&K High Court to bring to the State locals who are lodged... Read More

Minister P. K. Sekarbabu took part in the event where 108 students chanted ‘Kanda Sashti Kavacham’ at the Kandakottam Kandaswamy temple in Flower Bazaar on Saturday. The utsava idol of Lord Kandaswamy at Tiruporur during the procession on Saturday evening. The idols of ‘Suran’ during the procession on Saturday evening. If you haven’t witnessed a... Read More

The festival season was unexpectedly a boom this year for powerloom weavers at Somanur, Thekkalur, Avinashi and parts of Palladam in Tiruppur and Coimbatore districts. They are seeing higher wages and increasing demand for fabric after more than six years. “The demand for fabrics woven on normal powerlooms was high before 2014 as there was... Read More