Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P. K. Sekarbabu recently launched a scheme to utilise excess cotton dhotis and saris in large temples by distributing them to one-time puja temples and village temples. Speaking at an event at Thiruveleeswarar in Padi, he said the garments given by devotees to deities at large temples were... Read More

Jaya; Ashothai; Vanamayili. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Three women, including a mother-daughter duo, were killed in two separate instances of wall collapse in Cuddalore and Kallakurichi districts on Wednesday (October 22, 2025). The police said Ashothai, 69, and her daughter, Jaya, 40, were killed when a section of the wall of their house at... Read More

The benchmark indices ended marginally higher in the special Muhurat trading session on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). File Photo: Special Arrangement | Photo Credit: Stock markets remained closed on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) on account of the festival holiday of Bali Pratipada. As per the official National Stock Exchange (NSE) holiday calendar, the markets are... Read More

File photo of an RSS route march in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Karnataka government said it has relieved an assistant cook at a hostel run by the Backward Classes Welfare department in Basavakalyana in Bidar district after he allegedly participated in a route march organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The action... Read More

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the meeting held on October 22, 2025 | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to ensure completion of construction of the Osmania General Hospital within two years. Construction of the health facility has began at the beginning of the month... Read More

Puducherry streets abuzz with activity on the occasion of Deepavali | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar The ambient air quality in Puducherry took a beating this Deepavali with a significant increase in particulate matter PM (10) and PM (2.5) due to the bursting of crackers, with the city witnessing a spike in pollution that was above... Read More

Image for representation only Odisha Police have cracked the sensational murder case of State Bar Council member Pitabas Panda with the arrest of 12 persons, including Biju Janata Dal leader and former Berhampur MLA Bikram Panda, and former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation Siba Shankar Das. Police have also arrested a sitting BJD corporator, Malay... Read More

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved 17 new postgraduate (PG) seats in Government Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala. The approval allows admission to these seats starting from the current academic year. With more PG doctors joining clinical departments, patients in the outpatient departments and wards will receive treatment even in the absence of senior doctors. Department and... Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar share a light moment during a public meeting in Purnea. | Photo Credit: ANI Bihar, a State with significant shifts in its political landscape, is set for the Assembly elections, which will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. The State will witness... Read More

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock The government on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) proposed new legal obligations for artificial intelligence and social media firms to tackle a growing proliferation of deepfakes online, by mandating them to label such content as AI-generated. The potential for misuse of generative AI tools “to cause user... Read More