The campaign around the reservation issue intensified on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) as the stakeholders formed a 10-member committee to chalk out the future course of action, in the wake of the J&K Cabinet’s report on reservation being submitted to the Raj Bhawan.  Representatives from different associations, open merit and general category representatives, and key... Read More

A conservancy worker clearing cracker waste in Tiruchi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY Deepavali festivities have left mounds of trash on the streets of Tiruchi city. The city generates about 450 tonnes of solid waste on a normal day. It went up to about 700 tonnes on Tuesday, mainly due to the burnt... Read More

This undated photo released by Charlotte Chess Center shows Daniel Naroditsky playing chess on the board. File. | Photo Credit: AP Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday (October 21, 2025). He was 29. The Charlotte... Read More

A flag with the logo of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). | Photo Credit: AP The ongoing Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meetings in Paris are expected to deliberate on state sponsorship as means to fund and support terrorism, including the financing of banned outfits and their proxies operating in Pakistan, said sources in... Read More

New Delhi  Three major fire incidents and nearly 400 emergency calls, the highest in 14 years, marked this year’s Deepavali in the Capital, according to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS). Between October 20 and 6 a.m. on October 21, the DFS received 399 calls, including 358 fire-related emergencies, a sharp rise from 318 last year.... Read More

Owing to heavy rain in catchment areas , Sothuparai dam overflowing, near Periyakulam in Theni district on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Sothuparai reservoir reached its full storage capacity of 126.28 feet and the surplus water of 252.31 cusecs was fully discharged, WRD officials said on Tuesday. Following widespread rains in the catchment... Read More

A smog gun spraying water to control pollution at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI    A haze of smoke and political blame game engulfed Delhi after Deepavali night as air pollution in the national capital spiked to over 17 times the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safe limits, making it... Read More

A 10-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Bhawanipur in Kolkata triggering protest by locals. The body of the child was found from an almirah in their residence of the child located at Vidyasagar Colony under Alipore police station. The mother of the deceased child was the sister of Sanjay Roy who has... Read More

Undeterred by “eviction threats”, workers of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday vowed to continue their indefinite strike until their demands for job regularisation and fair wages are met. Over 5,200 multi-tasking staff, including domestic breeding checkers and contractual field workers, have been on strike since September 29, demanding regularisation of jobs, equal and standardised... Read More

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race in Austin, Texas, on October 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Max Verstappen is chasing perfection as he pursues a fifth Formula 1 championship. After his dominant weekend at the United States Grand... Read More