The Kerala High Court has sought the State government’s response to a habeas corpus plea filed by Santon Lama, son of Suraj Lama, a person reportedly suffering from memory loss, who was reported missing a few days after he landed here from Kuwait on October 5. The court ordered that the Home Ministry be impleaded... Read More

After inaugurating the Kochi Corporation’s new office building at Marine Drive, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan visits the new council hall along with Mayor M. Anilkumar, Deputy Mayor K.A. Ansiya, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve, Hibi Eden, MP, and MLAs K. Babu and T.J. Vinod on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Kochi... Read More

The flooded Palar in Erode district. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Heavy rain that lashed the Bargur Hills area late on Monday triggered flash floods in the Palar and Maniyachi Pallam stream and marooned Kuttaiyur, Velampatti, and Mattimarahalli villages along the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border in Erode district. Due to the floods, over 250 families in the... Read More

Japan has made history. Sanae Takaichi was voted in by parliament as the country’s first female prime minister on October 21, after a whirlwind few weeks of political maneuvering. Source link

Marizanne Kapp of South Africa celebrates with team mate Laura Wolvaardt after taking the wicket of Aliya Riaz of Pakistan (not pictured) during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup India 2025 match between South Africa and Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium on October 21, 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: ICC via Getty Images Rain,... Read More

For India, the challenge of adapting its foreign policy to emerging global realities is proving to be highly daunting for its foreign policy mandarins. Steeped in the traditions of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, they seem unable to come to terms with current realities. Adapting India’s foreign policy to new global realities is, however, an... Read More

Two men stabbed to death an elderly man following a heated argument over bursting firecrackers outside the victim’s house in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, police said on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). A police officer said the accused, Sanjay and Shubham, were bursting firecrackers in front of the house where the 60-year-old victim Ganesh Bairagi lived and... Read More

 London-based Hindi scholar Francesca Orsini. Photo credit: YouTube.com/@soasuni Hours after London-based Hindi scholar Francesca Orsini was denied entry into India, a senior government official said she had been placed on an immigration blacklist in March 2025 for “violating visa conditions”. Ms. Orsini is of Italian origin, and Professor Emerita at the School of Oriental and... Read More

Youngsters undergo a training course at a Russian military-patriotic camp amid Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine’s President and European leaders on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling for time in diplomatic efforts to bring his invasion of Ukraine to... Read More

Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) directed the Nagarkurnool Superintendent of Police to conduct a detailed inquiry into the alleged custodial torture of Ch. Balaraju by the Kollapur police of the district.  The Judge directed the SP to furnish a detailed report by November 06 along with... Read More