South Central Railway officers during Amrit Samvaad programme at Eluru railway station on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Officers of the South Central Railway (SCR), Vijayawada division, organised ‘Amrit Samvaad’ at Eluru railway station on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). The programme was conducted as part of citizen engagement initiative under the special campaign 5.0... Read More

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Poaching of Indian pilots on a large scale would be “disturbing” as public and private players in the aviation sector were making big investments in adding new planes and developing airports, said IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers. The CEO was explaining the rationale behind a Working Paper... Read More

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar provoked controversy on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), rebuking his party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Jha even as he launched his election campaign from Muzaffarpur district, addressing rallies in the Minapur and Kanti Assembly seats. The incident began as the Bihar Chief Minister was garlanding Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)... Read More

The petitioner took exception to an “arbitrary declaration” by the Nazim recently to instal CCTV cameras in the dargah’s sanctum sanctorum, where the grave of Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti is situated. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The non-formation of the statutory Dargah Committee and the plan for installation of CCTV cameras inside the sanctum... Read More

Coach Jorge Jesus said Al Nassr wanted to rest Cristiano Ronaldo when the club played outside Saudi Arabia. | Photo Credit: REUTERS FC Goa head coach Manolo Marquez tried his best to compartmentalise the immense pressure ahead of its highly anticipated AFC Champions League Two match against Al Nassr, which will be played at the... Read More

Leader of the Opposition and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday called for precautionary measures on the part of the State government to manage situations likely to arise in the event of heavy rainfall, as predicted by the India Meteorological Department.... Read More

Tata Trusts has unanimously reappointed Venu Srinivasan as a trustee for life. File Tata Trusts has unanimously reappointed Venu Srinivasan as a trustee for life, and all eyes are now on the upcoming decision regarding Mehli Mistry’s renewal, amid reported internal divisions within the organisation. The reappointment of Mr. Srinivasan this week, ahead of his... Read More

 India consumes around 250,000 tonnes of specialty fertilisers annually, with 60-65% used during the rabi season, which runs from October to March. File | Photo Credit: Gopal Nagara India is preparing for higher fertiliser prices ahead of the crucial rabi (winter) crop season after China suspended exports of urea and specialty fertilisers from October 15,... Read More

The district administration has ordered an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the suicide of a farmer in Attappady. Deputy Collector S. Sreejith will investigate and submit a report to District Collector M.S. Madhavikutty. Krishnaswamy, 53, a farmer at Kavundikkal, Attappady, reportedly ended his life after he was refused an ownership certificate (thandaperu certificate)... Read More

The Kerala ASHA Health Workers’ Association (KAHWA) has appealed to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention to settle their eight-month-long agitation demanding fair wages. In their letter to the President, the KAHWA said that the current honorarium received by ASHAs, of ₹233 a day, was below the subsistence level and that their demand to enhance... Read More