Continuous heavy rain over the past week in the catchment areas of Gunderipallam reservoir in Gobichettipalayam taluk has led to the reservoir reaching its full capacity of 41.75 feet on Monday (October 20, 2025) night. The reservoir, with a storage capacity of 1.08 tmc ft, is located at the foothills of Kadambur Hills, which serves as its major catchment... Read More

Frequent elephant presence on the scenic Athirappilly-Malakkappara inter-State route has been causing concern among tourists as well as security forces. Traffic on the road came to a standstill after a wild elephant, locally called Kabali, entered the road near Ambalappara on Sunday and Monday, leading to traffic hold-ups for nearly five hours on both days.... Read More

The state-of-the-art hybrid computing facility set up at Cochin University of Science and Technology. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has come up with its ‘Tejaswi’ hybrid supercomputing facility designed to accelerate research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), scientific simulations, and high-performance computing at an investment of ₹26 crore. The... Read More

Firecrackers lighting up Madurai sky on the eve of Deepavali. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY  Deepavali this year in Madurai has ended peacefully with no reported major accidents or incidents.  Only some scarce fire accidents with minor damage to properties were reported across the city. Madurai District Fire Officer T. Venkataramanan said that anticipating fire... Read More

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has asked the Director of the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy to conduct special training session for the presiding officers of the Special Courts dealing with cases under the POCSO Act. A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Vijayakumar observed that the session should aim... Read More

Generic drugmaker Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has received establishment inspection report (EIR) for its Srikakulam formulations manufacturing facility from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) with a voluntary action indicated (VAI) classification. Following a good manufacturing practice (GMP) and a pre-approval inspection (PAI) in July, the facility (FTO 11) received seven observations from the... Read More

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, along with Virudhunagar Collector N.O. Sukhaputra, inspecting Vembakottai dam following incessant rain in Virudhunagar district on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Three persons have died in rain-related incidents in Virudhunagar district since October 17, according to Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu. On Tuesday, the Minister reviewed the state of... Read More

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, along with Home Minister V. Anitha and DGP Harish Kumar Gupta, paying tributes to the police martyrs on the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day, in Mangalagiri on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh Director-General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to the police martyrs who had... Read More

The police on October 21, 2025 (Tuesday) arrested a 17-year-old boy from Alangombu near Sirumugai, who assaulted at least three persons with a knife under the influence of alcohol.  According to the police, the boy rode a two-wheeler in a negligent manner and it hit a man at Alangombu on Monday night. The man and... Read More

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif speaks during an interview in Islamabad, on October 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday (October 20, 2025) said the ceasefire arrangement with Afghanistan hinges on Taliban’s commitment to rein in terrorists attacking his country from across the border. His statement comes a... Read More