CS Chandrasekaran (67), Venkata Subra Maniam Raju (65), and Krishnan Venkatesan (65), three friends from Chennai, are just back from an expedition to the Arctic. In July this year, they embarked on a luxury cruise (Swan Hellenic), sailing through the remote Svalbard archipelago, North of mainland Norway to the breathtaking vistas of the Arctic region.... Read More

The Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department received 44 fire calls across the State on Deepavali day, including 18 within the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Officials from the Fire Control Room said that of the total, 38 were categorised as small fires, three as medium, and one as serious.... Read More

On July 3 this year, the Maharashtra government ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of Mumbai to immediately shut down all 51 kabutarkhanas in the city, citing health hazards arising out of pigeon droppings and feathers. The BMC subsequently banned public feeding of pigeons, leading to legal challenges in the Bombay High Court. The Court... Read More

Migration has always shaped India’s social and economic landscape. For millions of young people, moving away from villages to towns and cities is not simply a matter of aspiration but often one of compulsion. Much like the protagonists of the recent Indian film Homebound, they find themselves torn between the promises of the city and... Read More

When we think of sweets from Bengal, invariably, roshogolla and mishti doi come to mind. Bundiya, or boondi, is certainly not on the list. Of that, sada bonde is not much heard of. Bireswar Modak, a fifth generation sweetmaker from the quaint town of Kamarpukur in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, carries on a... Read More

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Continuous heavy rain in the hilly regions of Kannur, Kerala, triggered flash floods in Cherupuzha on Monday night, inundating two houses and a business establishment. At Prappoil, a compound wall collapsed onto a nearby house, though no casualties were reported. Local residents said water levels rose... Read More

Kokapet is the most sought after real estate destination in Hyderabad, going by the number of building permission granted by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT A 63-floor tower, housing 362 units on a 2.17 acre plot in Kokapet, is the tallest residential structure the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has... Read More

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File. Stating that the State government has not banned RSS, Chief Minister Siddaramiah said on Monday (October 20) that the RSS was not named in the order issued on Saturday, October 18, regulating the activities of private organisations on the government properties. The government issued the order regulating the activities of private... Read More

Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of Monday (October 20, 2025) evening, after a problem disrupted internet use around the world, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms. The all-day disruption and the ensuing exasperation it... Read More

Beavis and Butthead run around doling out headshots to soldiers with cat heads, then break out into viral TikTok dances. We are not talking about Fortnite or Call of Duty, but a first-person shooter with great mechanics for military campaigns and modes, making its latest entry in the Battlefield series. After a successful beta, Battlefield 6 offers... Read More