Image used for representation purpose only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The $100,000 fee imposed by the Trump administration on new H-1B visa petitions will not apply to applicants seeking a “change of status” or “extension of stay”, according to fresh guidelines. Issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Monday (October... Read More

Image used for illustration purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Image/iStockphoto Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rose in the opening session of special Muhurat trading on Tuesday (October 21, 2025), driven by buying in bank and IT shares amid a positive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose by 186.07 or 0.22%... Read More

A youth who broke into a women’s hostel at Thavakara, Kannur city, Kerala, was caught red-handed by the hostel staff and locals around 10 pm on Monday. According to the police, the accused, who lives within city limits, arrived in a four-wheeler, parked the vehicle near the hostel and climbed over the compound wall to... Read More

Scientists have interpreted the TLPs’ existence to mean the moon is more dynamic than they once believed. | Photo Credit: Mike Petrucci/Unsplash For centuries, sky-gazers have reported seeing peculiar, short-lived events on the moon’s surface, from strange flashes of light to hazy glows and patches of unusual colour. These fleeting occurrences are called transient lunar... Read More

Torrential rain lashed Ramanathapuram on October 21, 2025. During the past 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m. on October 21, Thangachimadam in Ramanathapuram district recorded the highest rainfall of 17 cm in Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar A well-marked low pressure area has formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (October 21,... Read More

Hyderabad’s air quality deteriorated beyond the hazardous threshold on Monday (October 20, 2025) night as firecrackers were burst across the city beginning around 7 p.m. The Air Quality Index (AQI), measured in terms of PM 2.5 microns, worsened from moderate to unhealthy levels within an hour as a stiff easterly wind carried smoke and particulate... Read More

Last-minute preparations are under way at the Central Stadium as workers rush to relay sections of the synthetic flooring ahead of Wednesday’s events, even as the intensifying north-east monsoon threatens to cause disruptions. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran As many as 1,944 student athletes from across Kerala are steeling themselves for making the split-second difference... Read More

Release date announcement poster of ‘Kaantha’ | Photo Credit: @DQsWayfarerFilm/X The makers of Malayalam star Dulquer Salmaan’s upcoming film Kaanthaannounced on Monday (October 20) that the film will release in theatres on November 14. Dulquer’s Wayfarer Films, which is producing the film along with Rana Daggubati’s banner Spirit Media, announced the news with a motion... Read More

Deputy Inspector General of Police (Villupuram Range) E.S. Uma pays homage to police personnel who laid down their lives while on duty, on Police Commemoration Day, at the Armed Reserve grounds in Villupuram on October 21, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Deputy Inspector General of Police (Villupuram Range) E.S. Uma on Tuesday (October 20,2025)... Read More

Congress MP and General Secretary Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a swipe at the government, the Congress on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) said the matter of India’s imports of oil from Russia has been raised by U.S. President Donald Trump thrice in the past five days, and he has “brushed aside”... Read More