Former IAS officer P.V. Ramesh speaking at a meeting organised to oppose privatisation of medical colleges, in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Former IAS officer P.V. Ramesh on Sunday said the TDP-led coalition government’s plan to privatise medical education and healthcare through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model violated the constitutional right to life,... Read More

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary, Alva’s Education Foundation chairman M. Mohan Alva, and Kundapura MLA A. Kiran Kumar Kodgi at the book release event in Kundapura on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Alva’s Education Foundation chairman M. Mohan Alva, on Saturday, said socialist leader Mani Gopala has maintained a clean image throughout his political... Read More

Both the BJP and JD(U) have been allocated 101 seats each, while the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) led by Upendra Kushwaha and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) led by Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi have been allocated six seats each. Mr. Paswan also took a dig at the INDIA bloc, known as ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar,... Read More

The State capital has geared up to host the 67th Kerala School Sports Meet, modelled after the Olympics, that will be held across 12 venues from October 21 to 28. General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, who addressed a press conference here on Sunday, said all arrangements are in place to organise the event. Nearly 20,000... Read More

HYDERABAD A live 9 mm bullet was recovered from the bag of a passenger at the Moosapet Metro Station on Saturday night. Kukatpally police booked a case. According to officials, the incident came to light when Metro Rail staff detected the bullet during routine passenger screening and alerted the police. On Sunday, investigators found that... Read More

(L to R) Dr. Sudeep Gupta, Director, Tata Memorial Centre; Sandeep Batra, Executive Director, ICICI Bank; Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Chairman, ICICI Bank and Ajay Gupta, Executive Director, ICICI Bank. ICICI Bank, along with Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), have announced the commencement of construction of a new cancer care building at TMC’s Advanced Centre for Treatment,... Read More

Iran executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom, the official judiciary news agency reported on Sunday (October 19, 2025). The sentence was carried out early on Saturday (October 18) after the Supreme Court upheld the ruling and a request for a pardon was denied, the... Read More

Firefighters rescue two temple watchmen trapped in floodwaters at Anjaneyar Temple along the Palar River in Pollachi on Saturday morning. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT. Coimbatore recorded 34.47 mm of rainfall between Saturday (October 18, 2025) 7.30 a.m. and Sunday (October 19, 2025) 7.30 a.m., according to the district administration. Makkinampatti in Pollachi registered the... Read More

Three members of a family including a brother-sister duo riding a bike, were fatally knocked down by a speeding car on National Highway 363 at Mothuguda village in Asifabad mandal of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district on Sunday. The deceased were identified as 27-year-old Jagan, his 32-year-old sister Anasuya, and four-yearr-old nephew, all residents of Bendara... Read More

The Election Commission of India has reactivated its economic intelligence panel after a gap of six years to curb the use of money, liquor, and drugs to influence voters ahead of the Bihar polls. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Election Commission of India has reactivated its economic intelligence panel after a gap of... Read More