Train services on the Kottavalasa-Kirandul line, which have been hit due to boulder fall, between Tyada and Chimidipalli section, of Waltair Division, in the early hours of Sunday, were restored by around 1.30 p.m. The boulder fall had led to derailment of two axles of the locomotive of goods train. The railway authorities immediately rushed... Read More

Heavy machinery operates at a site where searches for deceased hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel are underway amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas’ armed wing said on Sunday (October 19, 2025) that... Read More

White tiger ‘Sameer’ was brought to Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park in Tirupati from Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad of Telangana as a five-year-old cub in 2011. | Photo Credit: File photo White tiger ‘Sameer’, a crowd favourite for fourteen years at the Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park (SVZP) in Tirupati, died early Sunday (October 19, 2025)... Read More

DGP B. Shivadhar Reddy | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will attend the Police Commemoration Day ceremony at Goshamahal Police Stadium on October 21, according to a statement issued by Director General of Police B. Shivanand Reddy. The event will begin at 9.30 a.m., and the Chief Minister is scheduled to... Read More

Kasaragod, Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, and Kozhikode have a high number of wards experiencing recurrent summer water stress, says a study undertaken by the Kozhikode-based government agency Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM). Water stress is the condition in a particular area during a period when the water demand is higher than its availability. The... Read More

In a major drug haul, the police have seized 400 grams of suspected MDMA from a 21-year-old student near the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery. Sivasankar, a native of Kayamkulam, was arrested by the Nedumbassery police and the Ernakulam rural anti-narcotics squad while allegedly waiting to sell the substance to his clients. The police said... Read More

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal addresses a press conference, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI With increasing buzz about a possible political alliance between the Thackeray cousins, the Maharashtra Congress has expressed reluctance to join hands with any party that has a polarisation agenda. Constitutional values and secularism are non-negotiables for the Congress,... Read More

The Ratan Tata Innovation Hub (RTIH), the technology park at Mangalagiri in Guntur district, has launched the Future Founders Programme, a six-week pre-incubation initiative aimed at helping innovators transform validated ideas into working prototypes and reach their first customers. The programme is designed to guide aspiring entrepreneurs in minimising start-up risks, while preparing them for... Read More

Aditya, son of BRS MLA Kavitha, and grandson of former CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao at a political protest in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 18). | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The third generation of BRS chief Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao’s (KCR) family is all set to take a plunge into politics, it is believed, going by the... Read More

Officials of the South Central Railway (SCR), Vijayawada Division, have reported record ticket checking earnings of ₹1.22 crore during a special drive, said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager B. Prasantha Kumar. Over 700 ticket-checking staff booked 17,017 cases during the three-day drive held from October 13 to 15, ahead of the Deepavali festival. “We registered 7,928... Read More