Siddaramaiah | Photo Credit: Two days after his son Yathindra created a political stir by suggesting that Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi was fit to be his successor, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah clarified on Friday that the reference was only to an “ideological successor” but it had been “twisted” out of context. Answering reporters’ questions here... Read More

Tamil Nadu began its 2025-26 campaign on an inauspicious note, slumping to an innings-and-114-run defeat to Jharkhand in the opening round of the Ranji Trophy at home recently. The result posed tough questions about the team’s consistency, focus, and temperament. How the side let the game in Coimbatore slip through its fingers when it had... Read More

According to the BTP, the shelters on the list were either too close to traffic signals, causing vehicles to queue behind buses, or located on curves along main carriageways. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Chinnaswamy, M.G. Road, Silk Board Junction, and Gangammana Gudi bus stops are among 103 shelters in Bengaluru set to be relocated... Read More

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday (October 24, 2025) came out with draft norms to enable banks to fund acquisitions by Indian companies and raise the loan amount to individuals to purchase shares through IPOs and FPOs. The RBI has... Read More

Puducherry players at a training session ahead of the Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN After conceding a mammoth 529 for four and toiling in the field for 151 overs in the first innings against Delhi in its Ranji Trophy Group-D opener at home, Hyderabad will be buoyed by the... Read More

The upcoming Assembly election poses a major challenge for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Shahabad region, once considered its stronghold but where its performance has declined sharply in recent years. The region comprises four districts – Rohtas, Buxar, Kaimur, and Bhojpur – which together account for 22 Assembly constituencies. The NDA managed to... Read More

A man walks past a mural depicting the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, with a message that reads in Arabic, “See you soon”, on Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. | Photo Credit: AP The wife of high-profile Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, Fadwa Barghouti, appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to help... Read More

Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories reported September quarter consolidated net profit declined marginally to ₹1,336.8 crore from the ₹1,341.9 crore a year earlier. The lower net profit came on a nearly 10% increase in total revenue from operations to ₹8,828.3 crore (₹8,038.2 crore), results prepared as per Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) showed. Global generics... Read More

A man attacked his wife in broad day light in Sindagi town in Vijayapura district on Friday. The husband, Yamanappa, attacked his wife, Anasuya, 50, with a machete, injuring her head, neck, and hands. The accused threatened the locals who came to help the victim who collapsed on the road. A passerby, in a brave... Read More

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP Eight TTP terrorists were killed and five others injured on Friday (October 24, 2025) during an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The operation was carried out in the Wanda Sheikh Allah area of Lakki Marwat district. Eight terrorists belonging to... Read More