A 60-year-old man, identified as Suresh, allegedly opened fire at his son during a drunken brawl at their house in Maralenahalli on the northeastern outskirts of Bengaluru on Thursday, police said. Suresh’s son, Harish, 28, sustained head injuries and has been admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru. The Doddaballapur Rural Police have detained Suresh for... Read More

Water level in Mullaperiyar dam stood at 137.85 feet (the maximum permissible level is 142 ft.) with an inflow of 3,769 cusecs and a discharge of 1,822 cusecs on Friday. The level in Vaigai dam was 69.52 ft. (the maximum level is 71 ft.) with an inflow of 2,349 cusecs and a discharge of 1,499... Read More

Karnataka’s Vidwath Kaverappa and V. Vyshak at a practice session ahead of the Ranji Trophy match against Goa in Shivamogga on Friday, October 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: S.K. Dinesh For all its immense pedigree and wealth of talent, Karnataka, in recent times, has lacked a certain cutting edge. Despite repeated forays into the Ranji... Read More

Pooja Ruparel as Chutki | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pooja Ruparel charmed audiences as 12-year-old Chutki in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. She is now an actor and stand-up comic. When she tells us she is watching the film with her mother at the iconic Maratha Mandir, we have to know more. How does it feel... Read More

The TVK rally, held on Velusamypuram Road in Karur, was delayed by nearly seven hours, resulting in thousands of attendees standing in direct sunlight for over six hours. | Photo Credit: M Moorthy The 41 deaths that occured in Karur during a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) rally on September 27 may have been significantly influenced... Read More

A still from ‘DDLJ’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Thirty years. That’s how long this cinematic relic has been held aloft as the holy grail of Bollywood romance. It took every fibre of my mortal being to survive its three hours, but for the sake of cinema history (and at the risk of being ceremonially... Read More

At a time when Kerala faces mounting pressures on land from human-led interventions and changing environmental factors, the State government is giving shape to a new land use policy with the involvement of multiple government departments and agencies. The Planning and Economic Affairs department has constituted an expert panel for drafting the policy with R.... Read More

Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL) on Friday handed over ₹135 crore to the State government as dividend from its profits for the financial year 2024–25. Large and Medium Industries Minister M. B. Patil and KSDL Chairman Appaji Nadagouda presented the cheque to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Mr. Patil said that KSDL had achieved a turnover... Read More

The Social Justice department is rolling out a special intensive campaign for mainstreaming persons with intellectual disability (ID). The ‘Anpu’ project, which is being implemented as part of efforts to make the State disabled friendly, will create awareness in society about intellectual disability and make interventions to address the difficulties faced by the intellectually challenged.... Read More

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi at the Rozgar Mela held in Hubballi on Friday. | Photo Credit: KIRAN BAKALE Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, on Friday stressed that the Union government is committed to bringing in transparency and a corruption-free system in all sectors, and in this regard, a merit-based recruitment... Read More