Residents locked the Government Middle School in Valayambattu village near Vaniyambadi town in Tirupattur on Thursday, protesting against the poor condition of a key stretch that connects the school with residential areas in the village. It was around 8 a.m., when the students and teachers came to school, that they found the main entrance locked... Read More

The study provides the largest and most detailed global population-based database for three of the most common cancers in women to date |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: FAREED KHAN Under a fifth of women in low and middle-income countries having breast or cervical cancer are diagnosed at an early stage, compared... Read More

The cybercrime police in Coimbatore have arrested a youth for morphing a woman colleague’s photos using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The accused has been identified as P. Manikandan, 24, of K.K. Pudur in the city, who had been working in an automobile dealership. The police said that Manikandan followed the complainant on a social... Read More

“Don’t call me Ashi (Princess),” Kunzang Choden admonishes this reporter. The 73-year-old silver-haired writer may not be comfortable with titles by birth, but in her lifetime, she has earned the title of the Royal Matriarch of Bhutanese writing. In 2005, her book Circle of Karma (Bloomsbury India) was the first such novel in English written by a... Read More

Ayush Badoni | Photo Credit: Allen Egenuse J Ayush Badoni will lead Delhi in its Elite Group-D Ranji Trophy fixture against Himachal Pradesh at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital from Saturday (October 25, 2025). Although he has been picked in India-A’s squad for its first four-day game against South Africa-A at the... Read More

Congress leader Udit Raj. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Congress leader and former MP Udit Raj on Friday (October 24, 2025) alleged that authorities forcibly evicted his family from their Pandara Park bungalow in New Delhi, despite the matter being sub-judice. There was no immediate response from the government regarding the eviction. The... Read More

The story so far: The expansive Western Ghats and two national parks in India—Assam’s Manas national park and West Bengal’s Sundarbans national park—have been categorised as being of “significant concern” in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) list of natural World Heritage sites across Asia. Why the survey? The IUCN’s World Heritage Outlook... Read More

Manduka wanted to explore the garden outside his pond. But his relatives cautioned against it. Who was right? Source link

Edappadi K. Palaniswami. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday (October 23, 2025) criticised the DMK government for having “turned the season of harvest into one of sorrow” in the Cauvery delta. In a statement, he said it was the “sacred duty” of any government to protect... Read More

The olive tree: a living reminder of hope and resilience. | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Have you heard the phrase “extending an olive branch”? It means making a peace-offer to end hostilities. This is because the olive has long been a symbol of peace in many western cultures. In fact, if you look closely at... Read More