Karnataka has sent a team of officials from the Transport Department to Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, where at least 19 passengers were reportedly charred to death and several others injured when a luxury private bus travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire early on Friday (October 24, 2025). The officials have been instructed to identify... Read More

The charity behind one of the world’s most significant literary prizes on Friday announced a new 50,000-pounds Children’s Booker Prize for fiction, to be selected by a combined panel of child and adult judges. The Booker Prize Foundation, behind the prestigious annual prize for fiction also worth 50,000 pounds, said the first edition of the... Read More

Actor Mohanlal | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 24, 2025) held as “illegal and unenforceable” the ownership certificates given by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Wildlife for the ivory items in the possession of actor Mohanlal at his residence at Thevara, Kochi, in 2011. A Division Bench... Read More

Poster announcing the release date of ‘Mask’ | Photo Credit: @Kavin_m_0431/X Mask, the much-awaited Tamil film starring actors Kavin and Andrea Jeremiah, will release in theatres on November 21, the makers announced on Friday (October 24) The makers unveiled a new poster to announce the news. The poster features an aerial shot of Kavin’s character lying... Read More

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday (October 24, 2025) said cloud seeding is essential for the national capital as it could play a key role in controlling rising pollution levels during the winter season. Speaking about a successful test run of the experiment... Read More

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the birthplace of socialist icon Karpoori Thakur, the Congress on Friday (October 24, 2025) took a swipe at the Prime Minister and asked whether it is not an acknowledged fact that the Jan Sangh brought down... Read More

Poster announcing the release of ‘Kalamkaval’ | Photo Credit: @mammukka/X The much-anticipated Malayalam movie Kalamkaval, starring Mammootty and Vinayakan,is set to release on November 27. The news was announced in a post by the official Instagram handle of the film’s production banner, Mammootty Kampany, on Thursday (October 23). “The darkness lifts, revealing the light. Your... Read More

A view of Konaseema Venkateswara Swamy Temple, popularly known as the Vadapalli Venkateswara Temple. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan has sanctioned ₹6 crore for seven-kilometre-long road along the bank of river Godavari to provide road connectivity to Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Vadapalli with national highway 216 in Dr.... Read More

A still from ‘It Was Just An Accident’ | Photo Credit: Neon MUBI has released the official trailer and artwork for It Was Just an Accident, the latest film from celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. The film, which won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, marks Panahi’s first feature since his release... Read More

Science quiz: Formation of the solar system Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the collective name for the objects in blue? START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the... Read More