UK Labour Party suffers landmark defeat in Wales
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh parliament to centre-left nationalist party Plaid Cymru, falling into a distant third place behind Nigel Farage’s Reform U.K. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Britain’s ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday (October 24, 2025) in Wales, a... Read More
Thailand expects to hold election on March 29, Minister says
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The likely date for a general election in Thailand is March 29, 2026, a senior government official told Reuters on Friday (October 24, 2025) after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul discussed the issue with the country’s Election Commission. The Prime Minister has earlier said he plans... Read More
Kurnool bus fire: Andhra Pradesh Congress president Y.S. Sharmila demands high-level enquiry
APCC president Y.S. Sharmila. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas Published – October 24, 2025 01:09 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
Through masks and memories, artist Anupama alias Anil’ solo show in Hyderabad tells a story of resilience
Work by Anupama displayed at the gallery | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artist Anupama, who goes by the name Anupama alias Anil as a tribute to her late husband and artist Anil Xavier, ushers in a new language of expression through her solo show A Room for Refuge at Kalakriti Art Gallery. The exhibition brings... Read More
Interview with Kunzang Choden on her memoir Telling Me My Stories
“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
Bihar Assembly polls: Prashant Kishor backs rebel BJP candidate in Gopalganj
Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor speaks to the media ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, in Gopalganj, Bihar. | Photo Credit: PTI Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Friday (October 24, 2025) announced his support for rebel BJP candidate Anup Kumar Srivastava in Bihar’s Gopalganj, alleging that his own nominee Shashi Shekhar Sinha withdrew from... Read More
SIR of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu to begin in a week, ECI tells Madras High Court
Election Commission of India, New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday (October 24, 2025) informed the Madras High Court that it would commence “in a week or so” a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu, as the State is set to witness the Legislative... Read More
‘I’m Back’: Pitbull returns to India; to perform in Delhi-NCR and Hyderabad in December
Poster announcing the India leg of Pitbull’s ‘I’m Back’ tour Global music icon and Grammy-award-winning musician Pitbull is all set to return to India! The superstar is bringing his ‘I’m Back’ tour to the country in December. Produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live, the shows will be held at the HUDA Grounds in Gurugram on... Read More
PM-SHRI scheme: Kerala’s Opposition accuses CPI(M) of bowing to Centre’s pressure
Kerala Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D Satheesan has accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of capitulating to the Centre’s “coercive demand” that the State implement the “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-inspired and politically primed” PM-SHRI scheme to release obligatory Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)... Read More
Kurnool bus fire: Police say petrol leak, friction sparks possibly led to flames
A view of the charred remains of a passenger bus on a highway in Chinnatekuru village, in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, on October 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP In one of the deadliest road accidents in Andhra Pradesh in recent years, a private sleeper bus bound for Bengaluru from Hyderabad turned into a... Read More





