Orkla India, which owns spices and condiments brands MTR and Eastern, on Friday (October 24, 2025) fixed a price band of ₹695-730 per share, aiming for a valuation of around ₹10,000 crore at the upper end. The company’s ₹1,667 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO) will open for public subscription on October 29 and conclude on... Read More

National Conference Assembly member cast his vote inside legislative assembly during Rajya Sabha Polls In Jammu And Kashmir in Srinagar on October 24, 2025 | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar Voting is underway for the four seats of Rajya Sabha in Jammu and Kashmir, where the ruling National Conference (NC) and Opposition BJP have fielded candidates on... Read More

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. File | Photo Credit: Reuters International Criminal Court judges on Thursday (October 23, 2025) rejected a challenge to jurisdiction in the case of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of involvement in dozens of killings as part of his so-called war on drugs when in office. Defence lawyers... Read More

The recently signed Gaza Peace Agreement is a “landmark” step towards stability in the Middle East, India has said, reiterating that a two-state solution remains “the only pragmatic path” to achieving durable peace between Israel and Palestine. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council’s quarterly open debate on the situation in the Middle East on... Read More

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Assam Cabinet on Thursday (October 23, 2025) decided to table a report on the 1983 Nellie massacre in the November session of the 126-member State Assembly. More than 2,000 people were killed in the Nellie incident, which occurred on February 18, 1983, during... Read More

A quiet excitement wafts out of a classroom at the Government Nursing College in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. The students have their eyes glued firmly on the face of their teacher as she prepares a question. “Tell me what you’ve learnt so far in Deutsch (German).” A symphony of voices emerges from the other... Read More

In less than a month, two horrific bus fires in India have claimed over 45 lives and left dozens injured, exposing once again the safety lapses and vulnerability of long-distance private buses. Both incidents, involving air-conditioned sleeper coaches packed with passengers, occurred during the early hours — when most travellers were asleep — turning routine... Read More

Creating waves across the world | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockPhoto Legend has it that, thousands of years ago the Chinese emperor Shen Nong was boiling water in his garden when a leaf fell into it. To the emperor’s delight, this produced an oddly comforting drink: tea! By the eighth century, the brew had spread to... Read More

A view of the charred bus in Kurnool on October 24, 2025 | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana’s Gadwal District Collector B.M. Santosh on Friday (October 24, 2025) announced control room numbers for families of victims of the accident in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, in which a private bus went up in flames killing several people.... Read More

Healthcare professionals at the site of accident where a private bus got charred killing several passengers, on Friday (October 24, 2025). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT The Government General Hospital (GGH) in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district has dispatched a medical team to assist in emergency response efforts following a fatal bus accident in Kurnool district,... Read More