State Information Commissioner M. Sreekumar has warned that strict disciplinary action will be taken against officials who fail to respond to Right to Information (RTI) applications within the stipulated time. He was speaking after a hearing session held at the Thrissur Collectorate on Thursday. Dr. Sreekumar said though most officials responded promptly and transparently to... Read More

The Kerala government-backed proposal to set up a liquor plant in Elappully village here is facing stiff opposition from the panchayat, which recently held a grama sabha to collect signatures against the project. The grama panchayat is to explore a legal route to stop the project. However, the State government appears unfazed by the panchayat’s... Read More

Mayor M. Anbazhagan inspecting the work taken up ahead of monsoon in Tiruchi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT All measures are in place to ensure swift drainage of rainwater in the event of heavy rainfall, said Mayor M. Anbazhagan here on Thursday. The Mayor checked the arrangements across the city’s five zones and... Read More

Former IPS officer A.B. Venkateswara Rao and other members of Centre For Liberty submitting a petition to APSPDCL Chairman L. Siva Sankar at his office in Tirupati on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar Alleging serious irregularities and a multi-crore corruption in transformer procurement, the members of Centre For Liberty (CFL) submitted a petition... Read More

The Kerala High Court has sought the State government’s stance on a plea by Malayalam rapper Hirandas Murali, aka Vedan, who sought modification of the conditions imposed by the Sessions Court while granting him anticipatory bail in a sexual assault case. As per the bail condition, he cannot leave the State without the court’s permission... Read More

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the first-ever International level badminton tournaments, Mangaluru India International Challenge 2025, to be held in Mangaluru on October 27. Chairing a preparation meeting in this regard, Deputy Commissioner H.V. Darshan said the inauguration would be done at the Urva Indoor Stadium. He told officials concerned to make all necessary arrangements... Read More

The White House announced it will “fight in court” to uphold new H-1B visa reforms aimed at protecting American workers and tackling system abuses. Tech companies and universities have challenged the rules, warning they could hurt U.S. competitiveness. Source link

The private travel bus that went up in flames after hitting a bike at Chinnatekur on the outskirts of Kurnool on October 24, 2025 | Photo Credit: U. Subramanyam Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (October 24, 2025) expressed grief over the loss of lives in a bus fire incident in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district.... Read More

The Bengaluru-bound private travels bus that went up in flames at Chinnatekur on the outskirts of Kurnool on the early hours of October 24, 2025. Photo: Special Arrangement I wouldn’t have made it if that emergency window hadn’t opened, said 27-year-old Jayant Kushwaha, one of the passengers who escaped alive from the burning luxury bus... Read More

Every morning, G. Deepa zips through Warangal’s quiet lanes on her scooter — a 10-km ride from her home in TNGO’s Colony to the Madikonda IT SEZ. Fifteen minutes later, she is at her desk, having cruised through roads blissfully free of gridlock and honking, miles away from Hyderabad’s chaos yet firmly within Telangana’s growing... Read More