Union Minister Suresh Gopi made a sharp comment about General Education Minister V. Sivankutty during his “Kalunk Sabha” outreach programme at Vattavada in Idukki district on Thursday. “Let a well-educated Education Minister come,” Mr. Gopi said, responding to local people who demanded an English-medium school in the area. Without naming Mr. Sivankutty, he added that... Read More

Floral tributes being offered to Kittur Rani Chennamma at her birth anniversary celebrations in Kalaburagi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The bravery and sacrifice of Kittur Rani Chennamma, who fought the British fearlessly, remain an enduring source of inspiration for every woman in the country, said MLC Tippannappa Kamakanur. He was speaking after... Read More

SCCL and NFTDC officials after signing an agreement on setting up a rare earth minerals processing plant in Hyderabad on Thursday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement HYDERABAD As part of its ongoing business diversification initiatives, the management of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has decided to set up a rare earth minerals processing unit in... Read More

Actor Lakshmi Menon has approached the Kerala High Court seeking the quashing of a case in which she was charged with abduction and assault of an IT employee in Kochi on the night of August 24, 2025. The court had recently granted anticipatory bail to Ms. Menon and others who had been arraigned as accused... Read More

Vikassheel Insaan Party’s (VIP) Mukesh Sahani has lost two elections – 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Khagaria and 2020 Assembly election from Simri Bakhtiyarpur. File | Photo Credit: PTI For Vikassheel Insaan Party’s (VIP) Mukesh Sahani, life has come full circle. Five years ago, he had walked out of a Mahagatbandhan press conference alleging that... Read More

Dignitaries and others participating in the Kittur Rani Channamma birth anniversary celebrations in Raichur on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kittur Rani Channamma’s birth anniversary was celebrated in Raichur and Yadgir districts on Thursday with enthusiasm. Minister for Minor Irrigation N.S. Boseraju inaugurated the celebrations with a floral tribute to the great freedom fighter... Read More

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday (October 23, 2025) appointed party leader Manish Sharma as the new in-charge of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC). The outgoing in-charge of IYC, Krishna Allavaru, is currently the in-charge for party affairs in Bihar, where Assembly elections are to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11.... Read More

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah speaks during the Autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, in Srinagar on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday formally extended their support to the ruling National Conference (NC), a day ahead of the byelections for the... Read More

An injured person undergoing treatment at Minto Hospital in Bengaluru after suffering injuries from bursting crackers during the Deepavali festival. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN On the last day of Deepavali festivities this year, a 16-year-old boy sustained a self-inflicted injury while lighting a Lakshmi cracker that exploded prematurely. He suffered a tear of the upper... Read More

The land has been allotted on the campus of the Coimbatore Medical College on Avinashi Road in Coimbatore. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M. The State government has identified an alternative land in Coimbatore to set up Tamil Nadu’s first Medical Devices Testing Laboratory. Sources said that one acre of land on the campus of the... Read More