Year: 2025

The United Muslim Forum (UMF), a panel of religious figures, on Wednesday urged the public to participate in a symbolic protest against the waqf amendments by turning off the lights of their houses and places of work on April 30 for 10 minutes beginning 9 p.m. The Batti Gul Ehtejaj (lights off protest), the UMF…

The three-day 5th State conference of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) will be held in Khammam from April 25 to 27. A huge rally will be organised in the town on the inaugural day of the conference on Friday. The rally will culminate in a public meeting. SFI national president V.P. Sanu will be…

The Mokila police arrested a self-styled ‘Aghori Mata’, who defrauded a Hyderabad woman of nearly ₹10 lakh under the guise of tantric rituals and divine protection. The accused, identified as Srinivas alias Shiva Vishnu Brahma Alluri, 28, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh and brought back to Telangana on Wednesday. According to the police, the accused,…

Though Kerala is ranked well below many north Indian States in terms of foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) and foreign tourist visits, the tiny south Indian State continues to rank top in the country in terms of the highest number of classified five star, four star and three star hotels. According to the number of five,…

A child holds on to the set of school text books received for the upcoming academic year at Cotton hill GHS in Thiruvananthapuram. Education Minister V. Sivankutty formally inaugurated the State level distribution of revised school text books from Cotton Hill GHS in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Subject minimum will be…

Election Commission of India on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) began a two-day training and capacity building programme for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) from Bihar, where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held later this year. This is the third such batch of BLOs to be trained from Bihar. The group includes 229 BLOs, 12 Electoral…

A huge tree which was uprooted at Thrissur zoo in the torrential rain and strong wind on Tuesday night. | Photo Credit: K.K. NAJEEB The rainstorm that lashed Thrissur on Tuesday night left a trail of destruction at the city’s zoo and sent animals into panic. Massive trees were uprooted and came crashing down, damaging…

Tributes being paid to N. Ramachandran, 65, a native of Edappally in Ernakulam district of Kerala, who was killed in the terrorist attack at Pahalgam in South Kashmir, when his body was brought to Kochi on Wednesday night. Thulasi Kakkat | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The body of N. Ramachandran, 65, a native of Edappally…

The 7th Additional District Judge’s Court in Kadapa slapped life sentence and a fine of ₹1 lakh on a beggar convicted of rape and murder in a 2022 case under Siddavatam police limits. Narasimhulu (50) eked out a living by begging on the streets of Vellaturu village in Pendlimarri mandal in Kadapa district. In 2022,…

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal A Delhi court on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) issued a non-bailable warrant against Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar for failing to comply with its order to submit probation bonds and deposit ₹1 lakh fine in a 24-year-old defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant…