Temperatures breach 45°C in five Telangana districts; thunderstorm alert on Saturday

Temperatures over 45°C was recorded in five districts of Telangana on Thursday (April 24, 2025) | Photo Credit: Graphics: Subyendu Ganguly The ongoing heatwave sweeping across Telangana has intensified with several regions recording dangerously high temperatures on Thursday (April 24, 2025). According to data from the Telangana Development Planning Society (TGDPS), six districts reported maximum…

Former ISRO chairman K Kasturirangan no more

A file photo of Dr. K. Kasturirangan (centre) visiting Gundya in Sakaleshpur taluk of Hassan district in Karnataka. He was the author of the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats, which in 2013, identified an area of 59,940 sq. km of natural landscape of Western Ghats, spread across 6 States as ecologically sensitive. | Photo…

Drug threat: Kerala Police to hold closed-door talks with Malayalam film industry stakeholders

Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi The Kerala Police will convene a meeting of film producers, actors and distributors in Kochi on Saturday (April 26, 2025) to address the allegedly pervasive use of narcotic drugs in the entertainment industry.  Manoj Abraham, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, told The Hindu that synthetic drug abuse plagued…

TVK plans grassroots push before Vijay’s State-wide tour: Aadhav Arjuna

Aadhav Arjuna. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has planned to strengthen its organisational structure by holding zonal conferences for booth-level agents, aiming to train them in election-related work and establish a fully functional grassroots network by the end of June, ahead of party president Vijay’s State-wide tour. Speaking to The Hindu,…

Vice-Chancellors of T.N. State universities skip Governor’s meeting in Udhagamandalam

Tamilnadu Governor R.N. Ravi arrived in Udhagamandalam for the Vice-Chancellors’ conference on Thursday evening | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy Vice-Chancellors from all Tamil Nadu State universities skipped the Vice-Chancellors’ meeting being chaired by Governor R.N. Ravi at Udhagamandalam on Friday (April 25, 2025). The inauguration event at Raj Bhavan in Udhagamandalam in the Nilgiris was…