15+ min ago   (266+ words) VIJAYAWADA: Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu has directed officials to take urgent measures on a war footing to protect crops facing moisture stress due to the prevailing drought conditions caused by the El Niño effect. He stressed the need to utilise…...

47+ min ago   (150+ words) VIJAYAWADA: The Sri Devi Sharan Navaratri Mahotsava Committee, Vijayawada, will organise Dasara celebrations from October 11 to 20 at the Siddhartha Hotel Management College grounds. The festivities, held under the auspices of the Vishwamata Foundation, will feature several spiritual programmes, including Shata…...

55+ min ago   (287+ words) The New Indian Express Following the sudden demise of minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu, the strength of the Hemant Soren Cabinet has fallen from 10 to nine The government had faced a similar vacancy in August 2025 after the death of Ghatshila MLA…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (221+ words) Education expert Niranjanaradhya VP said the issue was being reported from several parts of the state. He said students admitted additionally to schools were, in some cases, not receiving the required materials, creating difficulties in classroom learning. He said teachers…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (211+ words) The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: Hundreds of residents from various residential societies in Gurugram took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the quality of civic amenities in the city They alleged that Gurugram faces the problem of…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (195+ words) BENGALURU: Minor Irrigation and Science and Technology Minister Dr Ajay Dharma Singh said Karnataka has completed fieldwork for the seventh Minor Irrigation Census and the second Census of Water Bodies, covering 30,671 villages, 300 urban local bodies and 7,128 urban wards. The census…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago   (165+ words) BENGALURU: Karnataka is set to launch a consultation process to chart a roadmap for 2037, with strong emphasis on decentralising growth beyond Bengaluru, and developing multiple regional economic hubs, according to LK Atheeq, financial adviser to Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. Atheeq,…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (310+ words) CHENNAI: Even as Tamil Nadu grapples with power shortages due to high demand, industrial consumers are asking why they are being prevented from buying electricity directly from the power exchange instead of adding to the burden on the state-owned distribution…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (247+ words) The New Indian Express BENGALURU: Karnataka Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi on Saturday pushed back against media coverage of his comments on the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) probe against him, insisting he had never “challenged” the central agency and…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (195+ words) The New Indian Express CHENNAI: A youth was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 46-year-old man to death near a playground in Madhavaram on Saturday night following a drunken altercation. According to the Madhavaram police, Hari of Ganesh Nagar, who was…...