Month: October 2026

Ahobilam temple photographer bags ‘Best Image of the Year’ award

October 15, 2026 admin

Uppala Prasad, the official photographer for the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam in Ahobilam, receiving the ‘Best Image of the Year Award’ at the presentation ceremony in Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Official temple photographer (Asthana Photographer) Uppala Prasad of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam in Ahobilam, Nandyal district, received the…

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Shooting at elementary school in Oregon leaves several hospitalised, shooter dead

October 15, 2026 admin

Emergency personnel direct traffic at the scene of a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon | Photo Credit: Reuters A shooter opened fire on Thursday (October 15, 2026) at an elementary school in the U.S. city of Bend, Oregon, and ‌was promptly shot dead, and at least two people ⁠were taken away…

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GVMC funds not diverted to Amaravati, says Commissioner

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GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg | Photo Credit: File photo Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan Garg on Sunday said the allegations circulating on social media that the State government had diverted GVMC General Funds to Amaravati were “completely false and baseless”. In a statement, Mr. Garg said the allegations, purportedly made in the name…

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Tirunelveli reader’s mail – The Hindu

October 15, 2026 admin

Water scarcity The residents of 15th ward in Meenakshipuram under Eruvadi town panchayat, are facing severe drinking water scarcity due to complete drying up of water resources. The town panchayat authorities should look into the situation and take immediate steps on a war footing to address the problem. A.Kaja Nazimudeen, Eruvadi. Rising homicides It is…

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Experts’ poll: RBI may hike rates by 0.25% in October policy amid inflationary pressures

October 15, 2026 admin

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to increase the repo rate by 0.25% in the October monetary policy review due to mounting inflationary pressure amid the re-escalation of the West Asia crisis and also the rate hikes by global central banks, according to economists and bankers. If the RBI increases the rate in…

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Sheikh Hasina’s extradition possible via ‘well-structured’ process: India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh

October 15, 2026 admin

Extradition of Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could take place via a “well-structured process” that involved “legality”, and that a legal process was “in place”, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi said on Saturday (October 3, 2026). Speaking of Ms. Hasina’s presence in India at the Bay of Bengal Conversation, an annual conclave…

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Five workers dead, one injured in a boiler explosion at a Sri City SEZ facility

October 15, 2026 admin

Five workers were killed, four on the spot, and one was severely injured in a boiler explosion at the TIL Healthcare facility, a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit catering to exports, within the Sri City Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Satyavedu mandal of Tirupati district at 8 a.m. on Saturday (October 3, 2026). The exact reason for…

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Ramlila Maidan among spots for which police issued surveillance camera tender in July

October 15, 2026 admin

Nearly two and a half months before Delhi Police denotified Jantar Mantar as a protest site and designated three new protest venues — Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground in north Delhi, and CBD Ground in east Delhi — it had issued a tender for 338 cameras, including facial recognition models, to be installed across central and New…

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College union polls: SFI claims victory on 30 campuses in Kozhikode

October 15, 2026 admin

Students of Providence Women’s College, Kozhikode, celebrating their victory in the college union election on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on Thursday claimed it has won the students’ union polls in 30 of the 48 colleges in Kozhikode district, under the University of Calicut, where elections were held…

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Land shortage cripples Agriculture Ministry’s weather network rollout

October 15, 2026 admin

An ambitious public-private partnership project by an Agriculture Ministry body to install automatic rain gauges and automatic weather stations in States is proceeding at a crawl, with completion rates in the single digits and at least a year behind deadline. Over 96% of planned sensors are yet to be installed. The reason, companies tasked with…

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