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An Air India Express flight from Goa had to abort landing at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and make a turnaround on Saturday. According to sources, the flight, which was scheduled to land at 8.10 p.m. at the KIA, was asked by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to make a turnaround after noticing a foreign…
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Lingampalli Himaja, a student from Vishnu Women’s University in Bhimavaram, who has developed RUDHRA, a voice-enabled Braille printer. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A question posed by a visually impaired student in Bhimavaram—“Why should I type when I can speak?”—inspired 20-year-old engineering student Lingampalli Himaja to develop RUDHRA, a voice-enabled Braille printer, which has recently…
Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association president Kurbur Shantakumar meeting protesters in Yerikoppa near Dharwad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT By saying that sugar factories will shut down if they agree to the demands by farmers to pay higher prices for sugarcane, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is engaging in scaremongering. This is unacceptable, farmers leader…
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A fire broke out at Unistring Tech Solutions, a facility involved in preparing anti-drone testing equipment, in Madhapur on Sunday (October 18) evening. No casualties were reported in the incident. According to the Madhapur police, the fire broke out around 5 p.m., following which three fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Firefighters brought the…
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Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam, a prison memoir by death-row convict C. Selvam, is a testament to the transformative power of reading, even on a mind hardened by violence. “I started reading in the early years of my prison life. But I turned my attention to serious literature and novels after we were sentenced to death….
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Cyber Crime Wing of Avadi City Police has arrested a 27-year-old man from Delhi in connection with a ‘boss scam’, an online fraud, in which ₹1.90 crore was allegedly transferred from the account of a private company operating in Ambattur Industrial Estate. ‘Boss scam’ is…
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A delegation from JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, with officials of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, during their recent visit. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a step towards strengthening its international research and innovation ecosystem, a delegation from JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research…
Musicians perform at ‘Chorus of the Coast — The Homecoming Show’ organised recently aboard the Abbakka Queen cruise boat on Phalguni (Gurupura) River in Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Indie Sound Trail (IST) and Art Kanara Trust organised “Chorus of the Coast — The Homecoming Show” aboard the Abbakka Queen cruise boat on Phalguni (Gurupura)…
LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi being greeted at Dabolim Airport, Goa, on October 18, 2026. Credit: X/@INCIndia Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (October 18, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and CEC Gyanesh Kumar will face justice and pay the price for ‘vote chori’. Mr. Gandhi joined the…
The Tribunal noted that the figures furnished by the Corporation were disputed by the applicant’s counsel, who contended that they were inconsistent with those reported by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). | Photo Credit: M. Periasamy The National Green Tribunal has directed the Corporation Commissioner to submit exact waste figures and a reclamation plan,…