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Need to further expand footwear business to boost exports: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu, addressing the convocation ceremony of Footwear Design and Development Institute, said huge opportunities are there for the businesses in the fast growing sports and non-leather sectors

1 Dec 2025 3:51 pm
Supreme Court entrusts CBI with pan-India probe into digital arrest cases

The Bench asked the States, including Opposition ruled West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana, to accord assent to CBI for probing digital arrest cases

1 Dec 2025 3:50 pm
Watch the best of European films in Hyderabad

The 30th European Union Film Festival will showcase a range of films in Hyderabad from December 5 to 14

1 Dec 2025 3:47 pm
Key accused in major MDMA case in Kerala arrested at airport while attempting to flee abroad

Manjeswaram police take into custody Thrissur native Shamsudheen who has been wanted for over a year

1 Dec 2025 3:45 pm
18th Bihar Assembly commences with swearing in of newly elected members

The session comes close on the heels of the assembly polls in which the ruling NDA won a brute majority, bagging 202 out of 243 seats

1 Dec 2025 3:34 pm
GST collection rises at slower pace of 0.7% to 1.70 lakh cr in November

Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection was over 1.69 lakh crore in November 2024

1 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
Winter session: Parliament panels get more time to submit reports on insolvency, Jan Vishwas provisions Bills

Lok Sabha has allowed time till the last day of the Winter session for report on the Insolvency bill, and end of second week of session for Jan Viswas Bill report

1 Dec 2025 3:19 pm
Samantha Ruth Prabhu ties the knot with The Family Man director Raj Nidimoru

Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to social media to post photos from the wedding ceremony

1 Dec 2025 3:18 pm
Sri Lanka reels under Cyclone Ditwah, hundreds dead, thousands evacuated

At least 334 people have died so far, and 370 remain missing as Sri Lanka reels from the devastating impact of Cyclone Ditwah.

1 Dec 2025 3:13 pm
IIHM Leads Indias Push for AI Literacy With AI-LEAP Launch

IHM & Indismart Digital Kickstart National Movement for AI-Ready Students

1 Dec 2025 3:11 pm
Cyclone Ditwah: Nellore, Tirupati continue to receive light rain on December 1

On December 2, heavy rain, accompanied with squally winds with speed reaching 40- 50 kmph, and gusting up to 60 kmph, is likely at isolated places across Andhra Pradesh

1 Dec 2025 3:07 pm
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia extremely unwell, put on ventilation: party leaders

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to a private hospital on November 23 when she developed a chest infection that affected both her heart and lungs

1 Dec 2025 3:05 pm
IND vs SA first ODI: Dale Steyn lavishes praise on Kohli for retaining hunger on field despite age

Despite retiring from T20s and Tests, Virat Kohli has shown that his ODI game remains unimpacted

1 Dec 2025 2:53 pm
Marco Jansens all-round rise puts him among crickets most valuable assets

Jansen now walks in with a clearer method, often rescuing South Africa from difficult positions or extending competitive totals into winning ones

1 Dec 2025 2:46 pm
PM Modi announces ex-gratia for bereaved families of Sivaganga road accident

At least 11 persons were killed and 50 others were injured when two buses of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) collided nearNachiyarpuramatThirupathurinSivagangadistrict

1 Dec 2025 2:36 pm
Amit Shah will destroy Eknath Shindes Sena, says Sanjay Raut

Mr. Raut criticised the BJP for destroying the culture and fabric of Maharashtras elections

1 Dec 2025 2:34 pm
Donations for Hong Kong fire victims reach $115 million, while crackdown on dissent hardens

A steady stream of people placed flowers, cards and other tributes at a makeshift memorial near the burned-out block of buildings, after long lines of mourners during the weekend

1 Dec 2025 2:33 pm
Watch: Winter Session begins: Modi calls for responsibility, not drama

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Winter Session must focus on delivery, not drama, urging the Opposition to move beyond defeat and contribute meaningfully to policy debates. He criticised parties for using Parliament as an election warm-up arena or a space to vent frustration, stressing that MPs should not be pressured. Modi said the nation is moving ahead and Parliament must energise that progress.

1 Dec 2025 2:32 pm
Delhi court sends Al Falah university founder Jawad Siddiqui to 14-day judicial custody

Meanwhile, an application was moved by Siddiqui's counsel seeking access to prescribed medication and spectacles during the custody period. The judge allowed the request

1 Dec 2025 2:07 pm
A giants sigh on CPR Salai

Reportedly, the top portion of an Elephantearpodtree gave way, necessitating the use of the axe; tree conservationistT.DBabunotes that many trees on this road suffer from cementing as well as tying of lights on their branches

1 Dec 2025 2:05 pm
One year gone; and it is time totake stock of anti-drug clubs in Chennai

Shining the spotlight on the clubs in schools and colleges across Chennai that have launched campaigns against drug addiction

1 Dec 2025 1:57 pm
Maharashtra woman marries corpse after kin kill man she loved over caste differences

Videos of Aanchal Mamidwars act at the deceased youths house and her call for her family to be hanged for the killing went viral on social media

1 Dec 2025 1:53 pm
Breaking barriers: Chennai auto driver wins Kamla Bhasin Award for gender equality

Trailblazing Chennai auto driver Mohana Sundari chats about her fight for dignity in the transport sector, which led her to winning the Kamla Bhasin Award 2025

1 Dec 2025 1:52 pm
Chennai desperately needs eco-park at Madras Race Club land in Guindy: Madras High Court

Justices S.M. Subramaniam and Mohammed Shaffiq say, experience of Delhiites in the recent past must serve as a warning for residents of Chennai

1 Dec 2025 1:36 pm
India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app

India is one of the world's largest telephone markets, with more than 1.2 billion subscribers, and government figures show the app, launched in January, has helped recover more than 700,000 lost phones, including 50,000 in October alone

1 Dec 2025 1:33 pm
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khans music is powered by his passion for music

At his recent concert, in Delhi, the sitarist hooked the audience with an incredibly precise five note meends, stunning fast taans, elegant gamaks, jhala played in the beenkaar ang, and complex layakaari and more.

1 Dec 2025 1:29 pm
Border 2: Diljit Dosanjh flies an aircraft in new poster from the war-actioner

The film also stars Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Ahan Shetty, Medha Rana, Mona Singh and Sonam Bajwa

1 Dec 2025 1:26 pm
The silent transmission gap: why babies still get HIV even when mothers test negative

Steps such as enforcing repeated testing regulations, improving close follow-ups especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and ensuring early infant testing will go a long way toward ensuring that newborns are protected

1 Dec 2025 1:24 pm
Steve Smiths eye-blacks open window into gaps in crickets tech rules

Sport has accepted equipment that offsets some nuisance while usually resisting technologies that would add new capacities; cricket has its own bevy of such prosthetic aids

1 Dec 2025 1:23 pm
Israels Netanyahu seeks pardon in years-long corruption trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally submitted a pardon request amid ongoing corruption trials, calling the long-running cases tearing the country apart.

1 Dec 2025 1:23 pm
Tamil Nadu government and iVP Semi launch TN 100 Chip Varsity project to build semiconductor talent network

The project has a dual mandate: enabling the development of 100 new chip designs and training 5,000 students in advanced semiconductor design skills annually.

1 Dec 2025 1:21 pm
Bomb threats to Kerala CMs residence, private bank in capital city ahead of Presidents visit

E-mail received by Chief Ministers Office reportedly claimed that RDX explosives have been planted by a group involving LTTE and a Karachi-based Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) cell. Police launch extensive checks

1 Dec 2025 1:17 pm
Kohli credits fitness, feel good factor for India duty preparation

India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak stated that there is no reason to even discuss Kohlis position in the ODI set up

1 Dec 2025 1:15 pm
HSBC taps French start-up Mistral to supercharge generative-AI rollout

Under the pact, HSBC will deploy Mistral's commercial models and future upgrades on a self-hosted basis, combining its internal tech muscle with Mistral's model building

1 Dec 2025 1:13 pm
1 Dec 2025 1:00 pm
Bangladeshs ex-leader Hasina and niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, found guilty of corruption

A court in Bangladeshs capital sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years for corruption involving a government land project

1 Dec 2025 12:56 pm
Rajya Sabha witnesses heated exchange as Kharge brings up former V-P Dhankhars sudden exit

Kharge brought up the completely unexpected and sudden exit of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the office of the Chair of Rajya Sabha

1 Dec 2025 12:56 pm
ED notices during elections are a political tactic to destabilise Kerala, says M.V. Govindan

CPI(M) Kerala secretary says ED routinely issues notices during every election

1 Dec 2025 12:54 pm