6+ min ago (459+ words) Updated - November 25, 2025 03:22 pm IST - Bengaluru As the power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka refuses to die down, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) said that the party high command should ultimately take the decision to put a full stop to this confusion. Reiterating that he will abide by the high command's decision on the issue of CM change, he said legislators are free to meet the party leadership and share their opinion. The power tussle within the ruling party has intensified, amid speculation about chief minister change in the state, after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, citing an alleged "power-sharing" agreement involving Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar in 2023. Responding to a question about a team of legislators backing Shivakumar travelling to Delhi, Siddaramaiah said, "Let them (legislators) go,…...

6+ min ago (459+ words) Updated - November 25, 2025 03:22 pm IST - Bengaluru As the power tussle within the ruling Congress in Karnataka refuses to die down, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) said that the party high command should ultimately take the decision to put a full stop to this confusion. Reiterating that he will abide by the high command's decision on the issue of CM change, he said legislators are free to meet the party leadership and share their opinion. The power tussle within the ruling party has intensified, amid speculation about chief minister change in the state, after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20, citing an alleged "power-sharing" agreement involving Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar in 2023. Responding to a question about a team of legislators backing Shivakumar travelling to Delhi, Siddaramaiah said, "Let them (legislators) go,…...

6+ min ago (198+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 03:21 pm IST - TIRUPATI Commemorating the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, the NSS wings of Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) conducted an awareness programme at Peruru village in Tirupati rural on Tuesday (November 25). Addressing the members of woman self-help groups (SHG) in the village, the NSS programme officers and faculty members P. Neeraja and Padmavati explained the various forms of violence faced by women, including physical, psychological, economic and social. They also enlightned them about women's safety, their rights, legal protection available and the helplines such as 100, 181 and 1091. Urging them to "Break the silence and begin the change', the professors told the women to bravely stand up against violence and encouraged them to collectively support and cooperate with each other to create a safer environment for all women. Referring to the UN theme, they highlighted the…...

7+ min ago (307+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 03:21 pm IST - Bengaluru Indian astronaut and Gaganyatri Subhanshu Shukla on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) called upon students to achieve the ambition of setting up a space station and landing on the moon. Also read: Who is Shubhanshu Shukla, the Indian astronaut on Axiom-4 mission? Curious to see whether it will be a man or a woman from the country to step on the lunar surface, the Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain said the aspiring astronauts will have to compete with him. "India is on its own path of executing human space missions and latest space vision was the policy which was brought out in 2023. It clearly lays down that the country will execute mission Gaganyaan, which is sending some humans to space, bring them back," the IAF test pilot, part of the Gaganyaan mission, said during an interaction with…...

7+ min ago (460+ words) Updated - November 25, 2025 03:21 pm IST This is the season of joy and what better way to bring it in than getting your shopping list ready. If all things handmade catch your fancy, the upcoming Bengaluru Studio Potters Market is where you should head. This year marks the event's fourth edition that is all set to showcase the creations of 34 artists from across India. Kshitija Mitter, who launched Bengaluru Studio Potters Market with Nalini Thyagarajan in 2016, says 2025 marks a significant evolution for the event. All the artists are showcasing their work for the first time at the annual event and the diversity of work is wider and richer featuring senior wood-firing artists, potters transforming their ceramic ware into painted canvases, etc." From quirky miniatures and Christmas ornaments to ceramic decor and pet portraits, the market brings a unique mix of artists. Kshitija…...

17+ min ago (244+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 03:11 pm IST - PATANA The newly formed Bihar Cabinet held its first meeting on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) and decided to provide one crore jobs to the State's youth over the next five years. Addressing reporters after the meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Secretary Pratyay Amrit said, "Widespread employment generation and industrial development were the key focus in the discussion." "A Defence Corridor, semiconductor manufacturing park, Global Capacity Centres, mega tech city, and fitness city will be established to make Bihar a 'tech hub' of eastern India," Mr. Amrit said. Under the new-age economy, Bihar will be developed as "a back-end hub and global workplace over the next five years", he said. The Chief Secretary said that dedicated committees have been formed to achieve these targets. "A committee has also been formed to prepare plans for employment-oriented initiatives…...

18+ min ago (247+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that his collaboration with Apple designer Jony Ive, has finally settled down on the prototype of an AI hardware device." In a video posted Monday (November 24, 2025) by Emerson Collective at an event that had both Ive and Altman as a part of a panel on stage, Ive added that the device could be launched in "less than two years." Altman said that the work that had gone into the partnership was "jaw-droppingly good and "exciting." "Finally, we have the first prototypes, said OpenAI boss Sam Altman. "I can't believe how jaw-droppingly good the work is and how exciting it is. But also, now getting to the benefit of hindsight and looking at the progress " the process backwards " how much it's all in there and how it wouldn't have worked any other way. And then out…...

19+ min ago (381+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 03:08 pm IST - MANGALURU With little progress at the worksite of the twin Railway Under Bridge at Mahakalipadpu, road users in general and residents of Jeppu area in particular, are apprehensive of the Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) commissioning the RuBs on December 20. MSCL officials had assured the District Development and Coordination Committee (Disha) meeting, chaired by Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta in Mangaluru on November 11, that the RuB will be opened for traffic by December 20. They had said that civil works for the approach road on Jeppinamogaru-side was complete while on Morgan's Gate-side, the work was under progress. When The Hindu did a reality check on November 25, a fortnight after the MSCL assurance, things appeared to be as they were with no or little progress on approach roads. Contrary to MSCL's claim that the work on the…...

38+ min ago (268+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 02:49 pm IST - NEW DELHI Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) said the Ministry has started work on further decriminalisation of minor business offences through the third edition of Jan Vishwas Bill-3. He said that the Ministry has already identified about 275-300 provisions, which can be decriminalised. "Preparations for Jan Vishwas Bill-3 are underway," Mr. Goyal said while addressing a conference of domestic traders. The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2025, which seeks to decriminalise certain minor offences to promote ease of living and business, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August and referred to a Select Committee. The committee has been tasked to submit its report to the House by the first day of the next session of Parliament. In 2023, the first edition of the law was implemented, which seeks to promote ease of business…...

41+ min ago (322+ words) The audience got variety, for sure. From smooth pop-jazz to energetic jazz-rock to old-school fare, the NCPA International Jazz Festival at Tata Theatre, Mumbai, (November 21 to 23) had something to cater to different tastes. The highlight, undoubtedly, was the performance by guitarist Mike Stern and drummer Dennis Chambers on the second day. Throughout the show, Cincotti narrated stories of how he recorded certain standards and wrote some of his own. "Angel town" was about Hollywood culture (not Bollywood, he quipped), and "Another falling star" was about people whose talent was wasted. "Ghost of my father" was dedicated to his father, whom he lost at a young age. Though the debonair-looking Cincotti received a fabulous response from many in the crowd, there were some who questioned whether his music was ideal to open a jazz festival. The musicians showed sincerity in their…...