1+ min ago (509+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 09:29 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram Fathimath Zowra, who worked for three years as a community mentor to strengthen the Kudumbashree network in the Manjeswaram area, on the campaign trail "in the Udyawar North ward. Dusk fell some hours ago, but it was just another long day for Fathimath Zowra on the campaign trail. She met voters, made house visits, worked on her nomination, and finished the day with a convention in the Udyawar North ward of the Manjeswaram"grama panchayat in Kasaragod where she is contesting as an Independent candidate. The 27-year-old rank newcomer did not have any plans to contest the polls but changed her mind after being repeatedly urged by people at the grassroots level. "Fed up with problems that never got resolved, they wanted me to fight the elections. But I did not want to contest under…...

13+ min ago (93+ words) Fire at an Old City electronics shop injures six, damaging nearby vehicles and breaking windows from explosions. Published - November 25, 2025 09:17 am IST - HYDERABAD A fire erupted in an electronics shop near Laldarwaza Mod of Old City late on Monday night (November 24, 2025). Six people sustained injuries when a car, a bike parked before the shop, was gutted. Flames spread to the adjacent cloth store while window panes of houses in the vicinity of the shop got broken due to explosions as flames engulfed the shop. fire / accident (general) / explosion...

19+ min ago (239+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 02:10 pm IST - New Delhi The Election Commission of India (ECI) has called the Trinamool Congress for a meeting on Friday (November 28, 2025) after the party sought time with the poll panel amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union territories, including West Bengal. In a letter to party chief Mamata Banerjee, the poll authority said on Monday (November 24, 2025) that a Trinamool delegation comprising its authorised representative and four others can meet its top brass at 11 a.m. on Friday (November 28, 2025). The Election Commission of India (ECI) pointed out that Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien had requested for an appointment for a delegation of party MPs. Mr. O'Brien wrote to the EC on Sunday (November 23, 2025) seeking time. The proposed interaction will be held against the backdrop of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee writing to Chief Election Commissioner…...

36+ min ago (728+ words) Updated - November 25, 2025 02:04 pm IST Women Uninterrupted in conversation with Nishtha Satyam, diplomat, economist, and "unapologetic feminist," on the systems of control that continue to shape women's safety and women's freedom in disparate countries. Indian Woman Abroad: Nishtha Satyam, Timor-Leste Nishtha Satyam is the Mission Head for UN Women in Timor-Leste. Nishtha has led strategic efforts at UN Women India, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, where she served as Deputy Country Representative and Officer-in-Charge since January 2018. She serves on the National Committee to Review CEDAW, the Advisory Board on Al at Global Policy Insights, and the National Committee on Gender Budgeting. A favourite country experience that Nishtha wishes she could have back home What have the women of Timor-Leste " shaped by years of turmoil " taught Nishtha about resilience? What keeps Nishtha rooted when she is away from India? Missing home is…...

37+ min ago (207+ words) At least nine children and a woman were killed after Pakistani forces bombed the home of a local resident in Afghanistan's Khost province, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday (November 25, 2025). Mr. Mujahid said Pakistan also carried out raids in the provinces of Kunar and Paktika, injuring four civilians. "Last night at 12 o'clock in the Gerbzwo district of Khawst province, Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of civilian local resident Wilayat Khan, which martyred 9 children (5 boys and 4 girls) and one woman, and destroyed their house," Mr. Mujahid said in a post on X, accompanied by pictures of the dead. The Pakistan military and foreign ministry could not be reached for comment outside business hours. The raids come one day after twin suicide bombings killed three paramilitary personnel in Peshawar in Pakistan. The Pakistani and Afghan militaries clashed in October,…...

41+ min ago (566+ words) Updated - November 25, 2025 02:13 pm IST - MELBOURNE An Australian Senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday (November 25, 2025) from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber. Also Read: Anti-Muslim Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament Pauline Hanson, the 71-year-old leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, was accused of performing a disrespectful stunt on Monday (November 24, 2025) when she walked into the Senate shrouded in a head-to-ankle garment to protest fellow Senators' refusal to consider her bill that would ban the burqa and other full-face coverings in public places. Senators suspended her for the rest of the day on Monday (November 24). In the absence of an apology, they passed a censure motion on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) that carried one of the harshest penalties against a Senator in recent decades. She…...

41+ min ago (712+ words) Most candidates walk into interviews believing they are just having a conversation. That's a soft way of saying they are unprepared.The candidates who consistently get offers don't "talk." They present, with structure, clarity, and intention. And the moment you shift from answering questions to presenting your value, your interview performance transforms. Here's how: You have to understand one truth: attention is limited. Research by Microsoft found that the average human attention span had dropped to just eight seconds, down from 12 seconds in the year 2000. A hiring manager decides within the first minute whether you are someone worth listening to, or someone they need to "get through." And interviews collapse early for three reasons: 1. You missed the homework No research done to understand the employer's current challenges and pain points of the prospective job role. This is a major reason…...

43+ min ago (104+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 01:46 pm IST - Guwahati Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) tabled a bill in the Assembly to ban polygamy. With permission from the Speaker Biswajit Daimary, Mr. Sarma introduced The Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025. It was introduced in the absence of opposition Congress, CPI(M) and Raijor Dal MLAs, who staged a walkout after a discussion on the death of singer Zubeen Garg. The bill was tabled on the first day of the Winter Session, and it will be taken up for discussion and passage on a later date. Assam / society / marriage...

44+ min ago (295+ words) Updated - November 25, 2025 08:47 am IST - TAIPEI Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) that a "return" to China is not an option for the island's 23 million people, after Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed his country's sovereignty claims in a call with U.S. President Donald Trump. Mr. Xi told Mr. Trump on Monday (November 24, 2025) that Taiwan's "return to China" at the end of World War Two was a key part of Beijing's vision for the world order. Taiwan's democratically elected government strongly rejects China's stance. "We must once again emphasise that the Republic of China, Taiwan, is a fully sovereign and independent country," Mr. Cho told reporters outside Parliament, referring to the island's formal name. "For the 23 million people of our nation, 'return' is not an option - this is very clear," he added. In Taiwan's system, the Premier is in charge of…...

49+ min ago (267+ words) Published - November 25, 2025 01:41 pm IST - CHENNAI The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), on Tuesday (November 25, 2025), brushed aside the deadline of December 15, as set by the rebel leader and coordinator of the ADMK Workers" Rights Retrieval Committee coordinator O. Panneerselvam for reconciliation." The date assumed importance in the light of the AIADMK having decided to hold its general council meeting in Chennai on December 10." R.B. Udhayakumar, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and the State secretary of the Amma Peravai, told The Hindu his party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami had made the AIADMK"s line of thinking very clear as to why Mr. Panneerselvam could not be taken back. "There is nothing more to add," Mr. Udhayakumar quipped." At a meeting of his supporters in Chennai on Monday (November 24) night, Mr. Panneerselvam cautioned Mr. Palaniswami to "correct your ways, else you…...