‘Attackers planned to kill us’: Injured Bengal BJP MP

IANS | October 9, 2025 7:15 PM

Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) In his first reaction to the deadly attack, West Bengal BJP MP Khagen Murmu said on Thursday that the attackers had actually planned to kill him and the BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh during their visit to the flood-affected area in Nagrakata of Jalpaiguri district.

Gujarat CM unveils ‘regional economic master plan’ for 6 economic regions

IANS | October 9, 2025 6:57 PM

Gandhinagar, Oct 9 (IANS) While inaugurating the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference in Mehsana on Friday, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled and dedicated the Regional Economic Master Plan, prepared for the state’s six key economic regions, namely North Gujarat, Kutch, Central Gujarat, Saurashtra, Coastal Saurashtra, and Surat.

Budget travel in Kerala: Exploring heritage, hills and beaches under Rs 10,000

Radhakrishnan S | October 9, 2025 6:50 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9 (IANS) Travelling across Kerala on a modest budget is entirely possible if one plans trips well in advance and avoid expensive travel modes. Kerala’s extensive rail and bus networks, combined with budget accommodation facilities and local or street food, make it possible to explore rich cultural, spiritual, and natural destinations within Rs 10,000 per person.

Hungary's Krasznahorkai, whose pensive oeuvre straddles East and West, conferred Literature Nobel

Vikas Datta | October 9, 2025 6:14 PM

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) In line with the objective of bringing seminal authors to greater global renown, the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature was conferred on Hungarian litterateur Laszlo Krasznahorkai, whose demanding, yet pensive, post-modern, near-surrealist works draw on the traditions of Nikolai Gogol, Frank Kafka, and Samuel Beckett, but go ahead to span both his Central European milieu and that of the mystic East.