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Cyclone Ditwah nears Vedaranyam coast, forecasted to batter northbound T.N.
Torrential downpour triggered by Cyclone Ditwah battered respective southbound coastal and delta districts of Tamil Nadu since Friday (November 28, 2025) night, inundating residential pockets, damaging lasting crops and submerging brackish pans adjacent arsenic the system continued to inch towards the northbound Tamil Nadu coast. The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has forecast that aggravated downpour would beryllium mostly confined to bluish Tamil Nadu connected Sunday (November 30, 2025) earlier rainfall and aboveground winds statesman to gradually easiness from Monday (December 1, 2025).
‘Mass disenfranchisement’ allegations are an effort to politicise SIR, EC tells Supreme Court
The Election Commission of India has dismissed apprehensions of “mass disenfranchisement” triggered by the ongoing peculiar intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, telling the Supreme Court that specified allegations are an effort to “politicise” the exercise. The palmy completion of the SIR successful Bihar was impervious that accusations of the en masse deletion of voters were mendacious and speculative, the EC submitted successful the Supreme Court.
India sends much alleviation to Sri Lanka aft Cyclone Ditwah
India intensified humanitarian assistance and catastrophe effect nether Operation Sagar Bandhu connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) for Sri Lanka arsenic the land federation continued to woody with the aftermath of devastating Cyclone Ditwah which has near astatine slightest 159 persons dead. India has deployed INS Vikrant and INS Udaygiri to assistance the affected families and sent 2 ample cargo craft carrying 21 tonnes of alleviation materials to Colombo.
Delhi blast: NIA squad arrests 2 from Uttarakhand's Haldwani
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an imam and 1 of his associates from the Banbhulpura country successful Haldwani, successful transportation with a car blast adjacent Delhi’s Red Fort, officials said connected Saturday (November 29, 2025). The Delhi Police had received a hint from Haldwani done the telephone details of a mobile fig linked to Dr. Umar Nabi, the main accused successful the blast extracurricular the Red Fort, and based connected it, the accused were arrested, they said.
Constitution is evolving to ‘swadeshi’, says Presidential Reference Bench
Besides advising President Droupadi Murmu against fixing timelines for Governors, the Presidential Reference Bench opined that the Indian Constitution is genuinely turning to vibrant ‘swadeshi’. “The constituent that is being made is this - the Indian Constitution is not conscionable transformative successful its adoption, it has been and continues to beryllium transformative successful its signifier and interpretation, shedding its assemblage vestiges for a vibrant and evolving swadeshi foundation,” the five-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice (retired) B.R. Gavai observed successful a 111-page opinion.
Australian Prime Minister Albanese becomes archetypal ever to wed successful bureau
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined his spouse Jodie Haydon successful a secretive and intimate ceremonial connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) astatine his authoritative residence successful the nationalist capital, Canberra. Mr. Albanese is the archetypal Prime Minister to wed portion successful bureau successful the 124-year past of the Australian national government.
Over 50,000 citizens constitute to Supreme Court against stray dogs bid
More than 50,000 citizens crossed India, including astir 10,000 from Delhi, posted handwritten letters to the Supreme Court connected Saturday (November 29, 2025), urging it to reconsider its November 7 bid directing authorities to region assemblage dogs from organization areas, the organisers said successful a release.
Oscar-winning U.K. playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 movie “Shakespeare In Love”, has died astatine the property of 88, United Agents announced connected Saturday (November 29, 2025). Stoppard, who archetypal made his sanction with “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” — an absurdist tragi-comedy astir 2 insignificant characters from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” — developed a distinctive benignant combining superior ideas with comedy.
Pakistan cancelled subject enactment against Afghanistan astatine Qatar’s request: DPM Dar
Pakistan cancelled a imaginable subject enactment against Afghanistan astatine Qatar’s petition past month, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said connected Saturday (November 29, 2025). Mr. Dar was addressing a property league wherever helium talked astatine magnitude astir Pakistan’s concerns and expectations from Kabul.
China launches nationwide occurrence information inspection pursuing Hong Kong fire; federation begins mourning play
China announced a sweeping inspection of fire-safety standards successful high-rise buildings nationwide connected Saturday aft a deadly occurrence successful Hong Kong near astatine slightest 128 radical dead, moving to avert immoderate comparable catastrophe connected the mainland. Special attraction volition beryllium paid to buildings undergoing outer partition renovations and interior modifications, the Ministry of Emergency Management said successful a statement.
Refrain from making misleading comments connected SIR, BJP tells Opposition
The Bharatiya Janata Party connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) urged the Samajwadi Party and different Opposition parties to refrain from making “misleading remarks” to dispersed disorder regarding the Election Commission’s peculiar intensive revision (SIR) exercise. Talking to reporters, BJP spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra said SP person Akhilesh Yadav’s claims that SIR volition extremity reservations, instrumentality distant jobs, and summation ostentation were “baseless”.
Vedaranyam taluk worst deed with wide flooding
Vedaranyam taluk successful Nagapattinam territory remained 1 of the worst-affected regions connected Saturday with dense rainfall nether the power of Cyclone Ditwah flooding large roads, marooning residential pockets, and submerging ample stretches of farmland.
Looks similar India doesn’t person an off-spinner for Test cricket: Harbhajan Singh
With India being outplayed by South Africa successful the just-concluded Test series, rotation large Harbhajan Singh felt the hosts don’t person a specializer off-spinner for the five-day game, and called for an accrued workload for Washington Sundar. In the archetypal location bid against a SENA state since the status of R. Ashwin, India spinners were overshadowed by the Proteas, who claimed 25 wickets crossed 2 Tests.
