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India is defending both the mens and womens titles in cricket and kabaddi. The Indian mens hockey will team in also be defending their crown.

As the Iran-backed Houthis advance on a key maritime chokepoint and strike Saudi oil facilities, rattling world markets, there is little that can be done to stop them that hasn't been tried before

Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh invites the U.S. Ambassador to the upcoming Manipur Sangai Festival

It is not good to say that Muslims should not attend garba. Hindu and Muslim communities need to come together and work for the country, said Ramdas Athawale

The selfless love of people is the real strength of Rahul, which gives him the courage to stand firmly against every injustice, says the Congress

AfterThe HinduDowntownexpressed concern over a protruding manhole lid, one covering a duct for optic fibre cables, onBazullahRoad in T. Nagar, remedial action was taken; and then an emergency work undid the remedy. After this work is completed, the issue should also be conclusively addressed

Mizoram final electoral roll includes 39,243 new voters while removing 32,280 names, marking an increase of 6,963 electors from the initial draft roll.

CID officials suspect that Kannale was also involved in other recruitment exams as well, which will be probed later

Additional Metropolitan Magistrates Court in Borivali, Mumbai, directs him to pay 1.20 crore as compensation in a case related to an alleged financial fraud involving shares in the Kannur International Airport

Abhijeet Dipke says justice has been dispensed to all those who fought at Jantar Mantar, and to the families of those who died due to NEET paper leak

The meeting is aimed at explaining the Waqf policy of the UDF government, in which the IUML holds the Waqf portfolio, say organisers

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Despite finding violation of norms, Court declined to order fresh selection at this last stage as it could prejudice Indias participation in the surfing competition

Zinnov Advises Akkodis on its acquisition of 51% stake in AXISCADES Aerospace Engineering Services Business

M. Liju says UDF government will show zero tolerance towards corrupt officials and bar owners involved in illegal activities

The Delhi Police had filed an application urging the Supreme Court to invoke plenary powers under Article 142 of the Constotution to quash the FIRs

Sunni Yuvajana Sangham State general secretary Rahmathulla Saqafi Elamaram made the defence in an opinion article published in Siraj newspaper, the mouthpiece of Sunni group led by Kanthapuram

Bindu Krishna says such directives can push women centuries back and should not be accepted in a society that guarantees equal rights to men and women

It asks mahal and madrasa officials not to let women be present among unrelated men at religious events, and to ensure that programmes follow Islamic norms

These are among the conditions laid down for holding public events and processions until Christmas on December 25.

While the council meeting was under way in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister attended several official events in Puducherry

Direction follows complaints from local traders that such events at marriage halls and hotel venues are affecting their business and resulting in loss of tax revenue to the government and local bodies

This comes on the heels of the Union Home Ministry, in a letter dated July 9, 2026, making certain observations on the rendering of the State song and directing the State government to render Vande Mataram at the beginning of State functions

Studies have shown that mesoscale cloudbursts occurring under favourable ocean-atmospheric conditions may leave a vast area of Kerala vulnerable to flash floods and landslides, anytime during the monsoon season, says expert

A video was shared by Muslim Youth League vice-president of Satheesan participating in a lunch at his house and there were reports of Chief Minister using governments helicopter for private purposes. Pinarayi Vijayan says negligence and lack of coordination has worsened the plight of the flood-affected