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Tamil Nadu election: BJP leader-candidate Vanathi Srinivasan to be discharged on April 17

The BJP candidate issues video message from hospital praising the Women Reservation Bill

16 Apr 2026 6:25 pm
Reach Prime Ministers new 15-point minority welfare schemes to beneficiaries, officers told

Karnataka State Minority Commission Chairman U. Nisar Ahmed was addressing a meeting in Belagavi

16 Apr 2026 6:24 pm
U.S. forces ready to restart combat if Iran doesnt agree a deal, says Hegseth

As part of a campaign to pressure Tehran to agree to a deal, U.S. military forces are mounting a blockade on all ships seeking to enter or leave Iran

16 Apr 2026 6:22 pm
Jana Nayagan movie leak case: Key accused among three men arrested by T.N. cyber crime police

Police said the prime accused was working as a freelance assistant editor for another movie.

16 Apr 2026 6:17 pm
Proprietors of Tiruppur-based chit firms get 10 years rigorous imprisonment for cheating investors

The convicts cheated 130 investors of 80,57,861; court imposes fine of 93,80,000 on the two, which should be paid to the investors as compensation

16 Apr 2026 6:12 pm
No State, be it north or south will be discriminated against in delimitation exercise: PM in LS

The Prime Minister said no one should remain under the illusion that they are giving something to the women of this country as reservation in legislatures is their right

16 Apr 2026 6:00 pm
Vanathi Srinivasan to be discharged on Friday

The BJP candidate issues video message from hospital praising the Women Reservation Bill

16 Apr 2026 5:53 pm
Academics raise concerns over internship component of FYUGP in Calicut University

University has not put in place adequate mechanisms to support students in securing suitable and meaningful internship opportunities, say Senate members of Congress-aligned Kerala Private College Teachers Association

16 Apr 2026 5:41 pm
Supreme Court says time is now too short to look into mass transfer of high-ranking West Bengal officials ahead of election

The petition challenges the ECIs decision to transfer wholesale 63 IPS officers and 16 senior bureaucrats, including the Director General of Police and the Chief Secretary, in the garb of poll-preparedness

16 Apr 2026 5:40 pm
Watch | Black flags against delimitation: Stalin leads statewide protests

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin led massive statewide protests against the Centres proposed delimitation exercise, with black flags, rallies, and symbolic demonstrations across the State.

16 Apr 2026 5:40 pm
Operation Numkhor to figure in Indo-Bhutan Customs meeting

Operation Numkhor has emerged as one of the most extensive crackdowns on vehicle smuggling and forged registrations. Statewide raids were launched in Kerala in Sept. 2025

16 Apr 2026 5:37 pm
PM Modi urges dialogue over war on West Asia and Ukraine, stresses need for lasting peace

Narendra Modi said that military conflict cannot offer lasting solutions to crises in West Asia and Ukraine, urging dialogue and diplomacy as the only viable path forward.

16 Apr 2026 5:35 pm
BJP MP Tejasvi Suryas remarks on Telangana trigger sharp reactions; Congress, BRS leaders demand apology

Telangana Transport Minister terms the remarks made in the Parliament as an attack on the self-respect of Telangana people and a distortion of history

16 Apr 2026 5:28 pm
2.5-acre parking facility at Kempegowda Bus Station Terminal-1 in Bengaluru inaugurated

Dedicated parking has been allocated for buses of the North Western and Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporations, which will improve operational efficiency and reduce congestion within the terminal

16 Apr 2026 5:27 pm
Daily Quiz | On Martin Luther King Jr.s letter

U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his open Letter from Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963, while imprisoned in Alabama

16 Apr 2026 5:24 pm
CBSE Class 10 pass percentage in Puducherry government schools increases by 18.54%

As many as 115 government schools of the total 122, have secured 100 per cent results.

16 Apr 2026 5:24 pm
Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil movie review: Falters after a glorious opening hour

Despite fine performances from Kunchacko Boban and Dileesh Pothan, Oru Durooha Saahacharyathil loses rhythm in the last act as the director trades well-written humour and heartfelt moments for shock value

16 Apr 2026 5:19 pm
Season 2 of Prime Videos Sapne vs Everyone gets release date

Starring Ambrish Verma, Paramvir Singh Cheema, and Vijayant Kohli in lead, the series is produced The Viral Fever (TVF)

16 Apr 2026 5:17 pm
Peak electricity demand crosses 6,000 MW for the first time in Kerala

The Kerala State Electricity Board will review power position on Friday. With summer rainfall almost nil, the KSEB has been keeping internal hydel generation to a minimum

16 Apr 2026 5:14 pm
SC seeks govt. response on plea challenging Shariat inheritance as discriminatory to women

The petition said Muslim women remain the only substantial class of women in the country who have been denied equal inheritance rights

16 Apr 2026 5:14 pm
cryptact Launches MCP Server for AI Assistants

Bringing Crypto P&L Data to AI-driven Workflows

16 Apr 2026 5:13 pm
Karnataka Congress MLAs meet Randeep Singh Surjewala in Delhi, seek Cabinet berths

They want the CM to accommodate senior legislators by replacing those who have held ministerial positions multiple times

16 Apr 2026 5:08 pm
Camera traps set up to identify animal responsible for womans death in Nilgiris

Forest department officials dismissed claims that the animal responsible for the attack is the same tiger that was responsible for the killing of two Toda adivasi men in Governor Shola in 2025 and Sholur in 2026

16 Apr 2026 5:08 pm
Balls Up movie review: Mark Wahlberg and Sacha Baron Cohen cannot save this dour exercise

This action comedy from Peter Farrelly, despite a surfeit of on screen activity, is neither funny nor engaging

16 Apr 2026 5:04 pm
Developed India can only be built on foundation of its native languages, says President

Speaking at the sixth convocation of the Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Maharashtras Wardha, Droupadi Murmu urged every Indian to learn at least one more Indian language besides their local one

16 Apr 2026 5:03 pm
25 projects to be launched in Mangaluru on April 18 under Mahatma Gandhi Nagar Vikas Yojana 2.0

Most of the projects are related to road development and construction of storm water drains

16 Apr 2026 4:59 pm
Death of BDS student: MSF leaders arrested after clash with police

As the leaders attempted to meet the college Principal for discussions, the police blocked their entry, triggering a confrontation

16 Apr 2026 4:55 pm
Delhi Speaker gets Z-category security after Assembly gets repeated bomb threats

The move comes after the series of targeted bomb threats and a recent high-profile security breach, the Delhi Assembly Secretariat said.

16 Apr 2026 4:55 pm
Mathura boat capsize: Last pilgrim's missing body found, death toll climbs to 16

Police said that with the latest recovery, all pilgrims who had gone missing after the incident have been accounted for

16 Apr 2026 4:51 pm
Delay in acquiring land for buffer zone: Samithi threatens indefinite dharna in front of MRPL in Mangaluru from May 1

The company is unnecessarily delaying the land acquisition, according to Nagarika Horata Samithi, Jokatte

16 Apr 2026 4:49 pm