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Modis 75-ft tall cutout marks Seva Sankalp Abhiyan in Tirupati

The event also marks the launch of the beating of folk drums non-stop for 75 hours from October 7 to 10; organisers eye entry in the Guinness Book of Records

7 Oct 2026 9:28 am
Tiruppur Kumaran: a sacrifice that defied the British Raj

A young man, who fell victim to the police brutality on January 10, 1932, went on to become a symbol of those who laid down their lives for the sake of political freedom of their fellow countrymen.

7 Oct 2026 9:27 am
CEC row LIVE: CJPs Saurav Das to submit intimation letter to Delhi Police ahead of October 10 Jantar Mantar protest; security tightened

The move comes hours after Delhi Police detained around 260 INDIA bloc protesters, including 10 MPs, during a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumars resignation

7 Oct 2026 9:03 am
The status of the U.S. blockade on Cuba

U.S. blockade and decades-old embargo on Cuba have worsened the islands economic and humanitarian crisis, with fuel shortages disrupting electricity, food distribution, healthcare; as Havana seeks to ease the crisis, Trump administrations pressure and demand for regime change continue to constrain Cubas options

7 Oct 2026 8:51 am
The protests and polls in Spain

Eviction of a senior citizen in Madrid snowballed into protests across the country, forcing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to first put together emergency legislation to address the situation

7 Oct 2026 8:39 am
A police booth is required at Pudhupakkam junction

Motorists navigating the Pudhupakkam junction, where Vandalur Kelambakkam Road and Pudhupakkam Main Road meet, would face significant risks if they relied solely on the traffic signals

7 Oct 2026 8:32 am
Library in memory of a generous social workerfrom Chromepet

The family members of the late S. Srimathy, a social worker and wife of social activist V. Santhanam, who passed away last month, are constructing a library in her memory

7 Oct 2026 8:23 am
CEC row: CJPs Saurav Das to submit intimation letter to Delhi Police ahead of Oct. 10 Jantar Mantar protest; security tightened

The move comes hours after Delhi Police detained around 260 INDIA bloc protesters, including 10 MPs, during a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumars resignation

7 Oct 2026 8:23 am
Why OpenAIs Australia AI hack must dismay world governments

Given that this incident predates the Hugging Face hack, the onus is on OpenAI to show whether their agents went rogue at any point in time during their training and evaluation phase, and as a result gained unauthorised entry into any sovereign governments database to complete a research request

7 Oct 2026 8:21 am
Readers Write: attack on MTC conductor condemned, preventive measures sought

B. Annapoorani has strongly condemned the assault on a bus conductor and has demanded that the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) ensure police personnel are deployed to protect its crew members and the public from aggressive commuters

7 Oct 2026 8:20 am
Blood-tainted ice cubes and a famine in Madras

The Ice House remains a popular reminder of a place where the British sold ice. Behind that luxury, however, lay a darker history of labour, exploitation, and suffering

7 Oct 2026 8:00 am
The Nobel for IceCube and the search for neutrinos from outer space | Explained

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole has won Francis Halzen the Nobel Prize for physics by opening a window into parts of the universe that were until recently beyond our reach

7 Oct 2026 7:06 am
Back to the future: lessons from the Asian Games for the Olympics

An Olympic medal will mean less to a player than winning a World Cup or World Test Championship. And if the games are in a country with little or no interest in cricket, it is unlikely to spread its message which is what the ICC hopes for

7 Oct 2026 6:46 am
Eva Marie Saint, Oscar winner of Hollywood classics, dies at 102

Her representative Jeff Sanderson said Saint died of natural causes at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and loved ones

7 Oct 2026 6:45 am
CEC Gyanesh Kumars Chhattisgarh visit postponed

Mr Kumar who is facing criticism over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the fellow ECI officials were scheduled to travel from Delhi to Chhattisgarh for the visit spanning October 7 and 8

7 Oct 2026 6:12 am
India, Ghana discuss multilateral cooperation during EAM Jaishankars visit

Mr. Jaishankar said that he held wide-ranging discussions with his Ghanaian counterpart Ablakwa

7 Oct 2026 6:00 am
French riot police fire tear gas as more than 2,50,000 rally nationwide for school funding

The protests increased pressure on the administration of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron.

7 Oct 2026 5:30 am
7 Oct 2026 5:21 am
Rahuls protest a political drama, claims made by Congress are lies: BJP

BJP cited the ECI statement to assert that the poll panel did not receive any request from either the Congress party or any other constituent of the INDIA bloc for a meeting

7 Oct 2026 5:06 am
Karnataka Chief Minister leaves for Delhi ahead of GST Council meeting

Sources said the visit could also provide an opportunity for Mr. Shivakumar to meet senior Congress leaders and discuss pending issues

7 Oct 2026 4:19 am
NDA wins 34 of 42 Silchar Municipal Corporation seats

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says the outcome reflects the importance people attach to development, peace, connectivity, empowerment and better governance

7 Oct 2026 3:18 am
Passenger bus, running under recently launched M.P. govt service, gutted in fire; passengers evacuated safely

The incident took place in Ramwas area, about 15 kilometres from Ujjain when the bus was traveling from the holy city to Indore

7 Oct 2026 3:05 am
About 76% voter turnout in Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll

Election officials said the figure is expected to increase as voters who entered polling stations before 5 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise

7 Oct 2026 3:02 am
Fertiliser hoarding, black marketing to be curbed in rabi crop season in Rajasthan

Farmers in the State will get uninterrupted supply of fertilisers in accordance with their demand

7 Oct 2026 1:41 am
Let there be light: on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine

The Nobel Laureates for Medicine illuminated how the brain works

7 Oct 2026 1:33 am
Gajendra Singh Patel accuses Hemant Soren government of encouraging infiltration in Jharkhand

He also said that JMM, Congress and RJD formed the government by misleading innocent tribals, but the tribal community has awakened now.

7 Oct 2026 1:19 am
Why charging for UPI changes the math

If 100 collected in MDR causes more than 100 of economic value to disappear elsewhere, the payment system ends up better funded and the country poorer

7 Oct 2026 1:17 am
SIR in Delhi: disposals of Form 7 nearly six times those of Form 6

According to the weekly constituency-wise forms disposal report, only 569 Form 6 applications were disposed of between August 31 and Oct. 4

7 Oct 2026 12:59 am
Indian research can shape the world

National laboratories need to be liberated from insularity; the bulk of our national labs are currently poorly accessible to researchers, students and companies outside their walls

7 Oct 2026 12:59 am
Twenty-five years of leadership, an India transformed

Prime Minister Narendra Modis 25 years in leadership reflect Indias transformation and its rising national ambitions

7 Oct 2026 12:36 am
Ladli Behna scheme has turned out to be very expensive, says Madhya Pradesh CM

Last month, a petition was also filed before the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, seeking closure of the scheme while questioning its financial liability on the exchequer and accusing it to be an election-related freebie

7 Oct 2026 12:36 am
The China-U.S. rapprochement

There is no G-2 yet in U.S.-China relations Washington and Beijing may manage their tensions, but their strategic competition remains entrenched

7 Oct 2026 12:33 am
Milk price in Karnataka may go up by 8, but only after Legislative Council polls

The Cabinet is learnt to have discussed the proposal for a revision of fares in State-owned road transport corporations

7 Oct 2026 12:32 am
Break the chain: On leprosy in India

India must focus on cutting transmission of leprosy

7 Oct 2026 12:30 am
Maharashtra Govt approves to increase scholarshipallowance for SC and ST students

Under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Swayam Yojana, the government has approved a revision of allowances for Scheduled Tribe students

7 Oct 2026 12:27 am
Incomplete civic works hit monsoon readiness in some areas across Chennai

Deputy Mayor says alternative monsoon preparedness measures have been proposed in many areas, such as Besant Road, Ganesapuram, Perungudi, and Sholinganallur. Corporation Commissioner G.S. Sameeran says all culverts across 44 canals have been desilted, and end-to-end desilting has been completed in major waterways such as the Kodungaiyur, Padikuppam, and Trust Puram canals

7 Oct 2026 12:22 am
Vellore police hands over missing phones to owners

The cybercrime team had been monitoring the missing mobile phone handsets through their IMEI number at periodical intervals

7 Oct 2026 12:21 am
CM Samrat Choudhary directs officials to submit detailed report on flood damage in Bihar

He instructed that the Disaster Management Department must obtain assessments of flood damage and rehabilitation costs from all relevant departments and submit a report at the earliest.

7 Oct 2026 12:18 am
RPF, Nemili police seize 16 kg of ganja in separate cases; four persons held

The drug peddlers were allegedly selling small quantities of ganja at public places in surrounding villages near Nemili and Arakkonam towns

7 Oct 2026 12:16 am
Burglars decamp with 30 sovereigns of gold, 5 lakh in Ranipet

The rear door of the house was also damaged

7 Oct 2026 12:14 am
T.N. records highest Southwest monsoon temperatures in the last nine years

An analysis by the Regional Meteorological Centre found that the State registered a mean temperature of 29.45C between June and September this year, which is nearly 1.21C above the 2018-25 average

7 Oct 2026 12:13 am
Shree Cement plans 6,700 crore investments in A.P.: Minister

The company plans to expand its operations in Andhra Pradesh, with proposed investments in Kadapa, Palnadu and Anakapalli districts, it is expected to create employment and livelihood opportunities for around 3,000 people, says Industries and Commerce Minister

6 Oct 2026 11:53 pm