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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives at Ahmedabad Airport on his first official visit to India

PM Modi will meet Friedrich Merz today in Ahmedabad. This will be Mr. Merzs first official visit to India

12 Jan 2026 6:42 am
Renewing motor policy: when less can be more

Logically, the renewal premium should be lower since the sum insured reduces each year, yet it remains unchanged, or is even higher and the reasoning is that it is because the car is older

12 Jan 2026 6:04 am
12 Jan 2026 6:00 am
Over 2,500 students receive degrees at Crescent Institute

A total of 2,991 students including 65 Ph.D., 774 postgraduate and 2,152 undergraduate candidates received their degree at the ceremony

12 Jan 2026 5:44 am
Corporation starts removing shops for second phase of Blue Flag area on Marina beach

The second phase is expected to be launched by the end of this month on the Marina beach

12 Jan 2026 5:30 am
Conservation in the Global South erases human rights, researchers say

In an article in Nature, a group of researchers including many from India has argued for greater rights, agency, and education among communities. As the late conservationist Madhav Gadgil put it, Talk of many things, not just air and water and the bird that sings, but of men and money and economic reforms

12 Jan 2026 5:30 am
City residents feel the chill as temperature drops

The Regional Meteorological Centre forecast light to moderate rain for Monday at a few places over Tamil Nadu,Puducherry,and Karaikal

12 Jan 2026 5:30 am
Marathon held in Ranipet

The objective was to create awareness on eradicating substances harmful to health

12 Jan 2026 5:30 am
12 Jan 2026 5:03 am
Iran protest deaths cross 500, says rights group; authorities call for counter-rally to condemn U.S., Israel actions

U.S.-based group says 490 protesters, 48 security personnel dead; Iran warns U.S. against 'miscalculation', threatens retaliation

12 Jan 2026 4:47 am
Use of state power against Opposition shrinks democratic space, says Ashwani Kumar

Former Union Minister says there is a discernible drift today towards a muscular state at the expense of a constitutional one

12 Jan 2026 4:45 am
Hemant Soren cherishes memories of late Shibu Soren on 82ndbirth anniversary

Remembering his father who passed away last year on August 4, Mr. Soren said that though he is not present but his contribution, sacrifice, dedication and his thoughts were still alive today.

12 Jan 2026 4:20 am
Indore diarrhoea deaths: Blindspotting in Indias cleanest city

Contaminated drinking water, supplied through government-laid pipelines, led to a diarrhoea outbreak in Indore, killing at least 8 and affecting about 3,000 people. Mehul Malpani reports on unplanned parts of one of Madhya Pradeshs most promising cities, the delays in laying pipelines, and the blame game that follows when deaths get international coverage

12 Jan 2026 4:10 am
NATO talks on deterring Russian activity around Greenland business as usual, says U.K.

Reports said military chiefs from Britain and other European countries were drawing up plans for a possible NATO mission in Greenland, which Donald Trump wants to acquire

12 Jan 2026 3:49 am
Amid ongoing training to village guards in J&K, a volunteers son killed in accidental firing

The police have conducted the post-mortem of the victim, who was a student of Class 10

12 Jan 2026 3:27 am
Suspected Pakistan drones seen hovering over areas along LoC, IB; search ops launched in three J&K districts

All the flying objects came from the Pakistan side, and returned after hovering over Indian territory for few minutes, officials said

12 Jan 2026 3:22 am
Spanish Super Cup: Barcelona edges Real Madrid in heated final, Raphinha scores twice

Three goals scored in first-half stoppage time; Barcelona's De Jong sent off just before fulltime

12 Jan 2026 3:08 am
Wont let BJP and Adani take away Mumbai, say Thackeray cousins

They accuse the party of pursuing divisive politics and systematically isolating Mumbais Marathi Manoos; the cousins claim the national party has been facilitating land grab to benefit Adani Group and conspiring to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra and bring it closer to Gujarat

12 Jan 2026 3:00 am
484 electors from Kolkatas Chinese community deleted during SIR: study

A majority of the deleted voters, 389 out of 484, have been categorised as untraceable or absent; the three assembly constituencies that were analysed by the researchers of Sabar Institute are Kasba, Entally and Chowrangee

12 Jan 2026 2:41 am
Assembly video row: AAP holds stir against sacrilege; BJP alleges Punjab Police misuse

Fake clip being circulated to spread hate before 2027 Assembly poll, says Mann; Kejriwal panicking from fear of losing Punjab, retorts Sachdeva

12 Jan 2026 1:27 am
CM betraying people with honesty as hes not spared any section: KTR

BRS working president says BJP will never be an alternative to Congress in Telangana

12 Jan 2026 1:06 am
Reimagining delimitation

The southern States have no choice but to join hands around the Degressive Proportionality principle

12 Jan 2026 1:02 am
A harbour of hope that sank a Nagapattinam village into debt

In 2019, families in Nambiyar Nagar borrowed up to 8 lakh each under a self-sufficiency scheme to build a fishing harbour residents say never worked for them. These individual loans have today swollen into a collective liability of over 20 crore

12 Jan 2026 12:50 am
Tamil Nadu, where cinema and politics meet

The nexus between the two will likely continue to spark controversies

12 Jan 2026 12:30 am
Blending impact, prolificity and consistency to an incredulous nicety

Padikkal, after a steady start to the domestic season in the Ranji Trophy and 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has been in remarkable form in the ongoing 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy; he has already smashed four centuries in five innings on his way to a country-high 640 runs at the conclusion of the league phase

12 Jan 2026 12:30 am
12 Jan 2026 12:28 am
National Basketball Championship - Indian Railways reigns supreme with twin titles

The men dash Tamil Nadus hat-trick hopes by cashing in on the home teams poor shooting; the women survive a late scare from Kerala to clinch their eighth consecutive crown

12 Jan 2026 12:26 am