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Complaint by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee also alleges widespread inclusion of duplicate votes in Payyanur and Kalliyasseri Assembly constituencies

A spokesperson for Communications Minister Anika Wells said she had not toughened her stance due to global attention, declining to comment further

Choose your pick from milk, nannari, elaneer or watermelon, as sharbat shops across the city offer refreshing fruity flavours, served in colourful bottles Amid a range of new summer beverages,the traditional sharbat continues to remain popular in the city

At the EU-funded Greek Safer Internet Centre in Athens, calls to a helpline which offers support to child victims of cyberbullying more than doubled between 2024 and 2025, said George Kormas, who runs the helpline

Benchmark U.S. crude rose 11.4% to $111.54 a barrel. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 7.8% to $109.03 per barrel

Following deliberations on the issue on Thursday (April 2) night, the Vidhan Sabha authorities issued a notification annulling Mr. Bhartis membership from the Datia Assembly seat

The maximum temperature is expected to touch 33 degrees Celsius

Both fronts release manifestos for Kerala polls on same day; UDF guarantees include free bus travel for women, welfare pension hike to 3,000 per month, and 25 lakh health insurance; LDF backs limitless health cover and pension hike; both promise Metro projects for Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode

Gopal Badane filed bail application with court arguing that he was falsely implicated in the alleged crime and he had met the victim in the course of his duty

OpenAI chief of strategy Fidji Simo said in an internal message to staff that the acquisition would help the company engage more authentically with the public

Iran is a nuclear-capable state; in the event Israel strikes it with a nuclear weapon, it could retaliate but how quickly is a separate question

He was suspected of stealing money from the hotel

Two Chennai residents find themselves carrying out a cleanliness audit of a 400-metre riverside in Gandhinagar, Adyar. A WRD official notes that the waste on this river trail could be the result of back flow

Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client

So how do you prove what's real is real when the line between reality and fabrication has blurred so much in the fog of the West Asia war?

From Shailaja Paik toAnkitaKawade, powerful works that Indias prominent Dalit writers suggest

The Petroleum Secretary sought states consider targeted distribution of 5 KG FTL cylinder, autos that can run both on petrol, LPG considering using the former.

Agitation against SIR spread across West Bengal districts on Thursday (April 2, 2026)

The ECI also appointed Additional Director General of Police Sanjay Kumar, a 1997-batch IPS officer, as the Commissioner of Police, Tambaram and Abhishek Dixit as the Commissioner of Police, Madurai

Parties in the State are once again redrawing invisible lines, competing to secure the trust of communities and set the direction of social change

A record 599 individual subject entries from 99 Indian institutions were featured, marking a year-on-year increase of 12% in subject entries and 25% in the number of ranked institutions.

In the incident, Jattana and his driver Parminder Singh died, while his gunman sustained injuries, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Rai), Sonipat, Vipin Ahlawat said

Police arrested Mr. Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, a day after Prime Minister Balendra Shah was sworn in following the first elections since the September uprising that toppled Mr. Oli's government

Citizens charged up to 100 times official fees, informal networks exploit gaps.

Recalling the four-day conflict in May, the Pakistani Minister said that history was a stark reminder that miscalculation has consequences

Nelluri Seshagiriamma claims that her land has been taken under the pretext of land pooling, and that she has neither been fairly compensated nor provided with the promised benefits

The accreditation highlights the institutes dedication to its mission: identifying opportunities, innovating solutions, and creating meaningful societal impact

The appointment is for a three-year term, effective until March 26, 2029

Bharath stars in a meandering thriller whose final twist only lays bare its contrived and hollow core

In the war setting, the goal becomes to protect politically sensitive sectors and to dilute long-term public goods. But scientific research and environmental protection in particular lack organised constituencies even as their costs are immediate

Warangals double reality is hard to miss. Recurring monsoon flooding continues to expose civic deficiencies even as a wave of big-ticket projects signals a push for growth. A 24-storey multi super-specialty hospital, the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park, Railway Manufacturing Unit, Mamnoor Airport and a newly sanctioned underground drainage system together reflect an infrastructure- and industry-led transformation under way in this key north Telangana city, reportsP. Laxma Reddy

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None of the observatories in the city recorded any rainfall activity, India Meteorological Department scientist Sushma Nair said

Pentagon officials are not offering a reason for George's departure, which comes nearly five weeks into U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and with no clear timeline from President Donald Trump on when the war may end.

The conservation biologist on why children are key to building awareness of human-animal interactions

In the run-up to Assembly elections this month, social media is flooded with viral memes and AI-generated disinformation, and it is reshaping political speech, influence and visibility online

Grading the third-language paper and not counting it towards the total marks in SSLC in Karnataka is being seen as the first step towards a two-language policy, writes Jayanth R.

Pay attention to the history you are making in the present, Smith suggests, or it will return to haunt you

NASA had the Artemis II crew stick close to home for a day to test their capsule's life-support systems before clearing them for lunar departure; now committed to the moon, the Artemis II test flight is the opening act for NASA's grand plans for a moon base and sustained lunar living.

Companies that have signed a most favoured nation pricing deal and are actively building facilities in the U.S. to onshore production of patented pharmaceuticals and their ingredients will have a 0% tariff

Fresh explosions were reported in the Tehran area, with Iranian state television reporting U.S.-Israeli strikes hit a bridge in the northern town of Karaj twice -- the first causing civilian casualties and the second striking as emergency teams responded.

The notification dated March 30 enables the NCERT to offer courses and confer degrees; it says all such academic programmes must conform to UGC norms and standards

Ibrahim Mahama on topping the 2025ArtReviewsPower 100 list, making art with colonial detritus, and travelling to Kochi Muziris Biennale and Venice Biennale

Mr. Brittas has also asked about the total scholarship amount allocated and actually given each year over the last five years, State-wise along with the details of the scholarship schemes for minorities which were stopped or merged in the last five years

I believe the claim of the family should not be dismissed out of hand. At the very least this encounter needs a transparent and time bound probe with the facts made public. Any attempt to obfuscate or delay the announcement of a probe will only damage credibility & that is not in anyones interest, says Mr. Abdullah

The complaints that voters belonging to specific castes and religions were deliberately excluded, large-scale irregularities have been reported in SIR drives that might have benefited the ruling party, said State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal

The government is committed to ensuring that every eligible and needy person receives the benefits of welfare schemesand every issue is resolved effectively, says CM Adityanath

Mr. Singh said residents would notwitnessthe extent of waterlogging seen in previous years during the coming monsoon. This is the second phase of induction of advanced machines into the MCD fleet, says Delhi Mayor