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Telangana to seek special financial package from Centre to tackle potential El Nino impact: Ponguleti

The Minister said the delegation to meet PM Modi would submit a representation seeking adequate financial assistance and additional workdays under the VB-G RAM G Scheme.

12 Oct 2026 5:49 am
Entry, exit of six Delhi metro stations closed on Oct 12 as Opposition plans march to Supreme Court

Patel Chowk, Janpath, Rajiv Chowk, Mandi House, Central Secretariat and Barakhamba Road metro stations will be closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

12 Oct 2026 4:56 am
Pargat Singh says Congress is united as he takes charge of Punjab unit

Punjab Congress in-charge and AICC General Secretary Sachin Pilot formally handed over the responsibility to Mr. Pargat

12 Oct 2026 4:32 am
Get your own ticket confirmed first, Akhilesh Yadav tells Yogi Adityanath on Ayodhya challenge

Mr. Yadav spoke in Lucknow after paying floral tributes to socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan

12 Oct 2026 4:02 am
Community-led model to tackle drug abuse in 300 Haryana villages

The voluntary, non-political initiative has been launched by the Haryana Professional Forum and Jind Social Forum, a network of volunteers with roots in Haryana

12 Oct 2026 3:57 am
Premier League: Man City defeats Liverpool 3-0, silencing hostile Anfield crowd

Haaland, Doku and Cherki score for Manchester City as league leader maintains perfect start to season

12 Oct 2026 3:45 am
Central Delhi returns to normal life, but protests and heavy security keep city on edge

Shops and eateries reopen and Metro services resume on the second day of anti-CEC protests, but a thinner-than-usual weekend crowd, detention vehicles and police checks leave the capitals commercial heart far from normal

12 Oct 2026 3:02 am
1,854 voters submit Form 6 for inclusion of names in Assembly constituencies of Chennai district

Poor turnout for special camps conducted by the district election office in various parts of the city

12 Oct 2026 2:58 am
Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to energy ceasefire but Kyiv says attacks continue

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said that while his country welcomed the announcement by Trump as good news for everyone, Russia was still hitting energy infrastructure in Kyiv and in the city of Kharkiv

12 Oct 2026 1:57 am
Rights and wrongs: On the fundamental right to peaceful assembly and protest

The government must not clamp down on dissent and protest

12 Oct 2026 1:49 am
Message of peace: On the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Committee has redeemed itself by awarding Navi Pillay

12 Oct 2026 1:37 am
Hyderabad man killed in Riyadh airport attack, two sons injured

The family was travelling to Madinah after performing Umrah when the attack occurred; the victims wife and daughter are safe, while his aunt sustained head injuries

12 Oct 2026 1:27 am
Changing the guard, confronting the democratic crisis

The crisis extends beyond one Election Commissioner to democracys weakened institutional safeguards

12 Oct 2026 1:23 am
Barricades cannot silence the voice of democracy

As protest spaces shrink, citizens must unite to defend the right to dissent

12 Oct 2026 1:23 am
The need to preserve the shine of Indian elections

Elections are by far the best organised expression of we, the people and hence cannot be allowed to fail

12 Oct 2026 1:14 am
Four held in 37-lakh cheating case

The accused allegedly cheated the complainant, a native of Thiruvananthapuram, by promising returns up to five-fold on investment in a company exporting frozen food.

12 Oct 2026 1:02 am
Chief Minister inaugurates IAP House

The IAP House, located behind the Kaloor metro station, will also be home to the Arike Pain and Palliative Care Unit, which focusses on pediatric palliative care.

12 Oct 2026 1:01 am
Bus conductor held in Tiruvannamalai for transporting gutka

During routine trips between Polur town and Bengaluru, Sivanathan allegedly carried several kilograms of gutka in bags from dealers in Bengaluru, police said

12 Oct 2026 12:45 am
450 kg of red sanders seized in Vellore; six persons held

Arrested persons were lodged at Central Prison in Vellore

12 Oct 2026 12:24 am
Vijay urges Prime Minister Modi to sanction Metro Rail from Hosur to Bommasandra

The CM says the inter-State link will benefit both T.N. and Karnataka. He also urges Modi to reconsider Metro Rail projects in Coimbatore and Madurai in view of the future development and economic growth of T.N.s western and southern regions

12 Oct 2026 12:23 am
Over one tonne of waste removed in forest land along Girivalam path under Clean Tiruvannamalai initiative

Forest officials said that a request was made to the District Collector by the Forest Department to remove accumulated wastes in the forest land along the path

12 Oct 2026 12:02 am
Madras High Court acquits death row convict from POCSO Act charge

Justices Anita Sumanth and Sunder Mohan, however, confirm his conviction for murder of a nine-year-old girl and modify the sentence to life imprisonment

11 Oct 2026 11:50 pm
One-hour journey reduced to less than 40 minutes: Chennai Metro Rails Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch a game-changer for commuters

The phase II network has several new features, such as charging points, half-height platform screen doors in the elevated stations, and digital route maps

11 Oct 2026 11:26 pm
Vettri Payanam Thittam: what is the economic mileage of a no-fare bus ride?

The scheme is expected to cost an additional 1,600 crore a year and a total of 6,000 crore. The initiative, launched on Gandhi Jayanti, is an extension of the existing womens zero-fare bus scheme, Vidiyal Payanam

11 Oct 2026 11:13 pm
Protest at a designated protest spot is not disturbing the peace, says Ashutosh Ranka

Delhi Police officials took away their phones during their detention without issuing any seizure memo, CJPs Saurav Das claims, raising concerns that the devices might have been hacked or cloned

11 Oct 2026 11:11 pm
'Hung upside down, given electric shock': Three men allege torture at BJP MLA's house in Moradabad

While the complainants have sought the registration of an FIR against six named persons, including the MLA's aides, and nine unidentified people, no case has been registered so far, says SP (Rural) Kunwar Akash Singh

11 Oct 2026 11:10 pm
Sub-centre of Ramakrishna Math inaugurated

The services block was inaugurated by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy

11 Oct 2026 11:06 pm
Upskilling necessary for career prospects, says VIT vice-president

The job fair was organised to mark the birthday of G.V. Selvam

11 Oct 2026 11:03 pm