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U.S. State Secretary Rubio to visit India for energy talks next week; visit to Jamnagar on cards

Mr. Rubio will first visit Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and will then travel to Mumbai and Jamnagar

14 Oct 2026 5:48 am
SC/ST voices condemn Karnataka Hight Court verdict striking down enhanced reservation

Various individuals and organisations representing Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities in the State expressed deep disappointment with the Karnataka High Court verdict thatstruckdown the enhanced reservation

14 Oct 2026 4:10 am
Champions League: Atletico defeats struggling Manchester United

Man United have made their worst domestic start in 40 years and this league phase defeat in the Spanish capital was another blow, with the team now winless in five games across all competitions

14 Oct 2026 4:06 am
Patna High Court acquits 13 accused in 1996 Jehanabad quadruple murder case

A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Kumar Manish delivered the ruling, citing grave lapses in the police investigation

14 Oct 2026 3:09 am
Pope Leo has lung cancer, lower lobe of right lung removed: Vatican

Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery to remove a lung nodule and the Vatican said the operation was completed successfully, on schedule and as planned

14 Oct 2026 2:33 am
Former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhans twin remarks fuel buzz of rift within State BJP unit

The latest row hints at mounting pressure on Chief Minister Mohan Yadav amid reports of differences between him and other senior party leaders

14 Oct 2026 1:49 am
India-U.S. ties and the hurdle of American unilateralism

Washington wants a subservient India, but New Delhi must draw the line

14 Oct 2026 1:25 am
Indias problem of overtreatment and overmedication

Unnecessary tests, prescriptions and procedures are part of the growing overtreatment problem

14 Oct 2026 1:23 am
Spiralling food prices: on rising inflation

Rural households have felt the greatest impact of rising inflation

14 Oct 2026 1:21 am
The sound and the fiery: on green crackers, pollution control

Green crackers do little to curb air and noise pollution

14 Oct 2026 1:20 am
Why Congress must not smear CJP

The CJP provided a common platform for a diverse coalition of dissenters to coalesce, and express dissent in personalised, creative ways under one banner

14 Oct 2026 1:18 am
Delhi govt. makes Aadhaar mandatory for electricity subsidy

The exercise is vital to ascertain the details of those receiving benefits, stated the Sept. 30 notification

14 Oct 2026 1:11 am
WRD begins removal of invasive plants from irrigation tanks along Palar River in Vellore

WRD officials said that on an average, around 15 tonnes of invasive plants grew in one acre of irrigation tank

14 Oct 2026 12:53 am
Muslims disproportionately flagged in Delhi SIR

Muslims, who form 13.6% of electors on Delhis draft roll, made up 20.3% of those flagged for logical discrepancies and 30% of those flagged under five reasons indicative of family size by the Election Commissions ERONET software; in Bihar, which didnt have logical discrepancy checks, Muslims accounted for 18.4% of deleted electors, in line with their 17.7% share in population

14 Oct 2026 12:52 am
Boy dies of burns in Tirupattur

The police said that even as his father and neighbours tried to put out the fire, the boy sustained grievous burns and the father sustained minor burns

14 Oct 2026 12:51 am
Bank staffer among three persons held for circulating counterfeit currencies in Vellore

The police recovered counterfeit currencies totalling upto 8,700

14 Oct 2026 12:48 am
Nobel lesson: value of stabilisation models

This years Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2026) was given to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation

14 Oct 2026 12:46 am
Delhi gets 150 electric buses, 13 new air monitoring stations

Union Environment Minister, CM unveil new clean-air initiatives, review measures at Anand Vihar; Gupta says her govt. is addressing all aspects of pollution control, including transport, monitoring

14 Oct 2026 12:27 am
Anger mounts in Punjab after anti-drug crusader killed in broad daylight

Confronted over illegal sale of addictive substances, medical store owner shoots downactivist; Mansaresidents stage massive protests; family refuses to cremate body;Oppn. cornersAAPgovt.

14 Oct 2026 12:22 am
High-cost power to be purchased for 16 days to avoid unscheduled cuts, says Minister

The current peak power demand is 21,000 MW when compared to 16,000 MW last year a 30% increase due to the El Nio effect, says Nirmal Kumar

14 Oct 2026 12:19 am
Is Wetland Authority accountable to government or construction companies, asks Anbumani

Anbumani alleges that the authority has moved with lightning speed to reduce buffer zone around the Pallikaranai marsh in order to protect the interests of construction firms. He demands that the government notify all wetlands across the State

14 Oct 2026 12:12 am
Nearly dozen dead after boat capsizes in Bihars Vaishali

Bihar CM announces ex-gratia for kin of dead

13 Oct 2026 11:24 pm
Supreme Court asks Delhi governmente to seek inputs from IB on Hawara plea for transfer to Punjab jail

Bench takes a cautious approach, saying the case of Beant Singh murder convict is sensitive, and even the Punjab government seems to be reluctant

13 Oct 2026 11:13 pm
Political resistance against vote chori will continue, not as parallel protests but as one movement: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi hosted leaders from 16 Opposition parties, civil society and student activists in a bid to coordinate diverse strands of the agitation; sources said CJP leaders did not attend despite an invitation

13 Oct 2026 10:53 pm
Mamatas party files police complaint over alleged knife attack attempt on former CM near her home

There were no reports of any injuries to the former Chief Minister

13 Oct 2026 10:47 pm
Former Supreme Court judge calls for constitutional safeguards to ensure ECIs independence

Constitution; K. Balakrishnan Nair, former Kerala High Court judge, says the removal of voters during the special intensive revision violated the principles of natural justice; writer K.R. Meera expresses faith in youth-led protests to restore democracy and brotherhood

13 Oct 2026 10:46 pm
Special trains from Keralam for festival season announced

The special trains are headed to Bengaluru, Kolkata and back

13 Oct 2026 10:42 pm
Nedumbassery accident: Keralam Home Minister says govt. will ensure maximum punishment for accused

Ramesh Chennithala dismisses allegations of victims family members that attempts have been made to scuttle the probe into the case; he says someone is apparently trying to mislead them

13 Oct 2026 10:39 pm