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U.S. sanctions ICC chief Tomoko Akane of Japan

These individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement

19 Aug 2026 6:47 am
Factors at play in choosing the next Keralam Congress chief

The choice of the next KPCC president is likely to be read as a signal of how the Congress intends to build its social coalition in a State where it has recently reaped rich electoral dividends

19 Aug 2026 6:40 am
Meta hooked children and misled public: prosecutors

In what many experts have called social media's big tobacco moment, a coalition of States is asking that Meta be penalized by around $200 billion for designing products addictive to children

19 Aug 2026 6:28 am
Pressers, meetings cancelled in Kolkata due to BJP pressure: CJP

You cannot stop the cockroaches in this way. The more they try to prevent us, the more youth will come forward, says co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka

19 Aug 2026 4:06 am
India reiterates support for negotiated two-state solution in Palestine: MEA Secretary Ranganathan

Ms. Ranganathan also conveyed Indias concern over the grave humanitarian situation in Gaza

19 Aug 2026 3:20 am
Lawyers boycott work in J&Ks Poonch after policesearch judges vehicle

Lawyers in Poonch boycott court after police allegedly disrespected a judge during a vehicle search, demanding an inquiry

19 Aug 2026 1:50 am
MVD cracks down on illegal taxis, slaps penalty of 1.47 lakh in Keralams Kochi

A total of four squads deployed in Angamaly, Aluva, Perumbavoor, and Kalady to book such vehicles operating without taxi permit and for other traffic violations

19 Aug 2026 1:39 am
Employment guarantee has slipped into limbo

VB-G RAM G was sold as an expansion of MGNREGA, but it has actually driven employment guarantee into the ditch

19 Aug 2026 1:32 am
Odisha announces 1,000-crore aid for flood-hit areas

Nearly 9.40lakh people affected in six districts; over 3.70 lakh evacuated to safer locations;CM saysadditionalfunds will be released after detailed assessment of damage

19 Aug 2026 1:17 am
Jharkhand Government releases list of 44 recruitment exams cancelled due to irregularities

The cancelled exams include recruitment for drug inspectors, assistant professors, deputy collectors, dental doctors, assistant engineers, civil judges, and additional public prosecutors, among others

19 Aug 2026 1:16 am
A vision for an inclusive Bangladesh

Under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Bangladeshs democratic journey seeks inclusion, equality, dignity, and accountable governance

19 Aug 2026 1:14 am
Time to push back: On India and the continuing U.S. pressure

The U.S. has been emboldened to make increasing demands on India

19 Aug 2026 1:12 am
80% of Delhi is unplanned, fire preparedness average: ChiefFireOfficer

Delhis fire risks are growing amid unplanned construction, weak compliance, inadequatemanpowerand congested roads, Delhi Fire Services Chief Fire Officer A.K. Malik said on Tuesday.In aninteractionwithThe Hindu, he assesses the citys fire-safety preparedness, gaps in enforcement and infrastructure, changing fire risks and measures to improve response

19 Aug 2026 1:12 am
Beyond America: On the Arab states, their security needs

Arab states can no longer depend on the U.S. for security needs

19 Aug 2026 1:08 am
Kalyanpuri murder: AAP MLA detained briefly; sanitation workers stir to continue

Kuldeep Kumar picked up early morning, let go at 3.48 p.m.; AAP decries abduction; police say the Kondli MLA was taken into preventive custody

19 Aug 2026 1:07 am
Delhi ACB arrests Satyendar Jain, five others over STP tender irregularities

How long will this BJP dictatorship continue? They imprison whomever they please by levelling false allegations, says AAP chief Kejriwal

19 Aug 2026 1:00 am
Purification row: Congress terms BJP anti-Dalit for not halting protest to adopt resolution

BJP is indirectly supporting the purification episode by not facilitating debate on the proposal for an unanimous resolution condemning the event, said Congress

19 Aug 2026 12:49 am
Goa moves Supreme Court to enhance sentence of Tarun Tejpal in 2013 rape case

The State said the sentence was inadequate but clarified that it did not want to challenge or reopen the findings or conclusions on merit recorded by the Bombay High Court in a judgment on August 6

19 Aug 2026 12:47 am
Education must change to account for AI

A future we cannot predict cannot be prepared for by adding ever more material to the curriculum. We should instead give undergraduates the time and freedom to practise entering the unknown.

19 Aug 2026 12:44 am
Student protests: Delhi Police affidavit in Supreme Court is rich with numbers, but quiet on fixing accountability

The affidavit says over 240 police personnel, including women officers, were injured in the violence on July 20; around 218 protestors were injured and received treatment; the police had to prevent the protestors from causing damage to vital installations near Parliament

19 Aug 2026 12:37 am
Panic over Telanganas voter purge

The CM has sounded the alarm bell over mass deletions during the SIR process

19 Aug 2026 12:32 am
CM allays apprehensions on Section 22A lands, asserts govt. will protect rights of owners

Instructions given to officials to verify lands and register private lands in time, he said

19 Aug 2026 12:23 am
Address systemic gaps in criminal laws related to children, Madras HC directs T.N. Chief Secretary

Justices G.R. Swaminathan and V. Lakshminarayanan direct the officer to constitute a committee of Home Secretary, Health Secretary and Law Secretary to consider suggestions made by the court

19 Aug 2026 12:14 am