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Organ donation from live donors and harvested from brain-dead patients is often mired in controversies and misconceptions. Aathira Haridas meets some of the organ recipients and donors to understand the complex emotional and medical aspects of the life-saving process, which is slowly gaining ground in the State

The Lighthouse Bar at The Park returns to a familiar address in the city with quiet confidence and sharp flavours

From grape farms on Hyderabads fringes to paddy fields deep in the countryside, Telanganas agriculture is being sustained by workers from other States. Farmers, activists and government officials say the migrants have become indispensable to farm operations here even as local youth step away from fieldwork. K. Shiva Shankertraces the forces reshaping farm labour in the State

The bench delivered its verdict on an appeal challenging a March last year order of the Chhattisgarh High Court that had refused to quash the proceedings arising out of the FIR registered in Bilaspur district in February 2025

Love Bites and Pugmarks in Kabini dwells on the stormy relationship between wildlife filmmaker Dhruv Thimayya and Mira Ponappa, who runs a quaint homestay in Kabini, as well as focuses on larger conservation issues like human-animal conflict, eco-tourism and poaching

Indian History, Thali by Thali, an initiative of the Historically Tempered Collective, allows experts to talk about a number of things food touches on, including gender, class, caste and hierarchies

Here is a select list of stories to start the day

The action followed a raid conducted shortly after midnight at Safal Nirvana Greens near Sanand, where a Mumbai-based man had organised a party to mark his brother-in-laws 25th wedding anniversary, officials said

Chinese kite string is completely banned and its continued availability is a matter of serious concern. All police officials across the State should launch intensive raid operations, Mr. Adityanath said

A Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said Regulation 18 of the Graduate Medical Education Regulation, 2023 was against the Constitution for being manifestly unreasonable and arbitrary.

Odisha government has been directed to file an affidavit on actions taken to contain illegal mining activities within three weeks

Clearly defined timelines for audits; Audit is to be done on financial year basis in place of calendar year; and Broadcasters can depute their representative during audit to ensure transparency and credibility of the audit process, among the main features of the regulations

A physical altercation at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on February 3, 2026, occurred after M.A. History student Adarsh Kumar reported being attacked for sharing a protest poster on new UGC regulations. While the FIR does not explicitly connect the violence to the UGC issue, he claims it stemmed from a WhatsApp debate on the topic

Its very hard to work as CM of a UT with Assembly. I appeal to the Prime Minister to as a gift to this nation abolish this system from the Constitution. Either it should be a State or a UT without Assembly. Its like tying the hand of government from behind and is a fraud with the mandate of people, said Mr. Abdullah

The party appointed Meghachandra as the new Congress Legislature Party Leader with K. Ranjit Singh as his deputy

Senior Congress leader and legislator Tariq Hameed Karra said frequent visits by Amit Shah were an indication of the fact that things were not normal in J&K

In the womens 75kg category, Lovlina pips Ukraines Olha Pylypchuk 5:0; In the mens 70kg section, Hitesh wins Canadas Vincent Santoriello 5:0

While Pawan Malik gets a chance in the goal, defender and drag-flicker Amandeep Lakra has earned a call-up after an impressive outing in the Hockey India League, where he was adjudged the Player of the Tournament.

Riyas stars with a brace for the seven-time champion while Ajsal and Viknesh score one apiece; Harjit being sent off in the 72nd minute compounds the opponents woes: Abhisheks double seals the fate of Railways in the first last-four encounter; final to be played on Sunday

The fate ofThe Washington Postserves as a cautionary tale

Vikram Rathour being a good addition to our side, Shanaka said while addressing a captains day event alongside seven other skippers from participating teams

Development and employment in NCR, home to eight crore people, must be balanced with the need for clean air, says Central pollution panel official Tarun Kumar Pithode

Leader of OppositionSuvenduAdhikari called court verdict a defeat for Mamata Banerjee and major win for government employees

1,100 students certified in Artificial Intelligence and 900 in Coding & Programming

The GCC implemented the project at 19.81 cr. The plaza in Nungambakkam features play areas and walkway for persons with disabilities. Shop owners expect the number of visitors to increase

Cummins was ruled out of the marquee event with a back strain and Hazlewood will miss a couple of matches in the group phase because of an Achilles niggle

Salman Agha said in the event of India and Pakistan clashing in the knockouts, his team will again abide by the decision taken by the Pakistan government

The Irish shot-stopper, who rates Tamil Nadu Dragons teammate Prince Deep highly, talks about the evolution of goalkeeping, the value of experience and enjoying the pressure moments

4.06-lakh-croreinterim budget tabled ahead of West Bengal Assembly election; under BanglarYubaSathi, monthly allowance of 1,500 will be given to jobless youth;BJPterms it a deception