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TPCC urges Hyderabad Police Commissioner to investigate who prepared, printed and distributed the forms, how the electoral details of voters were obtained and whether there was a larger conspiracy aimed at influencing electoral rolls
Justice V. Lakshminarayanan accepts a request made by senior counsel Srinath Sridevan to hear the four applications one after the other
Aspirants protesting against the Maharashtra Public Service Commission have split into three groups after a delegation met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, with NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar joining one groups protest
Jr NTR, actor Khushbu Sunder, Vijay Deverakonda and Chiranjeevi have also condemned the misuse of technology
SIT reportedly finds serious violations of procedures and recommends action against Abdurahiman under Prevention of Corruption Act
A brief interruption during Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamans speech at Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh has triggered a political controversy after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
The work is scheduled to be completed by November-end, according to sources in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA)
I have just spoken to Vivekanand Patil. October 6, I will go and sit with the students participating in the MPSC agitation in Pune, Aaditya Thackeray
The elections to the Rajya Sabha will be held on October 16, 2026
Brazils presidential election is heading to a runoff after Flavio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the first round. Neither candidate crossed the 50% mark required for an outright victory. Bolsonaro and Lula will now face each other in the second round on October 25.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognised for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics
Forest Department officials later reached the spot in Kollam and drove the elephant back into the forest
In its complaint to the National Human Rights Commission, Satish Vaid cited posts on X and alleged abuse of children for the protest in Mumbai
The petitions in the High Court had claimed that the diversion of over 130 sq. km of pristine tropical forest violated the 2006 Act and threatened the Shompen and Nicobarese way of life and culture.
In all, seven constituencies are without MLAs in Tamil Nadu. But only Madurantakam and Dharapuram will go to the polls on October 6, 2026
The musician who passed away recently was a well-known guru who trained several disciples. One of them recalls how he shaped his artistic journey.
Why high-achieving students can struggle in college and why universities need to teach them new ways of learning
Research literacy involves asking better questions, recognising the limits of available knowledge, and making evidence-based, patient-centred decisions.
The Bench said the decisions of the Election Commission have to be either unanimous or by majority and that it presumed that this is how all decisions were taken
On Sunday, the FBI arrested California resident Wanying Zhang, 34, at LAX before her flight to China, charging her with acting as an unregistered foreign agent for allegedly spying on the Taiwanese presidents son on behalf of China.
The Supreme Courts interventions in the debate over CBSEs three-language policy have raised important questions about implementation, student workload and the role of English in Indias education system. As schools adapt to the National Education Policy, a larger debate is emerging over whether the three-language formula is practical, and whether a two-language model centred on English and the mother tongue may better serve students.
Army Welfare Housing Organisation reportedly informs district administration officials that it is awaiting authorisation from headquarters in Delhi
The Supreme Court judge says no amount of whataboutery can justify the exclusion of voters en masse from the electoral rolls as such an action is fatal to the Constitution.
Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. RammohanNaidu visits the Sun temple with the Collector, says the Bhogapuram airport will bring devotees from other States and abroad
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has challenged Thames Valley Police over searches of his former and current homes on royal estates, ahead of a private High Court hearing
The flydubai co-pilot who attacked Captain Smit Machchhar in an attempt to crash the Israel-bound flight likely acted alone, according to reports on October 4, 2026. Unconfirmed media reports identified the attacker as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, who The Wall Street Journal noted was previously barred from flying in Oman due to radical ideological views.
Nobel Prizes are among the worlds most prestigious awards and are highly anticipated each year. The prize in physiology or medicine to be announced on October 5
Vigilance officials inspected the apartments and their immediate surroundings and interacted with residents and members of the protest committee
Trump has been largely favouring light regulation, but the task force reads more like an acknowledgement that some oversight is coming
According to experts, the detailed distribution of marks should be released after the declaration of the final result, when the entire exam cycle has concluded. Releasing it before the interviews and final result may affect an ongoing selection process
An exam meant to filter talent is increasingly seen as rejecting it, raising questions about fairness, design, and whether the system is identifying merit a warning that calls for deeper reflection and timely course correction, rather than remaining a mere instance of acknowledgement
Slower winds can affect how people experience heat. Normally, the air immediately above the ground becomes saturated with water vapour due to evaporation. When winds blow faster, the saturated air is replaced with drier air. Slower winds, however, also limit evaporation
Indias urban centres are notorious for their noise pollution; the new study raises questions about what its findings mean for spiders living in such places
From open-air auditoriums to roadside parks for children and the elderly Indian cities are reclaiming urban spaces lying waste for the benefit of communities
The findings of a new study challenge some long-held assumptions in urban ecology
The ongoing climate change and rapid urbanisation are now defining the Anthropocene, with the cities experiencing both thereby making the urban population vulnerable to the compounding impact.
The higher the relative humidity of air, the less you can cool yourself by sweating.
Governments must prepare people to deal with extreme weather events
A 70-year-old cattle rearer was washed away at Madhyalanka, and a 25-year-old drowned when the boat he was fishing from with his parents capsized; his parents swam to safety
For the Iran-backed Shia armed organisations, which opposed the U.S. occupation of Iraq and frequently clashed with U.S. forces, the September 30 withdrawal of American troops, at a time when Washington wages war on Iran, is a historic victory
For Shreyas, this was a much-needed victory. This campaign, away from probing eyes, would have facilitated his reintegration to progress further. The fact that he had most of his first-choice personnel around would have aided the process of refamiliarisation and put him in a good head-space
The Nobel-laureates songs, popularly referred to as Rabindra Sangeet, are dynamic texts open to reinterpretation, allowing each generation to find new meaning in themes of freedom, love, and humanity revisiting the Tagores musical oeuvre on his 165th birth anniversary

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