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Four children drown in Periya Eri in Chromepet

The Chromepet police were alerted by the residents around Periya Erithat four dead bodies were floating in the lake

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:28 pm

Union Minister lays stone for 3 lakh houses, announces another 6 lakh dwellings for A.P.

Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu also launch a pilot project for construction of government-led 3D concrete-printed houses

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:23 pm

Two captive-bred Great Indian Bustards released into wild in Rajasthan under conservation efforts

Bhupender Yadav said the milestone was the outcome of nearly a decade of unwavering dedication by our scientists, researchers, and ground staff to help the Great Indian Bustard, a critically endangered bird, reclaim the deserts of Rajasthan

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:22 pm

Drive to enrol left-out voters of Keralam to begin on October 15, 2026

Special drive led by Booth Level Officers will begin on the day. The pre-SIR and post-SIR voters list will be compared and those left out will be enrolled as new voters

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:21 pm

CFALs team to compete in Battle of Robots-2026 in Moscow

The CFAL is one of only two teams selected from India for the championship; students will face teams from several countries in live combat rounds.

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:17 pm

SC to hear suo motu case over relocation of 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library

The courts intervention comes amid reports that the library, housed in the Shastri Bhawan complex, was directed on September 17 to vacate the premises as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:14 pm

SC to hear suo motu case over relocation of 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library

The courts intervention comes amid reports that the library, housed in the Shastri Bhawan complex, was directed on September 17 to vacate the premises as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:14 pm

Andhra Pradesh ready for local body polls, awaiting SC verdict on BC quota: Narayana

Delay may cost 12,000 crore in 16th Finance Commission funds, says Minister

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:14 pm

Andhra Pradesh ready for local body polls, awaiting SC verdict on BC quota: Narayana

Delay may cost 12,000 crore in 16th Finance Commission funds, says Minister

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:14 pm

Column | Top books to read in September 2026 for International Translation Day

Full of strange rhythms and yet, these books feel oddly familiar, carrying something of the flavour of home

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:08 pm

Cool weather draws tourists to ASR Agency

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:06 pm

Cool weather draws tourists to ASR Agency

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:06 pm

Campaigning ends for Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll

15 candidates in fray as Nagaon prepares to vote on October 6, which is likely to be a three-way political race between BJP, Congress and AIUDF

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 7:01 pm

Techie drowns to death in Jigani quarry

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:59 pm

Watch: Jaishankar on Iran war: India paying the price for conflicts in which it has no part

EAM S. Jaishankar says India is concerned about energy and trade disruptions amid the Iran conflict, as unsettled energy markets and rising oil prices affect peoples livelihoods. He calls for the restoration of uninterrupted energy, trade and mobility flows.

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:57 pm

Irani Cup: Mukesh and Akash blow away J&K as RoI triumphs

J&K fold up for 111 in less than 29 overs on the third day

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:57 pm

Lorry owners threaten to picket PWD office if govt. fails to open sand quarries

Closure of the quarries has affected the livelihood of over a lakh drivers, cleaners, and lorry owners and contributed to illegal sand mining on riverbeds and destruction of hillocks for m-sand, says association

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:56 pm

Alcaraz through to Japan Open semis, Fils crashes out

Defending champion Alcaraz will play fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar for a place in the final after the world number 64 ended the impressive run of 86th-ranked Kyrian Jacquet of France

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:50 pm

Mangaluru City South MLA urges government to extend Dasara holidays till October 23

The Dasara celebrations in Mangaluru last till the morning of October 23. It applies to the celebrations at Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple, Urwa Marigudi Temple, Kudroli Bhagavathi Temple, Mangaladevi Temple, Venkatramana Temple and Acharya Mutt.

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:35 pm

EC explains new ERONET options for SIR notice disposal to EROs through demo video; no written instructions yet

New options allow EROs to clear SIR notice cases without documents or hearings; introduced midway through third phase;options were not available in 22 States and UTs where exercise is complete

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:25 pm

Panchkula TT tournament retains National-ranking status

The ad hoc committee strips the ranking status of the remaining two proposed tournaments at Phagwara and Dehradun

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:24 pm

Kerala orders vigilance probe into 2006 corruption allegations involving CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Kerala has ordered a preliminary vigilance enquiry into 2006 corruption allegations involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a road project reportedly linked to 92 crore in losses.

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:22 pm

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan slams SIR

The serving Supreme Court judge said the right to vote or the right to be a voter was not a mere statutory right that flows from parliamentary legislation like the Representation of the People Act, 1951

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:20 pm

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan slams SIR

The serving Supreme Court judge said the right to vote or the right to be a voter was not a mere statutory right that flows from parliamentary legislation like the Representation of the People Act, 1951

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 6:20 pm

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and Kamal Haasan: A look back at one of Indian cinemas iconic duos

From a film without dialogue to a dwarf protagonist and four characters played by a single actor with an appetite for the unconventional and an instinct for experimentation, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and Kamal Haasan formed a rare creative partnership that repeatedly turned the impossible into enduring cinema

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:54 pm

Rivayat and Priority Road show out

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:22 pm

BJP questions Rahul Gandhis silence on flydubai incident, Captain Smits bravery

Rajya Sabha MP and BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi terms the lack of a statement from the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha on the incident as, the Gandhi familys silent support to terrorism

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:12 pm

CPI(M) dumps Palakkad district secretary after election setback

The change in district secretary during an interim organisational review is unusual; the move follows the partys setbacks in the Assembly and local-body elections in Palakkad, traditionally a strong district for the CPI(M)

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:12 pm

DEO orders inquiry into fake death declarations in Vijayapura

Followers of Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, an expelled BJP MLA, had filed objections under Form 7, allegedly using fudged death certificates to delete the names of several voters

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:11 pm

Keralam CM demands apology from CPI(M) for seeking to demonise Muslim-majority Malappuram district

Satheesan accused the CPI(M) of borrowing a page from the Sangh Parivar playbook by playing dog-whistle politics aimed at appeasing the right-wing Hindu nationalist base by disparaging minority communities

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:10 pm

CPI(M) Pathanamthitta meet to take stock of poll setback, internal challenges

Extended meeting on October 6 and 7 will take decisions aimed at strengthening CPI(M)s organisational capabilities and expanding its mass influence

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 5:07 pm

RS polls: BJP fields Dinesh Arya from Uttarakhand

Elections to 12 Rajya Sabha seats across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal will be held on October 16.

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:54 pm

BJP using SIR as a tool of electoral genocide, says Prakash Raj

Already, over 13 crore voters have been obliterated. This has been done under existing laws, using government agencies. But we should realise that these are not just numbers. They are human beings with rights. Their legal lives have been ended by SIR said Prakash Raj

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:51 pm

UAE shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots names, nationalities

While the investigation continues, preliminary details about the incident have highlighted several major security lapses

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:23 pm

Diljit Dosanjh Aura India Tour: Singer announces seven-city India leg across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and more

Diljit Dosanjh is bringing his Aura World Tour to seven Indian cities across November and December, with the India leg beginning in Delhi-NCR on November 1

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:17 pm

Keralams 100 MW Kasaragod solar park to have battery energy storage system

The 50 MW/100 MWh BESS alongside phase II of the solar park will complement the five BESS projects already under development by the KSEB to tap the surge in Keralams solar power capacity

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:10 pm

Will bring laws against love, land jihad in 6 months, implement UCC like Uttarakhand, Gujarat: Adhikari

The West Bengal government has constituted a high-level committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to examine a draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for the State

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:08 pm

Gyanesh Kumar undermined Election Commissions independence: Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot alleged the SIR is being used to selectively delete voters, as he also criticised the Rajasthan governments drought response and the AAP government in Punjab

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:05 pm

Experts poll: RBI may hike rates by 0.25% in October policy amid inflationary pressures

The last repo rate hike was in February 2023, when the RBI raised the rate by 0.25% to 6.50%

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:05 pm

Amazon v. Perplexity: whos in control when an AI agent acts for you?

In India, where e-commerce, automated consumer services, and AI adoption are all expanding rapidly, the legal dispute between Amazon.com and Perplexity AI offers a useful, if also imperfect, template to think about platform governance and intermediary liability

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 4:01 pm

India is going beyond advocacy on the Russia-Ukraine conflict: Jaishankar

Commenting on India-Russia ties, Mr. Jaishankar said, For us, Russia and Soviet Union before that, was a country that stood by us in many ways when our security, when our territorial integrity was under threat, and at a time when you know much of the world preferred backing a military regime next to us

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 3:49 pm

BJP President Nagenthran condemns intimidation of journalist by TVK cadres

BJP State president Nainar Nagenthran alleged a journalists phone was taken and videos forcibly deleted after he filmed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam functionaries at Dharapuram in Tiruppur district

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 3:42 pm

Chaos at SP's Gorakhpur press meet as leaders clash over seating

According to party functionaries present at the venue, an argument broke out after Anshuman Singh, who is seeking an SP ticket from the Gorakhpur Rural Assembly constituency for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, arrived at the packed hall with his supporters and sought seating space

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 3:41 pm

Asian Games close in Japan after records, rancour and rain

More than 17,000 athletes and officials, a bigger number than the Olympics, descended on Nagoya and Aichi prefecture for the continents premier sporting spectacular

The Hindu 4 Oct 2026 3:37 pm