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A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued the notices on the petition and granted JMI and the Centre four weeks to file its reply. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court has sought responses from Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and the Centre on a plea alleging…
Samrat Choudhary has taken several important steps in line with former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s policies, focusing on development and zero tolerance toward corruption and crime. File. | Photo Credit: X/@samrat4bjp Samrat Choudhary, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took the oath of office as Chief Minister on April 15. This Friday (May…
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Activist Sudha Bharadwaj. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has told a special court that the two accused violated bail conditions by attending a gathering at the Mumbai Press Club on January 19 where other co-accused in the Elgaar Parishad case were present. The Court has asked Bharadwaj and Rao…
The commission noted that during the 45-day period, 8,986 stubble burning incidents were reported in Punjab, compared to 6,474 during the corresponding period last year. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Stubble burning cases in Punjab and Haryana from April 1 to May 15 rose by 38.80% and 118.89% over the corresponding period last year,…
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A Class 8 student drowned in the Thevara-Konthuruthy backwaters here on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Asher Antony, 13, son of Martin, a native of Nettoor. The boy was reportedly swept away by strong currents when he was swimming. The body was found by divers from the Fire and Rescue Services after an…
The first digital household census exercise in the district began on April 16, with the door-to-door survey starting on April 20. It concluded on May 15 as scheduled. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The door-to-door exercise for Phase I of Census 2027 concluded in the New Delhi district on Friday (May 15, 2026), covering…
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Hydrogen-powered buses launched by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will operate from Central Secretariat and Seva Teerth Metro stations in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday (May 15, 2026) launched two hydrogen-powered buses from the Central Secretariat Metro station in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing…
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A screen grab of the horse that had exhibited multiple ulcerated cutaneous lesions and enlarged lymph nodes. A horse used for joyrides in the city has died of glanders, a highly contagious and notifiable bacterial disease affecting equines. The ICAR–National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) — which confirmed the disease after testing a sample sent…
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Marjeyoun, Lebanon, on May 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire after another round of talks in Washington, the U.S. State Department said Friday (May 15, 2026). It comes after two “productive”…
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Light evening drizzles cooled Chennai after a long cloudy day. | Photo Credit: J. Johan Sathyadas The persisting well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to provide relief from the searing heat in Tamil Nadu for a few more days, while heavy rainfall may lash parts of the State till Sunday. Many parts…
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