Month: June 2026

Congress to mount legal, political battle over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

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Congress to mount legal, political battle over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said it would challenge the rejection of its Madhya Pradesh candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election legally and politically. It also announced a nation-wide campaign on issues such as inflation, unemployment, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate)…

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Mexico vs South Africa LIVE, FIFA World Cup: Opening match updates

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Mexico vs South Africa LIVE, FIFA World Cup: Opening match updates

Mexico’s Julian Quinones, left, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The 2026 FIFA World Cup is under way as host Mexico takes on South Africa in the Group A clash…

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Trinamool Congress MP Prakash Chik Barik resigns from Rajya Sabha

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Trinamool Congress MP Prakash Chik Barik resigns from Rajya Sabha

Prakash Chik Barik with TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. File Photo: X/@ChikPrakash In another jolt to the Trinamool Congress, its third Rajya Sabha member, Prakash Chik Barik, resigned from the Upper House and also from the party organisation on Thursday (June 11, 2026).  Also read | Second Trinamool MP quits Rajya Sabha  Mr. Barik, who was…

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​Lows of the land: On Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

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​Lows of the land: On Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination

The rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh raises questions of institutional integrity and procedural fairness, going beyond the fate of a single candidate. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the matter on Friday. Meanwhile, all three BJP candidates have been declared elected unopposed, raising further…

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Residents of three zones will not receive piped water supply on June 13 and 14

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Residents of three zones will not receive piped water supply on June 13 and June 14, as Chennai Metrowater will execute interconnection works on the pipelines on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai near Padi flyover. A press release said areas such as Kolathur, Perambur, Korattur, Anna Nagar West, and Villivakkam, falling under Anna Nagar, Ambattur and Thiru.Vi.Ka….

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Central, coastal A.P. receive season’s first spell of heavy rainfall

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Central, coastal A.P. receive season’s first spell of heavy rainfall

Vehicles move along the Kolkata-Chennai national highway under dark clouds near Guntur Road Circle in Ongole early on Thursday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Many stations in central and coastal Andhra Pradesh received their first heavy spell of southwest monsoon on Wednesday night, providing relief from dry and humid conditions. NTR district recorded widespread and…

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Impose fine on those littering beaches, NGT directs local bodies

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Impose fine on those littering beaches, NGT directs local bodies

 The NGT says large-scale gatherings at beaches continue to result in extensive littering. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed local bodies across Tamil Nadu to impose fines on those littering beaches, prepare mandatory pre-event environmental management plans for high-footfall gatherings, and publicly disclose data on…

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Shakira and Burna Boy warm up spectators in World Cup opening ceremony

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Shakira and Burna Boy warm up spectators in World Cup opening ceremony

Shakira performs during the opening ceremony before the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Shakira and Nigerian singer Burna Boy had the spectators out of their seats in the opening ceremony for the 2026 World Cup in the…

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Of old warhorses, their longevity and last dance

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Of old warhorses, their longevity and last dance

Messi. | Photo Credit: Reuters A look at age-verification documents would make one wonder how these warhorses’ batteries still have enough charge for the FIFA World Cup. It appears as though they have been competing at football’s glitziest spectacle since time immemorial. The ageless fighters, however, are likely to bid adieu to the pinnacle of…

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Musical comedy today – The Hindu

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A Kannada play ‘Kolalu.com(edy)’, which revolves around a Hindustani Classical music teacher, is being brought to the stage by well-known flautist Praveen Godkhindi and his troupe Sanjog. A release from the organisation described the play as a “unique mix of classical music and comedy.” The release further said, “Pandit Pravin Godkhindi for the first time…

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