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Members of the Congress protest against the alleged question paper leak of NEET-UG and against UGC-NET in Tiruchi on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY A section of Congress members staged demonstrations in Tiruchi and in Pudukottai district on Friday condemning the BJP-led NDA government for the question paper leak in the National Eligibility cum…
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Moonveil, Starzella, Pearl Star and Ravishing Queen pleased when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (June 26) Inner sand: 1200m: Elysium (Akshay) 1-20, 1,000/1-6, 600/38.5. Moved fluently. Redefined (Akshay) 1-21, 1,000/1-7.5, 600/40. Pleased. Outer sand: 600m: Kings Gambit (Yash) 45. Easy. Breathtaking (Suraj) 41.5. Strode out well. 1000m: Diesel (R. Pradeep), Starsinhereyes (Arul)…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Several middlemen have offered Indian refiners discounted Iranian oil as Tehran looks to expedite sales after Washington’s temporary sanctions waiver, Indian refining sources said. On Monday (June 22, 2026), the United States waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days after the first talks under a…
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Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Retirement of Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao on June 30 marks a significant shift in Telangana’s administrative landscape. After his retirement from the service, the current top bureaucrat will become an Advisorto Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, bringing…
Since the introduction of the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app for attendance under MGNREGA, workers have repeatedly reported difficulties due to poor mobile network connectivity. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Ahead of the rollout of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), 2025 (VB-GRAM G), which is proposed to replace MGNREGA, the Karnataka…
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Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, is seen on a screen during a sermon marking the first day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the grave of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. |…
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Kochi Mayor V. K. Minimol | Photo Credit: H.VIBHU The Kochi Corporation’s public adalat to address grievances related to pending applications will be streamlined, with each session dedicated exclusively to a particular subject. The revised format of the adalat will come into effect next month. Talk With Mayor, the monthly public interaction programme of Mayor…
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“Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank,” an independent U.N. inquiry said on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). International criminal law, as codified in the Rome Statute of the Internation Criminal Court (ICC) and customary…
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Senior IAS officer Sanjay Jaju. File | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL A 1992 batch IAS officer Sanjay Jaju is appointed as the next Chief Secretary of Telangana, succeeding K. Ramakrishna Rao — who is set to retire on June 30, 2026. The State government issued the orders on Friday (June 26, 2026). It has been…
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