Month: September 2026

Gold worth ₹1 crore hidden in eight-month-old’s diaper seized

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Gold worth ₹1 crore hidden in eight-month-old’s diaper seized

Image for representational purpose Customs officials at the Calicut International Airport seized gold compound worth over ₹1 crore from a passenger who arrived from Ras Al-Khaimah on an Air Arabia flight on Wednesday. The passenger, a native of Ponnani, allegedly tried to smuggle the gold by hiding packets inside the diaper of his eight-month-old baby….

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Excise forms SIT to probe cases related to seizure of suspected MDMA

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Excise forms SIT to probe cases related to seizure of suspected MDMA

A special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted by the Excise department to probe cases related to the seizure of 281 grams of suspected MDMA from here a week ago. Ernakulam Assistant Excise Commissioner (Enforcement) Joby A.T. will head the 10-member team. Excise sources said the investigators would seek the custody of the four youths…

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Govt. job aspirants protest outside Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM’s residence over delay in recruitment

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Govt. job aspirants protest outside Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM’s residence over delay in recruitment

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak (right) meeting aspirants after they staged a protest outside his residence on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Hundreds of candidates seeking recruitment to 3,284 junior assistant typist posts staged a protest outside the official residence of Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Wednesday demanding completion of the recruitment and appointment process…

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Elderly man dies after falling into abandoned quarry at Angamaly in Keralam

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Elderly man dies after falling into abandoned quarry at Angamaly in Keralam

Image for representational purpose An 80-year-old man was found dead in an abandoned quarry at Karukutty near Angamaly on Wednesday. Varghese K.V. of Kooranthazathuparambil, Karukutty, reportedly drowned in a pit lake formed in the quarry situated in his family property. According to the first information report registered by the Angamaly police, the man is suspected…

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White froth found in Periyar: PCB issues notice to FACT

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White froth found in Periyar: PCB issues notice to FACT

The water in the Periyar near the Edayar industrial area that turned white and formed a layer of frothy foam on September 1, 2026. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has sought an explanation from Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT), Udyogmandal, regarding the suspected industrial discharge into the Periyar. A notice was issued…

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No uniformity in food prices as traders go their own way

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No uniformity in food prices as traders go their own way

A few hotels, restaurants, and wayside eateries in Kozhikode have unilaterally increased the prices of various food items, citing a shortage of commercial liquefied gas cylinders and rising prices of essential commodities. The price disparity came to light after some customers openly challenged the move by traders, many of whom had not even displayed the…

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Odisha warns of fresh flooding in Balasore as Subarnarekha rises

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The Odisha government on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) warned of another round of flooding in Balasore district as the Subarnarekha River, swollen by heavy rains in neighbouring Jharkhand, was in spate. Due to heavy rain in Jharkhand, floodwater was entering the Subarnarekha River through 13 gates, which were opened at the Gauludih barrage. Against a danger…

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Congress protests against filing of FIR against Rahul Gandhi

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Congress protests against filing of FIR against Rahul Gandhi

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, KPCC president B.K. Hariprasad, and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Stating that the BJP was attempting to stifle Opposition voices, the Congress held a protest in Bengaluru on Wednesday against the FIR filed against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha…

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Ukraine tells UN aviation watchdog that Russian airspace ‘not safe’

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Ukraine tells UN aviation watchdog that Russian airspace ‘not safe’

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine said on Wednesday (September 3, 2026) it had formally notified the International Civil Aviation Organization that Russian airspace was “not safe”, following repeated Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian territory. The ICAO, a United Nations agency that regulates and establishes standards for civil aviation, made no…

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Marked ‘shifted’, ‘absent’: voters who submitted SIR forms find names missing from draft roll

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Two days after Delhi’s draft roll was published under the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) drive, several voters who submitted their enumeration forms to Booth Level Officers (BLOs) found their names missing from the roll and marked ‘permanently shifted’ or ‘absent/untraceable’ despite the forms having been officially signed and digitised. The Hindu has verified at least…

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