Month: September 2026

Asian Games 2026: Full-strength India to face inexperienced Afghanistan in opener

September 27, 2026 admin

The players reached Nagoya from Tokyo via the iconic bullet train and expectedly enjoyed the journey. (Photo: X/@BCCI) India will face an inexperienced Afghanistan in their Asian Games opener on Monday (September 28, 2026), with the overwhelming favourites looking to quickly acclimatise to the unfamiliar conditions in Japan. India would not know what to expect…

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Greenfield shipyard in Thoothukudi: a southern port to development

September 27, 2026 admin

Thoothukudi, long known as the ‘Pearl City’, is steadily sculpting a new identity, rediscovering its long-ignored potential to emerge as a major maritime-manufacturing hub in Tamil Nadu. A proposed greenfield shipyard in the district is envisaged as the anchor for a new industrial ecosystem in southern Tamil Nadu. The comparison being drawn these days is…

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News in Frames: After the drought,a refreshing respite

September 27, 2026 admin

Two days of rain have redrawn a landscape that had borne the effects of a prolonged dry spell, compounded by El Niño-related weather patterns in Andhra Pradesh. In June, the tank beds in the villages of Alluru and Gaadhepalem near Ongole lay baked and cracked under the summer heat, with concrete wells standing exposed amid…

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Tamil Nadu government exempts Public (Law and Order) Department from RTI Act

September 27, 2026 admin

The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order exempting the Public (Law and Order) Department from the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order exempting the Public (Law and Order) Department from the ambit of the Right to…

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Russia’s top diplomat rejects German calls to ease off its ‘dangerous’ escalation toward it

September 27, 2026 admin

Russia’s top diplomat rejected German calls to ease off its “dangerous path of escalation” toward the country, instead accusing Germany of being Ukraine’s main sponsor and seeking to be a leading military power in Europe. “Does Berlin understand what this could lead to?” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked in his speech at the UN…

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Karur stampede left an indelible scar, says Vijay on first anniversary

September 27, 2026 admin

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Sunday (September 27, 2026) paid homage to those who lost their lives in the tragic Karur crowd crush on its first anniversary….

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UEFA Nations League: Ireland players agree to play Israel fixtures, plan black armbands

September 27, 2026 admin

Pressure to boycott upcoming Nations League games against Israel over that country’s actions in Gaza took its toll on the Ireland team on Saturday (September 26, 2026) when players talked for hours, voted on their participation, and one departed the squad. Ireland is due to play Israel in Debrecen, Hungary, in the first of those…

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YouTuber behind Kolkata restaurant beef row, influencers, RJ and actors funded by BJP during Bengal polls

September 27, 2026 admin

A deeper analysis of BJP’s expenditure reveals that a total ₹55.76 crores have been paid to 36 such social media personalities by the BJP’s central unit from New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI As per the expenditure statements filed with the Election Commission, the Bharatiya Janata Party spent ₹286.99 crore on the West Bengal Assembly…

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Bihar CM bats for coordination between centre and State to curb infiltration in border areas of Nepal

September 27, 2026 admin

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary. Photo credit: X/samrat4bjp Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Saturday (September 26, 2026) said that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Bihar Police, and central agencies should work in coordination to bolster security along the India-Nepal border. Mr. Choudhary said this during a high-level review meeting regarding various issues concerning the India-Nepal…

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Match sickle cell status, not horoscopes before marriage, say experts in Odisha

September 27, 2026 admin

Malini (name changed) from Odisha’s Angul district did not have a conventional arranged marriage. Instead of matching horoscopes with her prospective husband, she and her family relied on the couple’s medical reports before agreeing to the marriage. Malini, 42, has lived with sickle cell disease (SCD), a genetic disorder affecting red blood cells, since birth….

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