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The AAP has officially exited the INDIA bloc and has been organising separate protests on the same issue. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Delhi Congress on Sunday announced that constituent parties of the INDIA bloc in the national capital will stage a protest outside the office of Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ashok…
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Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday (October 5, 2026) because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, the Education Minister said. Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some “400-500” high schools as the security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, said Education…
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The collapse of a five-storey building in Satya Niketan on September 6 in New Delhi, in which several young students who were staying there as paying guests were killed, was a tragedy waiting to happen. Its genesis, however, lies in the inadequate hostel accommodation at the University of Delhi. This author has been associated with…
The busy commercial-cum-residential lane on Loharka Road in Amritsar now bears witness to the stains of violence towards vulnerable communities on Punjab’s soil. LGBTQA+ influencer and makeup artist Mad Sandhu (officially named Madhusudan) was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne men on Saturday evening. A day after the killing, news reports stated that posts on social media accounts claimed responsibility for Sandhu’s murder. Ironically,…
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Fire from an explosion as a Russian drone hits North Bridge, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 4, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Photo: Social Media/via Reuters Russia hit on Sunday (October 4, 2026) the Northern bridge over the Dnipro river in Kyiv, targeting a route used…
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IMCT inspecting drought-hit villages in Yadgir and Raichur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Inter-Ministerial Central Teams, which are in Karnataka to assess the impact of drought, continued their visits to drought-hit areas for the second day on Sunday. The teams visited several drought-affected villages in Yadgir and Raichur districts, Gerdada and Arakere…
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India’s ambition to become a Viksit Bharat requires an economy in which enterprises of every size can grow, wherever they begin. Over the past 12 years, our government has worked to create those conditions. The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2017 established a common national framework for indirect taxation. Next-Gen GST…
Videos of bike racing and stunts have gone viral on social media, prompting netizens to demand stern police action. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Residents and motorists in the city are alarmed by the growing number of teenagers taking part in bike racing at night during weekends, posing a serious threat to motorists and other…
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TVK president and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at a roadshow in Dharapuram on Sunday. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY The high-decibel byelection campaign in the Assembly segments of Madurantakam (SC) in Chengalpattu district and Dharapuram (SC) in Tiruppur district ended on Sunday evening, when leaders and cadres of various political parties made a final…
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The Velachery police on Sunday arrested three men in connection with the murder of their fellow migrant worker from Odisha following a dispute over the online transfer of wages. The city police said the accused – Qasim and his accomplices Sheriful and Tabir, all from Bihar – were involved in the construction of a house…
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