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Till September 30, the advance ticket reservation complex in Mangaluru Central Railway Station carried the board of Southern Railway, after which the Mangaluru Railway Region came under South Western Railway. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY As Mangaluru bade farewell to Southern Railway (SR) to embrace South Western Railway (SWR) on October 1, the Dakshina…
India’s cities are bustling with taller buildings and more densely packed populations. The hotter days in many of these cities also come with high humidity, and can make the experience of heat seem unforgiving. One of the reasons is often a perceived lack of winds, which often have to make their way through the nooks…
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has planned to conduct a special drive for the enrolment of left-out and young/first-time eligible electors under the process of continuous updation of electoral rolls in States and Union Territories where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has already been completed. According to a release from District Election Officer and…
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A drone view shows vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the U.S. are met, Nournews reported Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying…
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Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Keralam on Sunday (October 4, 2026) sought to revive a 20-year-old corruption allegation against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, when the Kerala cadre IAS official was the State’s Public Works Department (PWD) secretary, by…
A group of independent journalists staged a protest outside the Parliament Street police station of New Delhi jurisdiction on October 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After a woman journalist alleged sexual harassment and being shoved by ACP Vivek Bhagat while covering the protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (October…
Vizianagaram district Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vizianagaram district Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy on Sunday (October 4, 2026) said that the proposed Reliance Data Centre at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district would spur economic activity and create more job opportunities both directly and indirectly within a couple of years. He said…
Vista Dome coaches are the added attraction on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru/Karwar day train services that remain cancelled during this month. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry South Western Railway’s (SWR) decision to cancel day train services on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru/Karwar sector for 26 round trips during the peak Dasara travel season has upset commuters and passenger associations as…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court is all set to hear on Monday (October 5, 2026) a public interest litigation petition which has sought a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to abandon its plan to construct a new Legislative Assembly-cum-Secretariat complex on 25.55 acres at…
Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Searchers found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, from an air ambulance that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic on Saturday (October 3, 2026) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the U.S. Coast Guard said. There were four Canadian nationals…
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