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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

Samarkand is ready: FIDE interim president Viswanathan Anand and AICF president Nitin Narang hand over the Chess Olympiad flame to Sindarov. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Time flies. It has been two years since those beautiful images from Budapest caught India’s imagination — the country’s young chess players, men and women, posing for photographs after their twin success at the Chess Olympiad. It was…

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CPI(M) protests Vijaya Dairy milk price hike in Vijayawada

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CPI(M) protests Vijaya Dairy milk price hike in Vijayawada

CPI(M) State secretariat member Ch. Babu Rao and party workers staging a protest in Vijayawada. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged protests here on Tuesday against the recent hike in milk prices by Vijaya Dairy and demanded that the State government roll back the increase and take steps to contain the prices of essential…

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Trump slams U.S. Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots

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Trump slams U.S. Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday, September 14, 2026, to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) went after the U.S. Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms, saying…

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Women with empty pots block road near busy Kulavanigarpuram manned railway level crossing for drinking water

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Women with empty pots block road near busy Kulavanigarpuram manned railway level crossing for drinking water

Residents of Ward 52 of the Tirunelveli Corporation submit a petition during the grievance redress meeting on Tuesday, seeking the desilting of drains and completion of the UGD work without delay. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Condemning the Corporation’s “inaction and turning a blind eye” towards their prolonged drinking water crisis, a group of residents…

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India-Afghanistan 2nd T20I: India opt to field first

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India-Afghanistan 2nd T20I: India opt to field first

New Delhi: India’s captain Shreyas Iyer (left) and Afghanistan’s captain Ibrahim Zadran during the toss before the second T20I cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in New Delhi, on September 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field against Afghanistan in their second T20I in New…

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August retail inflation raises chances of RBI rate hike in October, say economists

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August retail inflation raises chances of RBI rate hike in October, say economists

RBI headquarter | Photo Credit: bl-online Administrator The 20-month-high retail inflation of 4.8% in August 2026 has significantly increased the probability of an interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its next meeting in October, according to economists. Inflation in August as measured by the Consumer Price Index…

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Bangladesh tribunal sentences seven senior Awami League leaders to death

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Bangladesh tribunal sentences seven senior Awami League leaders to death

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) sentenced to death seven senior leaders of the banned Awami League for crimes against humanity over their alleged roles in directing, inciting or facilitating violence during the 2024 student-led protests, dubbed the July Uprising. Also read | Bangladesh tribunal sentences to death Dhaka’s former police chief,…

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No forcible acquisition of farmers’ land under environmental laws, Keralam to push Centre to restrict ESA notification to 98 villages: Forest Minister

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No forcible acquisition of farmers’ land under environmental laws, Keralam to push Centre to restrict ESA notification to 98 villages: Forest Minister

Forest Minister Shibu Baby John convening a meeting with representatives of farmers’ organisations in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Forest Minister Shibu Baby John has assured farmers’ organisations that farmers’ land in Keralam would not be forcibly acquired under any environmental protection laws.  Speaking at a discussion with representatives of farmers’ organisations…

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SHOOTING | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar has the yellow metal in his sights

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SHOOTING | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar has the yellow metal in his sights

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar says this time the target is to give the best performance and win the gold medal, during a chat with The Hindu at the team’s preparatory camp in Bhopal on September 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY As a two-time Olympian, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar will be among the senior…

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World Championship Final gold a boost not just for the Asian Games, but for my career: Dhiraj

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World Championship Final gold a boost not just for the Asian Games, but for my career: Dhiraj

Dhiraj in action in the final. | Photo Credit: World Archery Recurve archer B. Dhiraj, who overcame fatigue from 35 hours of air travel and unusually windy conditions in Saltillo, Mexico, to win the World Cup Final gold medal, said the achievement would boost his confidence for future competitions, including the upcoming Asian Games. Dhiraj,…

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