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CPI general secretary D. Raja and party supporters take part in a human chain protest in New Delhi on October 27, 2026 over the Special Intensive Revision row. | Photo Credit: ANI The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) organised a human chain from its party headquarters Ajoy Bhawan to ITO…
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on August 31-September 1, 2026, and the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, were remarkable. Iran received considerably more attention and support from members of both the groups, far more than anticipated. More consequential, however, was the shift in India’s stance on the…
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Street lights installed by the National Highways Authority of India along Container Road lit up on October 27. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The switch-on of 1,100 street lights along the 17-km-long, accident-prone Container Road (NH 966A), which provides a direct link between the International Container Transhipment Terminal at Vallarpadam and Kalamassery on NH 544,…
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Sreedevi Rajan, 84, noted dancer and winner of the 2024 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, died here on Tuesday (October 27). The daughter of Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Kalamandalam Kalyanikuttyamma, Sreedevi was the director of ‘Nrithakshethra’ on Warriam Road here. The cremation will be held at the Ravipuram crematorium at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday (October 28),…
S. Raghu, C.V. Raman Nagar BJP MLA, says people may have misused his name, and that he would be the “last person” to be involved in such dumping. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Several garbage trucks have been dumping dry and wet waste at Kalpalli crematorium for nearly three months now, alleged families living…
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Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has warned of strict action against developers and contractors who fail to implement dust-control measures at construction sites and adjoining roads, as part of efforts to curb air pollution in Mumbai. Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide issued the directions during a…
Security personnel deployed outside Jamia Millia Islamia as Section 163 of the BNSS was enforced on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Delhi Police enforced Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita around the Jamia Millia Islamia campus on Tuesday, banning the assembly of five or more persons. The prohibitory order comes amid…
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Mirchowk Inspector of Police M. Kondal Rao and Home Guard Abid Ali. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Mirchowk Inspector of Police and a Home Guard on Tuesday for allegedly demanding ₹6 lakh and accepting a part payment of ₹3 lakh from a complainant in return for closing a case against…
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The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TNPDCL) has started expanding the fuse off call (FOC) offices in the city, and Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram districts. The FOCs, which functioned in circle offices until 2021, were discontinued and their numbers were reduced to pave way for the launch of the centralised complaint redress facility called Minnagam….
D.K. Shivakumar | Photo Credit: File Photo Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday sought cooperation from MLAs and MLCs from Bengaluru to break what he called the “garbage mafia” in the city, even as the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) is re-tendering 16 of 21 waste management packages. Mr. Shivakumar held an all-party meeting…