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Security personnel detaining a student activist during a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Delhi Police has registered at least 40 First Information Reports (FIRs) in connection with the protests against the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital since…
James Anderson’s 26-year association with Lancashire has come to an end. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In one fell swoop, without warning or indication, without even a hint of what was coming, a 26-year-old association was snapped in a jiffy. Inarguably the greatest son of the soil was let go without so much as a…
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Harmanpreet Singh drew first blood for India. | Photo Credit: X@TheHockeyIndia For a city hosting its first-ever international hockey tournament, the result of India’s opening match in the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) against Bangladesh was the perfect initiation. But less so for coach Craig Fulton and the team’s long-term plans. With local boys among the scorers…
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In the high-stakes arena of Uttar Pradesh elections, the line between social representation and competitive polarisation is razor-thin. Samajwadi Party (SP) spokesperson Rajkumar Bhati discovered it last week when he faced trolls from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a reprimand from the party’s top leadership after participating in a Buddhist Dhamma Diksha ceremony in…
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Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) arrives to speak after losing the presidential runoff election, in Brasilia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has left the country for the United States after losing Sunday’s (October 25, 2026) presidential election and refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order…
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The A.P. United Teachers’ Federation (APUTF) on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) demanded that the Central and State governments protect public education and implement the Old Pension Scheme for government employees. Speaking at a protest at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada, as part of a nationwide teachers protest staged under the banner of South Teachers’ Federation of…
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R. Samarth (53, 122b, 5×4), Dhruv Shorey (63, 127b, 5×4), and Danish Malewar (51, 86b, 7×4) helped Vidarbha extend its dominance on the second day of its Ranji Trophy Elite Group- A match against Goa at the VCA Jamtha Stadium here on Tuesday. Vidarbha came into the day needing two wickets to wrap up Goa’s…
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In July, Keralam’s newly elected UDF government set up an expert panel to review the functioning of Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). The panel, headed by a former civil servant, was tasked with recommending measures to restructure KIIFB and strengthen the government’s institutional capabilities, among other things. The committee has recently submitted its report,…
Saudi authorities said they destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen after explosions were heard over the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). They said air defences destroyed another three Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward the country’s eastern region. Meanwhile, the Houthis accused government forces of killing two…
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Javelin thrower Dharanidharan who won the U20 Gold Medal at the 41st National Junior Championships held at Chennai. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement An unusually large crowd — cheering, clapping and whistling — greeted the finalists in the under-20 men’s javelin as the curtain came down on the 41st National junior athletics championships at the…
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