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M. Veerapandian. File | Photo Credit: S. Shivaraj The two Left parties — Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) — have decided to contest the ensuing byelections to the Dharapuram and Madurantakam Assembly constituencies without aligning with any other formations. CPI will contest the Dharapuram seat, while the CPI(M)…
Mocha’s name comes from Al-Mokha, a Red Sea port city steeped in trade in the late Middle Ages and still contested today, as the Houthis, or Ansar Allah, who control northern and northwestern Yemen, hold onto this strategic redoubt. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto With every sip of a mocha, caffeine fiends ingest a slice…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari addresses the ‘Gerua Samman Yatra’ at Jadavpur, in Kolkata. File | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said people have the constitutional freedom to choose their food habits and religious practices, in an apparent response to godman Dhirendra Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Baba, over his…
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Tibetan community members stage a protest march against the visit of China’s President Xi Jinping for the BRICS Summit 2026, in New Delhi on September 11, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI As many as 64 members of the Tibetan Youth Congress were detained by Delhi Police on Saturday (September 12, 2026) night after they stormed…
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Two baby orangutans, who were recently rescued from Balasore district, play with soft toys in a quarantine cell at the Nandankanan Zoological Park, in Khordha district, Odisha. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Odisha government constituted a five-member technical committee to oversee the care of five baby orangutans rescued from Balasore district, officials said…
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The assessment came a day after rescuers recovered 41 additional remains from the ferry, raising the death toll to 76 and leaving 13 people unaccounted for. File | Photo Credit: AP Authorities in the Philippines said on Sunday (September 13, 2026) it could take weeks or months to identify the victims of a ferry fire…
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The Nepali Army conducts a search-and-rescue operation inside the Chilime Hydropower Station tunnel days after deadly flash floods and mudslides in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on September 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Rescue operations are continuing at Nepal’s Chilime hydropower project, where six workers are believed to be trapped inside a tunnel, with Indian and…
The two-day annual seminar titled ‘Brhattattva: The grand canvas of Indian wisdom on reality’, organised by the Adyar Library and Research Centre (ALRC) at the library premises in Chennai was inaugurated by Tim Boyd, International president of the Theosophical Society on Friday (September 11, 2026). The seminar was held to encourage the comparative study of religion,…
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India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the flood-affected Betrawati area, the Indian envoy in Kathmandu said. | Photo Credit: X/@navsri6619 India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the…
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India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the flood-affected Betrawati area, the Indian envoy in Kathmandu said. | Photo Credit: X/@navsri6619 India has sent the first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge to Nepal to help restore connectivity in the…
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