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Bengaluru-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express is two hours late during run time trial

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Bengaluru-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express is two hours late during run time trial

Tentatively, the train is expected to cover the distance from Bengaluru to Mangaluru in 8 hours and 20 minutes. The return journey is expected to take 8 hours. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only South Western Railway is carrying out the run time trial of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express on September 5. A…

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Valles Marineris flood may have raised ancient Martian sea level by 34 metres: study

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Valles Marineris stretches more than 4,000 km across Mars’s equatorial region and is thought to have once contained extensive bodies of water, including paleolakes. Researchers estimate that these waterbodies contained about 2,369 trillion cubic metres, with simulations suggesting that roughly half was released during the catastrophic breach. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The recent catastrophic…

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Several explosions in Kharg Island area of Gulf, Iranian media report

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Several explosions in Kharg Island area of Gulf, Iranian media report

A file image of Kharg Island. | Photo Credit: AFP Iranian media on Saturday (September 5, 2026) reported several explosions near the country’s major oil hub of Kharg Island in the Gulf, days after renewed fighting broke out with the United States. Fars news agency said blasts were heard by its correspondent, but that there…

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Rescuers in Nepal pull Chinese national and woman alive 10 days after devastating floods

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Rescuers in Nepal pull Chinese national and woman alive 10 days after devastating floods

A Chinese national is seen after being rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on September 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Nepal Army via AP A Chinese national was rescued on Saturday (September 5, 2026) from a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa, Nepal, while a 60-year-old woman…

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Israel, Hezbollah battle over strategic hill months after Lebanon ceasefire

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Israel, Hezbollah battle over strategic hill months after Lebanon ceasefire

Since a ceasefire went into effect between Israel and Hezbollah more than two months ago, fighting has stopped in much of Lebanon, but not on a strategic hill overlooking parts of a main southern city. In recent weeks, Ali Taher Hill has been the scene of daily shelling and airstrikes by Israel’s military. Hezbollah, a…

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Don’t take to streets; give me two years to resolve issues: Telangana CM to teachers

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Don’t take to streets; give me two years to resolve issues: Telangana CM to teachers

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy addressing Teachers’ Day programme at the Government Junior College in Kodangal on Saturday (September 5, 2026) | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday (September 5, 2026) appealed to teachers not to take to the streets over their grievances and sought two more years…

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Tracing Smriti Mandhana’s journey to the top with a record 18 centuries

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Tracing Smriti Mandhana’s journey to the top with a record 18 centuries

When Smriti Mandhana scored her 18th international century against Hong Kong at the Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Dubai on Thursday (September 3, 2026) — in just 57 balls — she had set a new record for scoring the highest number of centuries in women’s international cricket across all formats. However, the century, which cemented…

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ECI bars former Velachery MLA Aassan Maulaana from contesting elections for three years

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ECI bars former Velachery MLA Aassan Maulaana from contesting elections for three years

J.M.H. Aassan Maulaana. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj The Election Commission of India (ECI) has disqualified J.M.H. Aassan Maulaana, who was elected from the Velachery Assembly constituency in Chennai on a Congress ticket in the 2021 Assembly elections, from contesting elections for a period of three years from August 2026. According to the…

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One year on, how has the Greater Bengaluru Authority fared?

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One year on, how has the Greater Bengaluru Authority fared?

Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) board was installed in the head office of the erstwhile BBMP, in Bengaluru on September 3, 2025. The GBA was established with five city corporations with the number of wards increasing from 198 to 369.  | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K In this six-part series, The Hindu’s reporters evaluate the restructuring…

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