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Rahul to host high tea for INDIA bloc MPs, civil society members, student organisations Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has invited INDIA bloc MPs, civil society members and student organisations for a high tea at his residence on Tuesday (October 13, 2026), sources said. They said a joint press conference…
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”, has brought renewed attention to using light to investigate fundamental biological processes. These include memory formation, feelings, and behaviours relevant for neurological and psychiatric disorders, as well as processes…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Expressing surprise at the Opposition’s morcha on the Supreme Court on Monday (October 12, 2026), Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called it a deep conspiracy “to bring in ultra-Leftist mindset” in the country. “Congress wants to create anarchy in the country. It is a conspiracy…
KPCC president Sunny Joseph. After a post on its official ‘X’ account against Chief Justice of India Surya Kant kicked up a row, the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Monday said it removed the person responsible and would conduct a probe into the incident. The post has since been taken down. KPCC president Sunny…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said the byelections to the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly seats had proved that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not draw support from only one community. Mr. Adhikari was pointing to Muslim voters backing the party’s candidates…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: ANI Amid protests seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said India needs the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls every five years to check the infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals. He cited what he called a “demographic invasion”…
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Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan on Monday ruled that the Assembly’s usage of ‘Kerala Niyamasabha’ on its official papers is linguistically sound and procedurally valid, as he rejected a point of order raised by CPI legislator and former Minister G. R. Anil. Mr. Anil had claimed that persisting with the usage of ‘Kerala Niyamasabha’ was flawed in light of…
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Road stretches for topographic survey for length of 4.55 km for urban roads at Chengalpattu | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) will survey 4.55 km of roads in Chengalpattu to prepare a plan to improve road space and ease traffic congestion, including detailed measurements of road features, adjoining buildings,…
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Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, right, with Congress and INDIA bloc leaders during a protest in Delhi on October 12, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI After taking part in a protest by the AICC in Delhi against the Special Intensive Revision, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said the State would continue with the inquiry into how…
The by-election results in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, declared on Friday, held few surprises. Barely five months after the April Assembly elections, the ruling party in each State/UT won all five bypolls. What varied was the scale of victory. In West Bengal, the BJP retained Nandigram and wrested Rejinagar, with strong vote shares…