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National Conference raises concern over ‘skewed reservation policy’ in J&K

General category candidates, if we keep increasing reservation, will be pushed to the status of the Scheduled Castes as was in 1947, says Farooq Abdullah

‘They think they can beat us into submission,’ Neha Bora says in Kolkata

Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Indian Statistical Institute, and Jadavpur University students join convention to speak out against crackdown on educational institutes, and the voter rights’ issue

Indian Mastermind Behind Online 'Warlords' Raping, Torturing Minors In France

The case first came into light in 2020, as part of an initiative by the US National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children to combat child sexual abuse. The organisation discovered online images of a 12-year-old girl with her chest exposed.

On Camera, Car Rams Kerala Home's Wall, Flips Onto Its Lawn

The accident happened near Ainkombu on the Pala-Thodupuzha road in Kottayam at around 5 pm.

Pro-Left Syndicate members to boycott honourary doctorate presentation event in Calicut varsity on October 6

Film-maker Sathyan Anthikad and industrialist P.K. Ahammed are all set to get Doctor of Letters degree while scientist E.D. Jemmis will be presented with a Doctor of Science degree

Inadequate hostel facilities continue to haunt medical college students in Kozhikode

According to functionaries of the students’ union at the college, female students are the worst affected. Though the construction of two new hostel buildings is almost complete, they are yet to be thrown open for stay.

'Story matters, so does how you get it': Delhi Police lays down rules for scribes covering protests

Congress campaign against vote chori to help re-enroll voters whose names were deleted in SIR

Congress to invite DMK, AAP to INDIA bloc rally on November 1; ‘Vote bachao, desh bachao’ campaign to start at block level from October 10 to 20, culminate in Delhi Chalo marches, rally in the capital on November 26

Kozhikode Corporation revises annual Plan; escalator to come up near mofussil bus stand

The revised Plan follows an additional ₹40.92-crore allocation for spillover projects, while allocations for day-care homes and City of Literature activities have been increased, and ₹45 lakh has been sanctioned for the Samanwaya project

After SC notice, BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of ‘spreading lies and confusion’ over Form 6

At press conference, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra argues that the Supreme Court had neither called Form 6 illegal nor rejected it; the court’s decision to issue notices to the government and the Election Commission demonstrated a functioning democratic process, he argues

Andhra Pradesh special TET for in-service teachers from October 11

SEBI to partly reverse derivative settlement rules after pushback, sources say

SEBI told it had received 20,000 suggestions to tweak the rules in response to a consultation paper issued last month

Bombay High Court declines to stay deletion of names from voters’ list in Maharashtra

The court was hearing a petition that sought safeguards against the exclusion of eligible voters and transparency in the methodology used for the SIR

Crawling pace in West Bengal Appellate Tribunals keep voters in limbo

Nearly 19,000 voters to miss bypolls to West Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies as their appeals are stuck at tribunals

Telangana tea seller sets himself ablaze outside police station, cops cite dispute with grocer over cigarettes

The 55-year-old tea seller walked to the polcie station with a bottle of petrol and a matchbox and allegedly set himself ablaze.

‘Compassion in judging is not favour or leniency’: Supreme Court Justice Vikram Nath

Speaking at the second Prof. (Dr) N R Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture, Justice Nath said the courts must ensure that legal principles do not overshadow the human realities of those involved in a case. The annual lecture was held on the theme "Judging with Compassion: Human Understanding in the Practice of Law".

Wayanad township: Second-phase house construction to be completed by October 31

Agriculture Minister T. Siddique said the draw of lots for allotting the houses to the beneficiaries would be held by November 1, 2026.

Madurantakam, Dharapuram go to polls for second time in six months

Over 2.13 lakh voters in Madurantakam and more than 2.23 lakh voters in Dharapuram set to exercise their franchise. The Tamil Nadu government has declared a public holiday in both constituencies on Tuesday on account of the byelections

Accountability will be fixed if people's grievances remain unresolved: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

ED searches 16 places linked to smuggling of foreign-origin betel nut via the Indo-Myanmar border

Dried areca nut consignments were brought overland to the Indo-Myanmar border opposite Champhai in Mizoram, and ferried across the Tiau river at Zokhawthar in small lots, bypassing the Land Customs Station, in a well-organised racket, the ED alleges

‘Females treated with dignity’: Delhi Police reject assault claims, issue journalist guidelines as accused cop gets promoted

Amid allegations of sexual harassment by women reporters at Jantar Mantar, Delhi Police has issued guidelines for journalists covering protests.

Delhi Cop, Accused Of Sexually Harassing Woman, Gets Promotion

The complaints of three women journalists who said they were sexually harassed by police personnel during the October 3 demonstration have been transferred to the Crime Branch.

Man dies days after alleged police assault in Chirayinkeezhu

India, Switzerland sign 5 pacts as PM Modi, President Guy Parmelin discuss trade, defence and nuclear energy

India and Switzerland signed agreements covering migration and mobility, young professionals, transportation, research, and innovation and technology transfer.

DMK MP defends the simultaneous polls panel’s plan to meet CJI

Separation of powers does not mean the three organs operate in watertight compartments, says Rajya Sabha P. Wilson

Dibrugarh's river trade returns after 70 years: First post-Independence cargo from Assam heads to Bangladesh

"Baseless": Delhi Police On Allegations Of Assault On Female Protesters

New Delhi DCP Sachin Sharma said the allegations were "baseless and misleading" and did not reflect the actual sequence of events.

India-born cheetah gives birth to five cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

The father is a cheetah brought from Botswana and the birth of these cubs marks the beginning of the Botswana lineage in India

Free 20-day civil defence training in Visakhapatnam

Village council bans allotment of land to Christians for prayer or burial

‘Not even an inch of gram sabha land’ would be provided to Christians a press release stated