Protests held across country demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s ouster, hundreds detained
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
Opposition parties, civil society activists, youth and student organisations held protests across the country on Friday (October 2, 2026) demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner...
Nepal plans to drain four glacial lakes after deadly floods
The Hinduby Reuters·7d ago
Nepal will kick off a high-stakes effort this fiscal year to drain four glacial lakes perched high in the mountains, as it scrambles to reduce flood risks, officials said, after a recent disaster...
Rescue act: On tiger reintroduction in West Bengal’s Buxa
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·7d ago
The first tiger to be reintroduced in West Bengal represents a triumph of bureaucracy, not ecology.
Hindu group says probe confirms it did not ask Eiffel Tower to remove women employees during visit
The Hinduby PTI·7d ago
A Hindu religious group has said investigations have established it did not request female employees be "hidden, removed or excluded" during its delegation's visit to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Day after arrest, ‘Mohammad’ Deepak gets bail in ‘abuse’ case
The Hinduby Ishita Mishra·7d ago
A day after he was arrested for allegedly abusing a businessman, Deepak Kumar, alias ‘Mohammad’ Deepak, a gym owner from Kotdwar in Uttarakhand who came to the limelight earlier this year after...
Russian aerial strikes snarl traffic on three Kyiv bridges in a new disruption tactic
The Hinduby Authors; Contributors·7d ago
Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure on Friday (October 2, 2026) of three bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital's mayor said, in Moscow's latest effort to...
Pay the Global South for climate damage, but only if it prices carbon, says economist Greenstone
The Hinduby Jacob Koshy·7d ago
Rich countries should pay people in developing countries for the climate damage their emissions cause, on condition that those countries put a price on carbon.
Recovery agents to face stringent police action for arm-twisting loan defaulters
The Hinduby S Sundar·7d ago
Recovery agents of a commercial banking company have been booked for assault, criminal intimidation and under the provisions of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act by Madakulam police...
Pralhad Joshi to hold a meeting with sugarcane farmers on October 12
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
Union Minister for Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi on Friday (October 2) said a meeting with sugarcane farmers would be held in New Delhi on October 12 to discuss their...
GOBARdhan eyes 10-fold increase in CBG output: Hardeep Singh Puri
The Hinduby PTI·7d ago
The ₹23,731-crore GOBARdhan scheme aims to drive a 10-fold increase in compressed biogas (CBG) production, save more than ₹40,000 crore in fuel imports, add over ₹75,000 crore to GDP and create...
‘Gyanesh, it’s done bro’ echoes as thousands join CJP protest seeking CEC’s resignation
The Hinduby Yohaan Varghese·7d ago
Thousands of protesters demonstrated outside Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Friday (October 2, 2026) against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Election Commission’s special intensive...
T.N. recoding around 200 dengue cases a day, numbers remain steady: DPH
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
Tamil Nadu is recording around 200 cases of dengue a day. Fresh cases are being reported in places including Chennai and its neighbouring districts and cities such as Coimbatore and Madurai.
Karnataka CM questions removal of Gandhi’s name from NREGA scheme
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
Expressing displeasure over the Union government changing the name of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)...
Chola-era inscription discovered during pond restoration in Medavakkam
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
What began as an effort by residents to restore a pond in Medavakkam took an unexpected turn when a Chola-era stone inscription was discovered in the lakebed.
SIR amounts to ‘vote theft’, say protesters in Bengaluru
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
Demanding the resignation and arrest of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar for making “massive and unprecedented changes to voter databases”, members of the All India Students’...
EC’s post-SIR re-enrolment drive will not include West Bengal cases pending before appellate tribunals
The Hinduby Sreeparna Chakrabarty·7d ago
The Election Commission’s (EC) special “door-to-door” drive to re-enrol any voter left behind during the SIR process through Form 6 will not be applicable to the more than 20 lakh voters in West...
Karnataka SIR: More than 23,700 Form-7 applications received after claims and objections period
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·7d ago
Even after the claims and objections period got over, at least 23,770 Form-7 applications seeking deletion of names from electoral rolls were received between September 24, a day after the claims...
RJD, Congress at odds over upcoming Bihar legislative council elections
The Hinduby Amarnath Tewary·7d ago
A day after the Congress announced the names of five candidates for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Council elections to eight seats, a rift emerged on Friday (October 2, 2026) between the party and...
MHA yet to extend Suspension of Operations pact with Kuki-Zo groups a month after expiry
The Hinduby Vijaita Singh·7d ago
Amid continuing violence between the Naga and Kuki communities in Manipur, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is yet to extend the Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact with the Kuki-Zo...
Coimbatore District Police call for vigil against cyber frauds as people lose ₹36.23 crore nine months
The Hinduby Wilson Thomas·7d ago
The Coimbatore District (Rural) Police have urged the public to be cautious about cyber scams ranging from KYC fraud to investment fraud to ‘digital arrest’, as people from their jurisdiction lost...
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