The Nobel-winning science of optogenetics: Explained
The Hinduby Ramya Kannan·3d ago
The story so far: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on Monday (October 5, 2026) went jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegeman and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries...
‘Save Guruganga’ campaign reaches Bidar
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
The ‘Save Guruganga’ campaign, which began in Manik Nagar, has now extended to the Bidar district headquarters, with residents of several villages around Manik Nagar and Humnabad staging a ‘Bidar...
National Conference raises concern over ‘skewed reservation policy’ in J&K
The Hinduby Peerzada Ashiq·3d ago
Senior ruling National Conference (NC) leaders, including party president Farooq Abdullah and J&K Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, have raised concerns over the current reservation policy...
‘They think they can beat us into submission,’ Neha Bora says in Kolkata
The Hinduby Shrabana Chatterjee·3d ago
The authorities think that they can beat dissenters into submission and bring them to their knees, All India Students Association (AISA) national president Neha Bora said in Kolkata at a convention...
Families of three labourers who died while cleaning septic tank in Ariyalur refuse to accept bodies
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
Families of the three labourers, who suffocated to death on October 2 after entering a septic tank in a house under construction at Sendurai in Ariyalur district, have refused to receive the bodies...
Congress campaign against vote chori to help re-enroll voters whose names were deleted in SIR
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
The Congress on Monday (October 5, 2026) announced a series of nationwide campaigns against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged vote theft, using a slogan of ‘Vote bachao, desh...
After SC notice, BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of ‘spreading lies and confusion’ over Form 6
The Hinduby Devesh K Pandey·3d ago
Rejecting Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s charge regarding Form 6 used for registering new voters, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (October 5, 2026) said the Supreme...
Crawling pace in West Bengal Appellate Tribunals keep voters in limbo
The Hinduby Sreeparna Chakrabarty·3d ago
Nearly 19,000 voters in West Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies, where byelections are being held on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), are among the 38.31 lakh voters in West Bengal...
Madurantakam, Dharapuram go to polls for second time in six months
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
Madurantakam (SC)and Dharapuram (SC) Assembly Constituencies will go to polls for the second time in six months of Tuesday.
ED searches 16 places linked to smuggling of foreign-origin betel nut via the Indo-Myanmar border
The Hinduby Devesh K Pandey·3d ago
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at multiple locations in connection with the smuggling of foreign-origin areca nut (betel nut) into India through the Indo-Myanmar border.
Airstrikes, artillery hit north Ethiopia as government and rebels clash, sources say
The Hinduby Reuters·3d ago
Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region overnight into Monday (October 5, 2026), aid sources said, in clashes between federal government and rebel forces that have...
DMK MP defends the simultaneous polls panel’s plan to meet CJI
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
Defending the study tour to the Supreme Court of India, DMK Rajya Sabha MP P. Wilson, a member of Parliament’s Joint Committee reviewing the simultaneous poll legislations, wrote in a letter to...
Village council bans allotment of land to Christians for prayer or burial
The Hinduby Shubhomoy Sikdar·3d ago
The gram sabha of Punpalli village panchayat in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district has passed a resolution banning allotment of community land to Christians and converts for burial, construction of...
Bharat Innovation Challenge returns for season 2
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
The Bharat Innovation Challenge is back with its second edition. Organised and hosted by Lovely Professional University (LPU), the Bharat Innovation Challenge 2.0 (BIC 2.0) urges students from...
Kozhikode Corporation revises annual plan; escalator to be installed near mofussil bus stand
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
The Kozhikode Corporation has revised its annual plan for 2026-27 to include new projects, such as the installation of an escalator over Mavoor road near the mofussil bus stand.
Chandapura sees hours-long traffic jam as weekend return rush peaks
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
A heavy Monday morning rush brought traffic on the Chandapura stretch to a standstill for several hours, with vehicles returning to Bengaluru after the long weekend adding to the congestion.
High Court orders CBI probe into corruption charges against individuals linked to AAP government
The Hinduby Vikas Vasudeva·3d ago
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday (October 5, 2026) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe corruption allegations linked to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s office.
Can States change ward boundaries during Census freeze? SC to hear plea
The Hinduby Krishnadas Rajagopal·3d ago
The Supreme Court on Monday (October 5, 2026) agreed to hear a petition questioning whether State governments can undertake a fresh delimitation of wards and alter the boundaries during an ongoing...
Two dead after ship catches fire, sinks in Black Sea
The Hinduby AFP·3d ago
Two crew died and 11 were rescued on Monday (October 5, 2026) after a fire broke out on a ship in the Black Sea which later sank, Romanian authorities said.
Panel on simultaneous elections Bills meets media personalities and economists
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·3d ago
The Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the simultaneous elections Bills met with a group of prominent media persons on Monday (October 5, 2026), despite a written objection from at least one...
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