7.8% GDP growth: PM Modi’s message on spending, ‘Swadeshi’ and self-reliance explained
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that India’s GDP grew by 7.8% in the April-June quarter of 2026-27, calling it a reflection of the “collective strength” and hard work of Indians.
In India, abortion remains stigmatised, even though legally permitted
The News Minuteby Alka Barua·1 Sept 2026
“Life begins at conception,” Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar said at a recent anti-abortion event in Chennai.
Karnataka food safety raids: six sweet shops shut, over 800 kg products seized
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) Department has temporarily shut six sweet shops including Bikaner Sweets on Magadi Road in Bengaluru, Maharaja Sweets in Kalaburagi and...
Flu Shots Can Keep India Healthier. Yet, Few Actually Take Them
The News Minuteby Charu Bahri·1 Sept 2026
Aarti Rawal (name changed) is a 27-year-old resident of Delhi. In 2025 for the first time, Rawal took the flu vaccine on her doctor’s recommendation, “after a spell of long Covid in 2023 and 2024...
Interview: What Does A 13% Rainfall Deficit Mean For India’s Kharif Crop?
The News Minuteby Tanvi Deshpande·1 Sept 2026
The threat of a strong El Niño still looming, rainfall in this year’s monsoon season varied by the month.
‘Muslim Personal law cannot shield sexual assault of minor wife’: Kerala HC
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The Kerala High Court has refused to quash a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case against a 27-year-old man from...
Madras HC orders probe into allegations of Dalit prisoners being forced to clean toilets
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Monday, August 31, directed authorities to investigate allegations of prisoners from...
Nurses, tribal and student groups demand justice for Hyderabad nurse
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Members of the Telangana Nurses Association (TNA) held a candlelight vigil at the Ambedkar Statue on Tank Bund in Hyderabad on Monday, August 31, demanding justice for 21-year-old nurse who was...
Karnataka releases 9,888 cusecs of Cauvery water, TN seeks 17.6 TMC backlog
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
The Karnataka government told the Supreme Court on Monday, August 31, that it was complying with the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s (CWMA) direction to ensure a daily flow of 9,000 cusecs of...
TN: Woman’s body chopped into seven parts, dumped in water tanks in three sacks
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The dismembered body of a 50-year-old woman who had been reported missing on August 22, was found packed in three sacks in two...
Bengaluru: No entry for two-wheelers on Electronics City, Airport Road elevated corridors
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Two-wheelers will soon be barred from two of Bengaluru’s busiest elevated corridors, with the traffic police citing accident risks and congestion.
21-year-old nurse murdered, sexually assaulted in Hyderabad; mechanic arrested
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
The Pahadishareef Police in Hyderabad have arrested 34-year-old MD Sanaullah in connection with the alleged murder and sexual assault of a 21-year-old nurse at a private hospital’s residential...
How does a collapsing glacier turn into a lethal wall of mud and water? An expert explains what happened in Nepal
The News Minuteby The Conversation·1 Sept 2026
A collapsing glacier in Tibet led to a devastating wall of water and debris roaring through a valley in Nepal, leaving hundreds dead and many hundreds still missing.
Priyank Kharge offers to quit politics if Kumaraswamy proves KPSC scam link
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·1 Sept 2026
Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday, August 31 challenged Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy to produce evidence linking him to the alleged Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC)...
‘Why don’t you stay home?’: Muslim women in Kerala push back against Kanthapuram’s remarks
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·31 Aug 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Muslim women in Kerala are pushing back against the Grand Mufti of India, Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar, after his remarks...
Activist Ravichandran (Raees) says sanitation work contracts should be shifted to Dalit entrepreneurs
The News Minuteby Balakrishna Ganeshan·31 Aug 2026
For years, sanitation workers have been at the bottom of the chain when it comes to the sanitation business.
Two Malayali women killed in California, relatives allege close friend behind crimes
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·31 Aug 2026
Two Malayali women were found dead at two separate apartment complexes in the Milpitas and San Jose areas of California within minutes of each other on Friday, August 28.
VD Satheesan's UDF government: An assessment of the first 100 days
The News Minuteby Damodar Prasad·31 Aug 2026
Even for a preliminary assessment of an incumbent government, the first 100 days is a brief span in the run of a government.
TN Dalit student’s suicide: Police add SC/ST Act sections against headmistress
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·31 Aug 2026
Police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the headmistress of a government school in Madurai district.
‘Murderer should not give my daughter a prize’: Father confronts IAS officer Sriram
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·31 Aug 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. A parent in Kerala’s Kozhikode refused to let his daughter receive a prize from IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman, calling him a...
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