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Drunken brawl leads to chopping down of two fully grown trees in Hyderabad

The trees in question — a 40-45 years old peepal, and a 20-25 years old jamun — were in the middle of 40-feet road in RTC Colony, Chintalkunta in the Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation’s purview

BMC declares holiday for all Mumbai schools and colleges today, as heavy rains to continue | Monsoon LIVE updates

Relentless rain brought Mumbai and neighbouring districts to a near standstill

Chief Minister Vijay visits desalination plants and drinks water

An official release said that Mr. Vijay directed officials to ensure proper maintenance of the Nemmeli desalination plants so that drinking water is supplied to the public without interruption

WhatsApp gets more time to reply to username notice, assures no India rollout till talks end

Meta-owned WhatsApp has been granted a three-day extension to respond to a government notice regarding its controversial username feature, which allows users to communicate without sharing phone numbers.

Controversial book: police search Samagra Shiksha office in Jammu

Action part of an ongoing investigation to identify people responsible for the book Great Personalities and Legends of J&K, which has profiled separatist leaders such as Maqbool Bhat, Masarat Alam, Shabir Shah and Syed Ali Geelani

Odisha SIR: Malkangiri records 27,653 deletions, highest in the State

Ganjam, which sends the highest number of migrant labourers to different parts of country and outside, has the highest deletion of 2,07,626 voters followed by Cuttack district with 1,55,164.

Amit Shah lays foundation stone for statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the contribution of the Jana Sangh founder in nation building on his 125th birth anniversary

Like Jammu, lotus will bloom in Kashmir too: BJP chief Nitin Nabin

Nabin’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir comes on the 125th birth anniversary of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Seafarers to undergo mandatory yoga-based wellness training

Govt. requires all seafarers holding a valid Indian Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) to complete the course within one year, and mandates that all candidates at DGS-approved Maritime Training Institutes (MTIs) finish the modules

Madhya Pradesh govt. reconstitutes Waqf Board under new law, inclusion of Hindu members draws criticism

Congress MLA Arif Masood terms the move ‘completely wrong’ as the matter related to various provisions of the new Act is pending before the Supreme Court

Won’t allow govt control of Ayodhya Ram temple at any cost, says VHP

But it has no objection to appointing a professional Chief Executive Officer, provided the person is not a serving bureaucrat and is accountable to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust

Form used in rehearsal for second phase of Census has an ‘open column’ to record caste

Final methodology to enumerate caste as part of Census 2027 will be prepared based on the feedback received during the test exercise; the open column methodology had resulted in the 2011 caste survey returning over 46 lakh different ‘caste names’

Modi begins three-nation trip, starts with Indonesia to boost strategic ties

Prime Minister set to hold discussions with Indonesian President Subianto to add ‘momentum to this partnership across diverse sectors’; he will travel to Australia and New Zealand next as part of efforts to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific

CMID counters Kerala Chief Minister’s ‘reverse remittances’ remark

Kerala High Court disposes of petition in Malayidamthuruth land dispute

MBA felicitates Justice V. Mohana, first woman from Tamil Nadu to be elevated directly to Supreme Court

She also inaugurates an endowment lecture series and hails the contributions of M.K. Nambyar, V.P. Raman, R. Krishnamoorthy and M. Subramaniam to the march of law

State government appoints R. Krishnappa as the director of Kidwai

E.V. Velu moves Madras High Court to quash DVAC FIR in highways scam case

His plea to be listed for hearing before Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan holding the MP/MLA portfolio

Chief Minister Joseph Vijay writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing proposed amendment to Food Security Act

In letter to PM, he urges the Centre to retain the existing entitlement of 35 kg of foodgrains per month for every household covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, irrespective of family size

POCSO pendency and torturous process further victimise children subjected to sexual abuse

A staggering 18,733 POCSO cases are pending in various courts across the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu. The situation is exacerbated by patchy support services for children who opt to go through the procedural justice system

Select committee of legislature on Hate Speech Bill announced

Joint committees of legislature and assembly and council constituted

AU extends application deadline for BBA, Integrated BBA–MBA courses

Jerry Pinto discusses palliative care at Visakhapatnam event