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Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON

Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety

THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION

When the trailer of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule was launched in Patna, thousands thronged the event, eager to catch a glimpse of the star who embodies the almost-mythical protagonist of the franchise.

Season's first cold wave to hit by next week

WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.

India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest

INDIA on Saturday issued an advisory for its citizens in Syria to return at the earliest and also urged others to drop any travel plans to the insurgency-hit country.

Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.

Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives

TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.

Canadian Parliament rejects motion to declare 1984 Sikh riots as 'genocide'

THE Canadian Parliament has rejected the motion to declare the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide following stiff resistance from lawmakers like Chandra Arya, who claimed that he was threatened inside the parliament building for opposing the motion, which he described as being influenced by a \"politically powerful Khalistani lobby.\"

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE

A recent report on Lindt dark chocolates stated that they contain lead and cadmium above the acceptable levels, which has not been denied by the company.

EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR

Muslim Indian identity and voting bloc; that is definitely welcome. But how many believe this to be true? It seems far more idealistic than is perhaps warranted—wishful thinking rather than the ground reality in most of India.

CPM leader blames regulatory panel and KSEB for power crisis

SENIOR CPM leader and former power minister A K Balan has criticised the State Electricity Regulatory Commission for the power crisis in the state.

Police move court to drop inquiry against Pinarayi

POLICE have filed a report at the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court that no evidence emerged against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after conducting an inquiry into his remarks on the assault on Youth Congress workers last year during the Nava Kerala Sadas.

60-year-old handed death sentence for April 2004 murder of his wife

THE additional district court in Mavelikkara on Saturday sentenced a 60-year-old man to death for the murder of his wife 20 years ago.

Despite Pkd setback, Surendran could carry on as BJP state chief

Sources say Nadda instructed Surendran to prepare party for the 2026 assembly election

CM: Home for double-engine coordination

SP threatens to exit the MVA over Uddhav Sena's Babri glorification

US rejects BJP's 'deep state' charges

IN its pushback to the BJP's charges, the US embassy in Delhi said it was disappointing that the ruling party would make accusations that 'deep state' elements and the US government were trying to destabilize India.

Yunus press secy cagey on Hasina issue in talks

BANGLADESH wants to \"normalise ties with its big neighbour India,\" said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

Notorious thief Abdul Rauf held

NOTORIOUS thief Abdul Rauf, also known as Meesha Rauf, was arrested by the Manjeshwar police with a motorcycle stolen from Uppala.

HC directive to end VIP treatment at Sabarimala

THE High Court on Saturday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to take necessary steps to ensure that the incident in which VIP treatment was given to actor Dileep, a judicial officer, and NORKA roots officer at the time of harivarasanam is not repeated hereafter at Sabarimala.

16th Finance Commission members to visit state

CHAIRMAN Arvind Panagariya and members of the 16th Finance Commission will visit Kerala for consultations ahead of the preparation of the commission report.

Posting row: Congress activists protest against MP

KANNUR Madayi College witnessed high drama on Saturday morning as Congress workers blocked the path of Congress MP M K Raghavan in protest against alleged corruption in the posting of an attender in the college.

Sharada reflects on her life with E K Nayanar as she turns 90

SHARADA Teacher, wife of former chief minister E K Nayanar, celebrated her 90th birthday with heartfelt recollections of her life alongside her late husband.

Probe team suspects Shameena's knowledge in acupuncture helped in killing Abdul Gafoor

KASARAGOD district crime records bureau's special investigation team (SIT) probing the murder of Abdul Gafoor, a Kasaragod-based businessman, who was killed on April 14, 2023, has filed a petition to court seeking a custodial interrogation of the four arrested individuals to delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding the crime.

Trials resume at Taliparamba Additional Sessions Court

AFTER a year-long suspension, trials have resumed at the Taliparamba Additional Sessions Court, which had been non-operational due to the absence of a public prosecutor.

Police expect more Gulf banks to come up with complaints against loan defaulters

AFTER police registered loan-fraud cases against 10 nurses who used to work under the ministry of health (MoH) in Kuwait, investigations have revealed that other Gulf countries have similar defaulters.

Stray dog menace sparks outrage in Kannur city

Inadequate animal birth control centres major cause for concern

Pope Francis elevates Archbishop Mar George Jacob Koovakad to Cardinal

POPE Francis elevated Archbishop Mar George Jacob Koovakad to Cardinal on Saturday, marking a historic milestone for the Catholic Church in India.

Classical act: Despite evolution of chess, purest form of sport is here to stay

COUPLE of days ahead of the World Championship, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana had checked into Singapore. In an alternate world, the former, the World No 1 across all three regular formats (Classical, Rapid and Blitz), would have arrived in the city-state to play the final.

IWF to reduce number of categories from June next year

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has decided to reduce the number of weight categories in both the men's and women's sections from 10 to 8 from June next year following a proposal by its Innovation Commission.

Starc contrast: Oz show spirit, India toil

Indian batters struggle as veteran left-arm pacer takes six-fer to put hosts in position of strength on opening day