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The Union cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, has approved classical language status for Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali, and Prakrit, recognizing their cultural and historical importance. This decision aims to honor and preserve India's linguistic diversity and rich literary traditions.

Peringattu Parambu, a division of the Maradu municipality on the fringes of Kochi city, is home to over 1,000 migrant workers from Surada in Odisha. Better pay and the absence of caste bias have drawn these workers, mainly from the SC and ST communities, to this part of Kerala. They keep a low profile, avoid things like pan-chewing and earn a steady income. There’s hardly any friction with the local people, who have, in turn, found new business opportunities, reports M.P. Praveen

The demand for Cauvery river water supply in Bengaluru is 45% and the rest are dependent on borewell

Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, reprimanded an advocate for trying to seek a change in a court order that hadn't been signed by the judges. The CJI expressed his anger when he discovered that the lawyer had referred to notes from the court master.

Fraudsters dupe gullible people of money by making phone calls in the name of TRAI and FedEx courier

Southwest Monsoon cumulative rainfall between June 1 to September 30 in Karnataka was 978 mm against the normal 852 mm. Bengaluru Urban received 418 mm against normal rainfall of 471 mm

In Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, a 10-year-old boy was allegedly killed as part of a ‘sacrificial ritual’ by the owners of the school he studied in. Other students at the now-shut institution share stories of physical assault and fear. The family of one of the accused men though denies any occult belief, finds Samridhi Tewari

It was on September 20, 100 years ago, that archaeologist John Marshall announced the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation through excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. Many years later, scholars Iravatham Mahadevan and Asko Parpola studied the antiquity of Tamil language and its link with the Indus Valley Civilisation