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The three TMC Rajya Sabha members — Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — resigned on different dates in June following differences with the party leadership after its defeat in the Assembly polls

The 2026 World Cup was always going to be too big to remain just football. It is the first 48-team edition, spread across the US, Mexico and Canada, stretched over 104 matches and sold as the biggest, grandest and most lucrative tournament FIFA has ever staged. It is also being played in the year America marks its 250th anniversary, which gives Donald Trump exactly the kind of backdrop he understands instinctively: flags, stadiums, anthems, cameras, national theatre and the possibility of a home team carrying the pageant deeper into the month.

Preliminary findings suggest the animal may have been provoked, triggering panic and leading to the attack, officials say

Kari Chinna, the only one of seven to survive, was picked up by a passing merchant ship after a day adrift; the Coast Guard and Navy are searching for the six still missing

Additional District and Sessions Court-IV postpones verdict due to judge’s ill health

Police uncovered an alleged murder plot by a wife and her associates. The victim was initially reported to have fallen from a cot. Sedatives and cleaning liquid were allegedly administered through a cannula. The accused attempted to pass the death off as an accident. Three individuals, including the wife, were arrested for the crime.

Sasi says DMF, along with other like-minded groups, will form a new Left platform in Kerala

Campaign to educate couples on the health benefits of maintaining a minimum two-year gap between pregnancies; ₹5,000 incentives announced for eligible couples and high-performing healthcare personnel

Muthu was under police custody while undergoing treatment; the two children continue to be in critical condition

In view of the scanty monsoon this season, six MLAs from the district have come together to extend financial assistance to make rain

Minister Uttam Reddy sets two year deadline for the project

Gannavaram police invoke the Act over a complaint alleging he propagated Maoist ideology at an Eluru meeting; rights groups criticise the move calling it ‘harassment’ and accusing elected representatives of filing false cases