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Surveillance is not the only privacy issue

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:46
Who is responsible, when a protester is identified by a camera, doxxed by anonymous accounts, and then threatened at home? What happens to privacy when an electoral-roll decision determines whether someone can vote? Which safeguard applies when data gathered by the police is held by a private company?
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Food Safety dept. officials direct stall owners to maintain hygiene

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:31
Officials conduct surprise raids at Eat Street, interact with the public and enquire about the quality of food being sold
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R. Veeramani booked for abetting suicide of minor in 2004

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:28
Chennai Police also book third case against the octogenarian businessmen under the POCSO Act
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Protest intensifies against large-scale water extraction from Tejaswini river in Keralam’s Kasaragod

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:20
Protesters say water extraction from the Tejaswini is expected to exceed 30 MLD in March and April. They fear it will worsen water scarcity
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At CWC meet, Rahul says Modi told him: ‘When we go, you will come'

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:10
Leader of Opposition says Congress must resist both inside Parliament and on the streets; asserts CEC Gyanesh Kumar has to resign
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Drug menace dominates BJP’s poll campaign in Punjab as it cuts across caste, religion, age

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:06
The saffron party, which has historically struggled to make inroads in Punjab, is aggressively pushing its campaign around the drug menace issue to get a foothold in the border State.
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Centre moves Supreme Court to stay hearings on Great Nicobar project

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:02
Centre reiterates in Supreme Court that the petitioner, Meena Gupta, has no locus standi to move court in the matter and the petitions are an abuse of process; Calcutta High Court had rejected this argument in May and paved the way for a final hearing in November
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Japan calls on India to fast-track internal process on UNICORN naval radar agreement

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:35
The pact for transfer of technology was signed during Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s India visit in July
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Country has lost its way, but always finds its path back: Murli Manohar Joshi

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:29
From growing trust deficit in Indian politics to the mishandling of the youth protest at Jantar Mantar, BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi, in an interview to The Hindu, speaks at length on various burning issues in the country. On the Ayodhya Ram Temple, he holds the government responsible for the temple trust’s functioning and stressed the need for fair elections and public trust in the SIR process
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14 arrested, police search for content creators of AI-generated videos that led to Ujjain violence

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:24
The videos spread a rumour that the authorities were demolishing the entire mosque structure, allegedly provoked people to march to the Shahi Masjid and clash with the police
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Days after India-Pakistan sparring at UN, senior Indian official visits Islamabad for SCO planning meet

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:24
First such official visit by Indian delegation since Operation Indoor; Senior External Affair Ministry official leads team at three-day SCO preparatory meeting 
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Rahul Gandhi urged to ensure social diversity in Kerala Planning Board

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:14
The memorandum requests that corrective steps be taken to ensure that the constitutional values of social diversity, professional excellence, inclusion and equal opportunity are reflected in the composition of the Planning Board.
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SFI, KSU claim gains in college union polls in Ernakulam

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:14
SFI wins all seats at Maharaja’s College and 13 of 14 at St. Peter’s College; KSU wrests unions from SFI at six colleges, including Cochin College; KSU retains unions at 10 colleges, including Sacred Heart and Sree Sankara College
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Lawyers’ body stages protest alleging police harassment

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:14
Members of the Bezawada Bar Association say police opened a chargesheet against advocate Gavaskar, seek its immediate withdrawal
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CISF constable guns down four colleagues in J&K’s Kathua

Tue, 09/29/2026 - 17:12
The incident took place at around 7.30 p.m. at the Sewa-III hydroelectric power project located at Mashka village in Basohli, near the border with Himachal Pradesh, the officials said
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