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SC closes coal block allocation case against former PM Manmohan Singh

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:52
In 2005, Manmohan Singh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-coal secretary PC Parakh and three others were summoned as accused by the Special Court in corruption allegations pertaining to allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha
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Coal scam: Chronology of events

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:52
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Bill to make delayed registration of births and deaths more stringent introduced in Lok Sabha

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:50
According to the Bill, the system will largely remain unchanged for births or deaths reported between one and two years after the event
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Bengaluru Police Sub-Inspector, Constable accused of robbing house during visit over domestic dispute; CCTV footage submitted to SHRC

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:48
Among other things, the complainant accused a constable of searching the house and taking away cash kept in the kitchen
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Supreme Court dismisses Odisha Govt plea against release of ‘Mahaprabhu Jagannath’, says ‘cannot sit in judgment over art’

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:43
"There is creativity in the country. Animation is for the purpose of children. Nobody is now reading books. These things should not come in the way of art," the bench said.
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Kerala rains: Monsoon likely to intensify; IMD sounds orange alert for three districts on July 29

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:42
According to IMD, monsoon conditions in Kerala have strengthened under the influence of the deep depression over central parts of Chhattisgarh and adjoining Odisha
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Gallantry award for former police officer: Centre assures of positive solution by August 7

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:34
On July 20, the Supreme Court had expressed its displeasure over the Centre's non-compliance with a Madhya Pradesh High Court direction to confer the award on Vivek Singh Chouhan
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BJP to stage protest in Mandya on Cauvery water issue: B.Y. Vijayendra

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:32
He alleged that Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had appealed to farmers in Karnataka not to cultivate crops because of inadequate water availability while simultaneously releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu ‘to please the CM of that State’
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Cauvery committee chief asks Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to come up with distress-sharing formula

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:31
Rejecting the criticism against the CWRC and CWMA, Vineet Gupta recalled that during the water year of 2023-24, the two bodies had worked out a distress-sharing mechanism
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Recipe row: Kerala CM V.D. Satheesan rejects 'sexist remark' charge, says he was misquoted

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:30
Satheesan says he was misquoted as exclusively referring to daughters-in-law and that he had, in fact, asked mothers to share such recipes with 'their children and the person who comes as their son’s wife’
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Verification of EVMs used in Kolathur constituency under way after M.K. Stalin’s petition to Election Commission

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:27
Mr. Stalin, the defeated DMK candidate, alleged that the votes expected to have been polled in his favour were not recorded in 14 polling booths; the checking and verification process will continue for seven days
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President Murmu hails Gulveer Singh, Harjinder Kaur for CWG 2026 silver medals

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:23
President Droupadi Murmu congratulates Gulveer Singh and Harjinder Kaur for snagging silver medals at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow
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Seafarers’ safety ‘highest priority’, says Indian Embassy in Ukraine amid attacks on ships in Black Sea

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:13
Fifteen sailors, including 13 Indians, are trapped in a “terrible and life-threatening situation” at the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk in the Black Sea, FSUI said on July 28
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Rijiju accuses Congress of avoiding debate on anti-paper leak Bill, slams Rahul Gandhi's 'abusive' language

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:10
Congress leaders did not speak on the Bill at all. They were only doing politics. We hope Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders will speak on the Bill today, says Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju
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Kerala Cabinet approves five administrative reforms to curb project delays, plug fund leakage

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:08
Five-point administrative reforms programme includes development of Special Asset Management Platform, Plan Space 2.0 portal and amendment of 'outdated, unnecessary and contradictory' laws
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More rains predicted in Delhi, IMD issues yellow alert

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:03
The IMD has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rainfall at different hours of the day at isolated places across the city
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FIR lodged over death of PhD scholar in Punjab; university offers ₹16 lakh aid, job to family member

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 08:01
The student’s death due to electrocution has sparked protests at the Panjab University campus
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Tariffs, conflicts demand policy rethink: C. Rangarajan

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 07:57
The former RBI Governor was delivering a special lecture commemorating the 35th anniversary of India’s New Economic Policy, organised by the PG and Research Department of Economics, Stella Maris College
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Supreme Court quashes 2021 OM allowing ex post facto environmental clearance, but upholds Centre’s power to provide ‘amnesty schemes’

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 07:57
The Bench said retrospective clearances given under 2017 notification, which provided a ‘one-time amnesty’ for undertakings started without prior clearance, and the 2021 Office Memorandum would remain valid unless individually assailed in accordance with law
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‘Menstrual leave a progressive welfare step’: Kerala HC urges State to consider paid leave policy for KSRTC women conductors

Wed, 07/29/2026 - 07:51
Court says the State should hear the petitioners and KSRTC before making a decision
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