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Special squads formed by the Wayanad district administration to check price hikes, hoarding, and black marketing of essential commodities detect irregularities at 12 shops

A package of stories featuring Mr. Byre Gowda’s responses to readers’ questions on the garbage menace, the inordinately-delayed civic polls, the GBA’s plan for better roads and infrastructure, and other pressing concerns.

The upgraded system would increase discharge capacity to about 50,000 litres, providing a permanent solution to a problem that had persisted for 40 to 50 years

The government is procuring modern vehicles and firefighting equipment in phases at a total cost of ₹252.86 crore, says the Chief Minister

TTD Executive Officer Muddada Ravichandra hands over the letter of appointment to Sridhar Varma, who is currently TDP’s State media coordinator

The National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ shall be played or sung before the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ on all occasions when both are to be played or sung.

A large number of schoolchildren in Kerala are taking an early morbid fascination towards cosmetics, which experts term Cosmeticorexia. Navamy Sudhish examines the mental and physical consequences of the obsessive behaviour

22 people were trapped inside the tunnel and 20 were brought out; of them, six were declared dead, while 14 others have sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment; information about the remaining two workers was not immediately available

Mr. Soren termed it a black bill and an injustice to Jharkhand and its people. The Bill seeks to restrict states’ powers to levy taxes on mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands

Work is being done to clear the remaining debris, which the BMC is coordinating

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren vehemently condemned the recently passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, which he argues undermines the state’s authority to tax mineral rights and land.

In a video message ahead of Independence Day, he called for a fundamental change in the manner in which political leaders are chosen

After the BJP came to power in West Bengal, the new government is going an extra mile to build statues and memorial in the name of Syama Prasad Mookerjee

The Bench asks the country’s food regulator whether it does not want children to grow up healthy

The choking of tanks due to siltation, reduced inflows, and changes in catchment areas in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, crippled irrigation sources and put farmers in a fix, even as the district administration makes efforts to rejuvenate the water bodies, reports K. Umashankar

Thousands of people await selection under the Indiramma Housing scheme. But for many beneficiaries, the ₹5 lakh subsidy has fallen short of the actual construction cost, forcing them to dip into savings or take loans. With hut-dwellers prioritised under Phase II, the need to contain costs has become more urgent. What is driving construction expenses beyond ₹5 lakh, and what is the Telangana State Housing Corporation doing to address the issue, K. Shiva Shanker finds out