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Stalin announces high-level committee to strengthen State autonomy
The committee is expected to submit its interim report by January 2026 and the final report within two years.
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Ramoji Film City’s ‘Mayalok’ launched
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Agitation to continue till wages raised, Kerala govt withdrew from talks: protesting ASHA workers
S. Mini, State vice president of the Kerala ASHA Health Workers Association said that they were willing to end the agitation if the govt were to increase their honorarium by ₹3,000 and provide ₹5 lakh retirement benefits
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Physicist-philosopher Ranjit Nair passes away at 70
He played a key role in getting world-renowned scientists, including Stephen Hawking, to lecture in India
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Class 8 student attacks classmate with machete in Tamil Nadu’s Palayamkottai, surrenders
Police said the two students, who had developed enmity two months ago over borrowing pencil, had frequent altercations on the school premises
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Actor-director S.S. Stanley, known for helming ‘April Maadhathil,’ passes away
Stanley is best known for his association with actor Srikanth, having helmed ‘April Maadhathil,’ ‘Mercury Pookkal,’ and ‘Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai’
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Telangana notifies heatwave as ‘State-specific disaster’, enhances ex-gratia to ₹4 lakh
Deaths will be considered eligible only if they meet the IMD’s criteria
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Operation Chakra-V: CBI nabs four ‘kingpins’ in ‘Digital Arrests’ case
Arrests follow searches by agency at 12 locations across country
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Tejashwi Yadav meets Congress leadership in Delhi ahead of Mahagatbandhan meet in Patna
When asked about Mahagatbandhan’s Bihar CM face, Mr. Yadav told reporters, ‘don’t be in a hurry to speculate.’ He further indicated that this was just a preliminary conversation
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Gujarat man who sent death threat to Salman Khan turns out to be mentally ill
Mumbai police issue notice to mentally unstable man threatening Salman Khan, tightens security at his residence
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India Justice Report 2025: Not a single State/UT meets their own reserved quotas for women in police force
IJR 2025 also said that about 17% of police stations in the country do not have a single CCTV, while 3 in 10 police stations do not have women help desks.
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Truckers’ strike in Karnataka halts lorry movement through Erode’s Dhimbam Ghat Road
The strike, announced demanding rollback of the recent diesel price hike and reduction in toll charges, brought the movement of goods to a standstill.
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Telangana on path to make one crore women ‘crorepatis’: Deputy CM Vikramarka
We pray to women as goddesses but also try to control, monitor and dictate them: Deputy CM points at contradiction
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The necessity for, and the challenges that lie in caring for India’s elderly population
While the availability of geriatric care is steadily improving, health is not the only concern: elderly citizens as elderly face numerous social and economic challenges too, say experts
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3 killed, 19 injured as truck hits bus in Maharashtra's Buldhana
The Madhya Pradesh Transport bus was going from Amravati in Maharashtra to Burhanpur in MP when a truck hit it at Amsari fata
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Kerala Forest Minister orders probe into death of two tribals in suspected wild elephant attack in Athirappilly
Opposition Leader V.D. Satheesan blames the deaths on Forest department’s ‘lack of zeal’ in forecasting and mitigating human-wildlife conflict situations
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ED raids premises of Rajasthan Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, others
About 15 premises, including the politician’s house in Jaipur, are being searched by the federal probe agency. A security team of the CRPF has also been deployed.
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K.K. Ragesh appointed new CPI(M) Kannur district secretary
The change was necessitated after CPI(M) leader M.V. Jayarajan was included in the party’s State secretariat
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