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'Religious institution must have norms'
ON the ninth day of hearing in the Sabarimala case on Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s nine-judge Constitution bench said the right to manage a religious institution cannot mean absence of structure and there has to be a modality and norms devised for its functioning and there cannot be anarchy.
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April 29, 2026
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Indonesia train crash kills 15 women, dozens of people injured
RESCUERS finished removing victims from a damaged commuter train car Tuesday, confirming that the crash outside Indonesia’s capital killed 15 people, all of whom were women.
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April 29, 2026
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BJP sweeps local body polls, Cong crashes and AAP shrinks in Gujarat
THE ruling BJP on Tuesday swept Gujarat local body polls dealing a blow to the Congress and AAP, an outcome analysts see as the first major political signal before the 2027 Assembly elections.
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April 29, 2026
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Ex-SC judge who heads C’garh panel will also draft UCC report in MP
THE Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a sixmember committee to draft a bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a move that came 12 days after Chhattisgarh, also under BJP rule, formed a similar panel.
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April 29, 2026
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Reservoirs dry, water cut in Mumbai from May 15
THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Asia’s richest civic body, has announced a 10% water cut from May 15, as drinking water-supplying reservoirs of the city are speedily depleting.
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April 29, 2026
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Modi inaugurates projects worth ₹1K crore in Varanasi
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday delivered two strong messages from different parts of the country, combining asharp political attack on women’s reservation with a development-focused pitch highlighting Sikkim’s success in organic farming.
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April 29, 2026
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Synthetic biology may save what we’re destroying
S extinction accelerates despite decades of conservation efforts, scientists are turning to a radical new toolkit, one that attempts to rewrite life itself.
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April 29, 2026
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Bengal row over UP ‘encounter’ cop
TMC accuses Ajay Pal Sharma of intimidating voters, warns of action @ BJP praises IPS officer
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April 29, 2026
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GUARD AGAINST MYTHOS BRAHMASTRA
N the Mahabharata, after the war at Kurukshetra, Ashvatthama and Arjuna each unleash the Brahmashirastra, a weapon of such power that Vyasa himself must intervene.
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April 29, 2026
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Oral cancer in men rising in India: ICMR study
ORAL cancer in men, driven largely by persistent tobacco use, ison the rise in India, which is among several G20 countries showing an increasing trend, a recent global analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.
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April 29, 2026
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South panchayats outperform North on multiple parameters: Govt data
A new study has revealed that the South outperformed northern states in rural local governance across various parameters, including health, education, poverty alleviation, water and sanitation, and developments focused on women and children.
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April 29, 2026
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No place for double standards, terror epicentres no longer immune: Rajnath
DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday declared that “terrorism epicentres are no longer immune to justifiable punishment” and asserted there could be “no place for double standards” in combating terror.
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April 29, 2026
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Bench quashes ED case on minister Periyasamy in housing plots scam
THE Madras High Court has quashed a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2022 based on a 2011 FIR by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) against Minister I Periyasamy over alleged irregularities in the allotment of housing plots under the government’s discretionary quota.
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April 29, 2026
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IIT-Kgp: Second student suicide within 10 days
ANOTHER student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, in West Bengal, died by suicide on campus on Tuesday.
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April 29, 2026
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4 wild buffaloes from Kaziranga in Assam released at MP’s Kanha
THE Asiatic Wild Water Buffalo, which went locally extinct from Madhya Pradesh around a century ago, has been successfully reintroduced in the Kanha Tiger Reserve’s (KTR) Supkhar forests — the dense forest area which, tillsome months back, had served as a safe interstate corridor-shelter for armed Naxal cadres.
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April 29, 2026
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Groundwater depletion across India, high-level expert committee formed
THE principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken a significant step to address the worsening groundwater depletion crisis in India by forming a high-level expert committee.
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April 28, 2026
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Shortage of IPS officers cripples IB operations, 40% posts remain vacant
THE Intelligence Bureau (IB), India’s premier internal security agency, is facing an acute shortage of IPS officers especially in the mid-level ranks that are vital for operational effectiveness and coordination on the ground.
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April 28, 2026
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RBI issues final guidelines on asset classification, provisioning by lenders
THE Reserve Bank on Monday issued the final guidelines on asset classification and provisioning by lenders.
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April 28, 2026
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Indian exporters see trade volume doubling with NZ
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April 28, 2026
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CBSE RULE: FRENCH TO BID ADIEU FROM PONDY SCHOOLS
A recent circular issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on implementation of three-language formula for students from Class 6 has sparked widespread concern in Puducherry regarding the future of use of French language, long regarded as a key part of the Union Territory’s cultural identity.
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April 28, 2026
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Trump security tightened, events reviewed after attack
FEDERAL law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with some high-profile public events featuring President Donald Trump after the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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April 28, 2026
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Thomas Cup: Lakshya & Co blank Australia 5-0, book quarters berth
THE India men’s badminton team secured a spot in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Thomas Cup at Horsens, Denmark on Monday.
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April 28, 2026
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Seminary in J&K declared 'unlawful entity'
INafirst, Jammuand Kashmir government has declared Darul Uloom Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom, a prominent seminary in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, an “unlawful entity” under the UAPA over alleged links with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami and other irregularities.
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April 28, 2026
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Iran offers to open Strait of Hormuz if US lifts blockade, defers N-talks
IRAN has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade on Iranian ports and ends the war, two regional officials said on Monday.
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April 28, 2026
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C'garh leads in MGNREGA e-KYC completion
CHHATTISGARH has secured the first position in India for the e-KYC (Electronic Know Your Customer) verification of workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), boosting digital governance and rural transparency.
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April 28, 2026
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State's first floating solar plants to come up at 7 places
TAMIL Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited (TNGECL) has proposed to set up the state's first floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) plants at seven locations across the state.
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April 28, 2026
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J’khand HC raps state government over poor coal mine safety standards
HEARING a PIL on its own motion over the worsening safety and health conditions in coal mines, the Jharkhand High Court on Monday pulled up the state government and directed the Chief Inspector of Factories to appear in person at the next hearing.
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April 28, 2026
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Day before counting of local body poll, farmer face exits AAP in Gujarat
THE Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a major setback on the eve of local body election counting in Gujarat after state vice-president Sagar Rabari resigned from all party posts.
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April 28, 2026
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Crucial is Chair’s decision on disqualification petition of AAP MPs, says expert
MAINTAINING that the merger of the seven AAP MPs with the BJP is a violation of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, former Lok Sabha secretary general and constitutional expert P D T Achary said that the MPs are still technically not part of the BJP parliamentary group in the Upper House.
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April 28, 2026
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Rajnath in Bishkek for SCO defence meeting
DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh landed in Bishkek on Monday to lead India’s delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting.
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