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Students carry luggage and leave LPU campus following protests over claims that a female student was raped by an outsider in the university premises, in Phagwara, on Monday | PTI
Punjab

LPU protests: NH-44 reopens after 15-hour blockade; Mann asks DGP to visit campus, classes suspended

LPU protests turned violent on Sunday, with clashes, vandalism and a highway blockade before police brought the situation under control
A case was registered against five people after a complaint alleged they posted objectionable content targeting KC Venugopal on Facebook | File image/X/@kcvenugopalmp
Nation

Case filed against five over 'defamatory' Facebook posts targeting Congress leader KC Venugopal

Alappuzha Cyber Police have booked five people over alleged defamatory and objectionable Facebook posts targeting AICC general secretary KC Venugopal
The Congress plans to launch a state-wide ‘chanda chori’ campaign in Uttar Pradesh in October after completing its organisational reshuffle | File image/X
Uttar Pradesh

Congress to launch 'chanda chori' campaign in Uttar Pradesh in October

The Congress is preparing a district-level campaign in UP over its allegations concerning Ram temple donations, with a state-wide launch planned for October
PM Modi remembered late VHP leader Ashok Singhal on his birth centenary and highlighted his decades of organisational and social work | File image
Nation

PM Modi remembers Ashok Singhal, says Ram temple possible due to stalwarts like him

Marking Ashok Singhal’s birth centenary, PM Modi recalled his role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, organisational work, education and music
LPU students stage a protest and block the Jalandhar-Phagwara National Highway outside the campus, near Phagwara, in Punjab, on Sunday | PTI
Punjab

'Were told what to say': LPU students claim rape-denial video was scripted, edited without consent

Amid LPU protests, three students featured in a university video allege they were told what to say and that the clip was edited
Police personnel detain CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and other party activists as they raise slogansg near the Assam Secretariat, in Guwahati, on Sunday | PTI
Assam

'Who can survive on one banana?' CJP workers allege no food for 24 hours after detention in Assam

Several CJP workers detained while heading to a volunteers’ meet in Guwahati alleged food was not provided during their detention
Jairam Ramesh questioned PM Modi over inflation, citing rising prices of vegetables and expected hikes in electronic appliances | File image/PTI
Nation

PM keeps sermonising in 'Mann Ki Baat', when will he address pressing concern of inflation: Congress

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh targeted PM Modi over inflation as appliance makers prepare to raise prices ahead of the festive season
An aerial view of a residential area partially inundated after heavy rainfall and subsequent rise in the Pandu River water level, in Kanpur, on Sunday | PTI
Uttar Pradesh

Heavy rain havoc in Uttar Pradesh: 57 killed, 63 districts record above-normal rainfall

UP is facing widespread rain damage as 57 people are killed, schools shut and thousands affected by flooding in several districts
The deployment had formed part of strengthened security arrangements at the testing agency’s new premises in New Delhi
Nation

NTA’s new office to get CISF security cover

The CISF had been tasked with securing the National Testing Agency’s new office and protecting sensitive examination-related operations
All passengers and crew had remained safe, while the aircraft was grounded for inspection following the abnormal runway contact
Nation

IndiGo flight from Guwahati suffers tail strike while landing in Bengaluru, DGCA orders probe

Flight 6E 6542 had suffered the tail strike during its second landing attempt after aborting its first approach amid gusty weather
Yadav had said his party became more vigilant after 2022 and worked to ensure supporters were registered ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Uttar Pradesh

‘Trusted EC earlier, then saw discrepancies’: Akhilesh revives 2022 UP poll allegations amid SIR row

The Samajwadi Party chief had alleged that names of the party’s supporters were removed from electoral rolls ahead of the 2022 Assembly election
Verma had hit back at Gandhi and claimed the confrontation followed abusive remarks directed at his family
Nation

‘Power no longer fears voters’: Rahul Gandhi targets BJP after Parvesh Verma slap video

The Congress leader had attacked the BJP after a video appeared to show Delhi minister Parvesh Verma slapping a man during a road inspection
The poll panel had defended the SIR process while announcing steps on doorstep verification, ECINet and its internal procedures
Nation

Congress calls EC’s SIR measures ‘damage control’, says exercise has been a ‘disaster’

Jairam Ramesh had argued that the EC’s new measures would do little to address what the Congress described as mass disenfranchisement

Special Reports

The NPF, BJP and NCPI together received 81 of the 111 lawmakers who joined other political parties since 2022 | Representational image/AI generated
Special Reports

111 MPs, MLAs switched parties after election since 2022—who switched and where?

Of the 111 lawmakers who switched parties, 26 were Lok Sabha MPs, seven Rajya Sabha members and 78 MLAs, the ADR analysis found
IMD says the Bay system remains a deep depression, not an official cyclone named Arnab | File Image
Special Reports

Cyclone Arnab or deep depression? Why IMD has not named the Bay of Bengal system

‘Cyclone Arnab’ is not official as IMD classifies the Bay system as a deep depression
The BJP’s election expenditure reports show Rs 529.38 crore spent across five states, including Rs 286.99 crore in West Bengal | Representational image
Special Reports

BJP election spending hits Rs 529 crore across five states, Bengal accounts for 54%

Election Commission filings show the BJP spent more than half of its Rs 529.38 crore election expenditure in West Bengal during the 2026 polls
Artificial Intelligence has accelerated restructuring, but weaker demand, high costs and changing business models have also driven job cuts
Special Reports

AI boom, jobs bust as 1.76 lakh roles disappear in just nine months

Companies across technology, banking, automobiles, retail and media had announced or planned major workforce reductions during 2026
Nearly 4,51,000 additional deaths are projected worldwide between September 2026 and February 2027 | Representational image
Special Reports

Over 15K lives at risk in India? The deadly Super El Nino warning explained

India could record 15,800 additional heat-related deaths over the next six months as Super El Nino drives temperatures above normal, a study says
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