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North Korea fires ballistic missile amid rising regional tensions

Times of India - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:53
In a provocative move, North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its eastern shores into the sea, escalating already heightened military tensions. This launch coincides with recent missile and drone drills conducted by Pyongyang. The situation has deteriorated following joint military exercises between South Korea, the US, and Japan, prompting North Korea to signal potential countermeasures against these perceived threats.
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SCoR, Vijayawada division, loads first rake of wood pulp to Maharashtra

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:53
Wood pulp is expected to generate around 1.5 lakh tonnes of additional loading, and estimated annual freight revenue is about ₹20 crore on the new commodity, the Railway officials said
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BJP-RSS have hollowed out the education system, Rahul Gandhi standing with students: Congress

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:51
Rahul Gandhi told participants in Indore that the ‘system’ fears students who ask questions, while Jairam Ramesh said the BJP-RSS have corrupted education
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Nearly 800 families struggle to enter their homes in Parvatipuram-Manyam district

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:48
As part of the developmental works, the officials removed steps, ramps of houses and encroachments on drainage eight months ago; now people face difficulty moving in and out of their houses
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Complete Ring Road works by December, says Minister Janardhan Reddy

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:42
The Minister noted that the completion of the Ring Road would provide a permanent solution to the ever-increasing traffic problems in Banaganapalle town
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Overnight rain bring temperatures down in Bengaluru, KIA records 94.2 mm

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:40
The rainfall brought down the temperature by a few degrees Celsius which had been hovering above 30°C for the last couple of weeks.
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Uday Kotak: ‘Indians and their gold is a puzzle we must solve’

Times of India - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:37
"Indians and their gold - that is a puzzle we have to find a way to solve," he said. Kotak suggested that a committee could be considered to work out a solution that takes into account people's requirements while also addressing the country's capital and current account challenges.
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Friends thrash Thar driver, he rams SUV into their cab in Gurgaon

Times of India - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:35
A quarrel among four men in Sector 89 escalated when one allegedly rammed his Thar into a Rapido cab carrying two of them, hitting it repeatedly. The three people inside the cab escaped unhurt, while police are tracing the men and verifying whether the Thar driver was intoxicated.
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Lokesh inaugurates two government schools renovated under P4 model in Nellore

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:34
RSR High School and Devireddy Sarada High School renovated at a cost of ₹21.40 crore through private funding; inaugurating the schools, the Education Minister interacts with the students and inquires about the quality of the midday meal
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Vaishnaw cautions industry about cyberattacks, disruption that may target India's growing chip might

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:31
India's chip push marks a bold attempt to move beyond packaging and build a broader domestic supply chain, while attracting global companies to manufacture and develop semiconductor technologies in India
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India’s semiconductor push will create countless jobs: PM

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:30
Modi inaugurates semiconductor facility in Gujarat’s Sanand; says such clusters will bring about economic transformation; urges youth to tap the new opportunities in the emerging Artificial Intelligence era
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Odisha government plans 870-Acre Silicon Valley hub in Cuttack’s Naraj for semiconductor, IT projects

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:29
The State government has received investment proposals worth approximately Rs 23,600 crore and the potential to generate 6,100 employment opportunities, says Odisha CM
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Tennessee farmer tried to return $20,000 IRS refund; singer John Rich stepped in

Times of India - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:27
Tennessee farmer spent 4 years trying to return a $20,000 IRS refund that was never his, only to be charged $4,000 in interest and face losing his farm, until John Rich stepped in
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In India’s capital, Delhiites reduced to documents

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:26
Across SIR hearing centres in the national capital, people are making repeated trips, producing documents, and waiting for hours to prove their eligibility, often despite having voted for years. Ishita Mishra and Suruchi Kumari spoke to people appealing to retain their right to vote and officials who share the reality of a process marked by confusion. As always, the burden to prove their identity is falling hardest on society’s poorer, less-documented voter
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CM Rekha Gupta, former CM Kejriwal among those to get notices amid Delhi SIR

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:23
ECI publishes list of 33.1 lakh electors, flagged either because of 'logical discrepancies' in details or ‘no mapping’; prominent names in list include former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, former SC judge Justice Madan B. Lokur, Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal, Delhi Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh and MP Bansuri Swaraj
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Five injured in attack by neighbours

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:20
Family members of Rudrappa were attending a funeral when a neighbour began abusing them
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Delhi Police head constable, wife found dead in Narela; children find flat locked from inside

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:18
Outer North DCP Shobhit D. Saxena said the couple’s children returned from school and found the flat locked from inside.
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West Bengal Government launches portal to foster grassroots innovation in eastern region

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:13
The ‘Seva First Innovation Challenge-Eastern Zone’ invites solution-oriented proposals on healthcare access, agricultural losses, water shortage and waste management
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Keralam minister K.M. Shaji faces controversy over use of ‘loaned’ luxury car as official vehicle

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:09
Photographs of K.M. Shaji posing alongside the car, which flew the national flag from a staff mounted on the vehicle’s bonnet, recently went viral on social and conventional media, drawing applause from his supporters and criticism from Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leaders.
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‘Gem Granite’ Veeramani — a stone cold perpetrator

Hindu - Sun, 09/20/2026 - 07:08
‘Gem Granite’ Veeramani, an influential industrialist now finds himself at the centre of a widening investigation under the POCSO Act into the allegations of paedophilia. While he was under investigation from last year, a fresh probe, ordered by the court, led the police to recover additional digital evidence and identify multiple victims. This report examines what has been labelled the ‘Epstein case of Tamil Nadu’, only to discover that while the scale of operations was nowhere near that of the American offender, a subterranean network of sexual abusers and their enablers did operate for years
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