National News

Uber is cutting about 3,300 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, but chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi's email to staff carries a second decision for everyone who stays. Uber is ending work from home for all but 1% of employees, asking remote staff to move to an office near their team. The three-day hybrid policy stays, and Uber will enforce it, with global teams concentrated in New York and San Francisco.

PM Modi addressed a large gathering after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of ₹35,000 crore projects at a programme in Vadodara in Gujarat

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange began his latest hunger strike on August 29, demanding reservation for the Maratha community under the OBC category

Zoology students take their first steps into sericulture with ‘V-Weave’, a campus start-up that dreams of weaving its own silk sarees

The DMK members, insisting that the remarks made by CM Vijay on Monday be expunged, moved towards the Speaker’s chair and staged a sit-in

Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia said the five orangutans were rescued by the forest patrolling team on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) morning

A student’s ability to understand thermodynamics or solve a differential equation has nothing to do with the ritual status of their ancestors

In the ambiguous ‘Open-Column Method’, respondents can self-declare their caste, which the enumerator will record, as opposed to choosing one from a pre-defined list

Set to be screened at the festival on September 25, ‘Ekadesham’ stars Roshan Mathew, Divya Prabha, Jithin Puthenchery, Vinay Forrt, Santhy Balachandran and Mahesh Narayanan

Several members of the Leh Apex Body and the Kargil Democratic Alliance, two key socio-religious bodies, arrived in Delhi on Tuesday (September 8, 2026)

Issues pertaining to ‘unparliamentary’ language against Speaker and ‘indecent’ behaviour against BRS women MLAs rock Legislative Assembly on the second day of Telangana Assembly proceedings

The Praja Seva Department has been launched to make the administration more responsive to people and ensure that their grievances are addressed and government schemes are delivered within the stipulated time

This is his second visit to Jalandhar after he visited the Dera Sachkhand Ballan in February this year

A tourist guide died after a dispute over jeep access near Amer Fort. Local residents protested and shut shops following the guide's death. The argument reportedly escalated into a violent knife attack by two men. Police detained the jeep driver and his associate after the incident. The injured guide succumbed to his wounds while undergoing treatment.

For Punjab's brighter future, Congress's efforts to protect and honour the rights of every section of society, including farmers and youth, will be with complete dedication and commitment, Sachin Pilot said

A Guwahati woman was allegedly killed by her husband after a quarrel. Her body was found decapitated in a flat, with her head in a bag. The accused surrendered to police after the incident occurred on September third. He confessed to the crime, stating frequent arguments led to the fatal act. A court has sent the accused to police custody for seven days.

Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy allows an application filed by the resigned MLA S. Jayakumar, previously with the AIADMK but now with the TVK, to reject the election petition filed by Thoopu Venkatachalam of the DMK

A physical science teacher and a physical education teacher are suspended from September 7 on the findings of departmental inquiries, the DEO says; the police have registered a case in the death of one complainant

The adult male bear is under observation at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park for two days before release into the wild, wildlife expert D. Mahesh Babu says