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Kamal Haasan calls for abolition of NEET, backs entrance exam reforms

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 07:10
Kamal Haasan urged the Centre to clear Tamil Nadu’s NEET Exemption Bill, which is awaiting Presidential assent, and said the focus should be on ending what he described as an unfair system rather than reforming it
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Jharkhand CID arrests two more persons in exam 'irregularity' case

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 07:08
Earlier, the CID arrested key accused Abhay Tiwari, his wife Sushama Kumari and brother Akshay Tiwari in connection with alleged irregularities in the JSSC-CGL examination
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The bygone movie theatres of Chennai: a compilation

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:58
This is a collection of stories by The Hindu on the popular single screens and theatre complexes that are etched in the memories of cinephiles of Chennai city even years after they ceased existing.
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Kolkata Police register case against TMC’s Abhishek, Derek O’Brien for scuffle over removal of a party hoarding

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:58
Three FIRs have been lodged against the TMC leaders for allegedly assaulting police personnel, obstructing them to discharge their duty, and also attempting to outrage the modesty of a lady police personnel.
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Chennai’s Anand Theatre was the ‘OG’ for the city’s old film-buffs

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:58
The Anand theatre in Mount Road was the one to stake its claim as “the first 70mm theatre of South India”
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Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary announces the establishment of Bihar’s first women’s university

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:58
The Bihar government today also agreed to the main demand of protesting students for conducting Teacher Recruitment Examination-4 (TRE-4) in a single phase
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Tamil Nadu notifies three new elephant corridors

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:55
The three corridors in the Hosur Forest Division will enable the trans-Cauvery migration of elephants and other large mammals between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
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Task force set up to provide relief to Sikkim residents affected by Nepal floods: Official

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:53
The task force will establish communication with the families of affected Sikkim residents and facilitate the exchange of verified information regarding their status and whereabouts
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W.B. CM says trying to create employment opportunities for youth; inaugurates LTM’s state-of-the-art IT campus

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:52
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari urged skilled and educated professionals from the State working elsewhere in India and abroad to return, assuring them of employment opportunities under the “double-engine government”
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Stop making false statements, focus on the real problems of U.P., wrote State Congress chief Ajay Rai to CM

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:51
Reacting to Yogi Adityanath claiming that the Congress state president eats fish during Shravan, Ajay Rai challenged the Chief Minister to make a public, authentic picture or video of him eating fish
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Assam initiates plan to streamline agarwood industry

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:15
The State government has proposed a series of measures to simplify regulations, strengthen cultivation and processing, and facilitate exports
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Madras High Court orders notices to M.K. Stalin, DMK IT Wing in ₹1-crore defamation suit filed by Minister Aadhav Arjuna

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:13
Justice K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi orders notices returnable by September 15, 2026, after the Minister takes objection to a June 8, 2026, X post
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‘Cow vigilantes’ accused of assaulting Dalit man in Maharashtra’s Jalna; no arrest made yet

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 06:03
One of the accused recorded the incident on a mobile phone and threatened the victim and his family with serious consequences if they approached the police.
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Keralam Home Minister asks Crime Branch to verify reports fugitive Sukumara Kurup is alive

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:48
Reports have surfaced claiming that Kurup is alive and living in Brunei under a different name and using another passport. He is wanted in connection with 1984 murder of Chacko in Mavelikara, allegedly as part of a plan to fake his own death and claim a life insurance payout
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Keralam Dalit activist Sunny Kapikad booked over ‘derogatory’ remarks on Sabarimala deities, says Ramesh Chennithala

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:42
During a recent event at an educational institution, Kapikad allegedly used sexually derogatory language while referring to Lord Ayyappa and Malikappurathamma
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Bodies of four Naga civilians killed in Manipur ambush retrieved

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:24
The four were killed and another person injured when armed assailants attacked a vehicle in an isolated area between Makui Ashang and Thanamba Naga villages around 8.30 a.m. on August 27, officials said
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Railway staff upset over bifurcation of Palakkad division

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:23
Almost 90% of the staff working in Mangaluru Central, Mangaluru Junction and Panambur stations are from Keralam, say functionaries of the Southern Railway Employees’ Sangh
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Onam rush in Keralam: Railways intensify checks to curb ticketless travel

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:23
Railway officials say the minimum fine for travelling without a ticket has been doubled from ₹250 to ₹500, with the revised penalty coming into effect in June 2026
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NIT Calicut 22nd convocation: Record 2,128 graduates to receive degrees on August 29

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:14
The graduating batch comprises 1,162 B.Tech, 575 M.Tech, 130 PhD, 102 M.Sc, 76 MBA, 65 B.Arch, and 18 M.Plan students
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Can India build a strategic fuel system? | Explained

Fri, 08/28/2026 - 05:09
India’s proposed strategic-fuel programme would expand crude, LNG and LPG storage, but building reserves alone will not guarantee energy security; the system will work only if India can move the fuel through ships, pipelines and distribution networks, while having clear rules on ownership, financing, and replenishment
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