The Hindu (Mangalore)
Rubio, Jaishankar stress need for ‘unimpeded’ maritime trade
The United States works with many countries at a “tactical” level, but those relations will not disturb the strategic partnership with India, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said here on Sunday. Addressing a joint press conference at the Hyderabad...
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Petrol and diesel prices hiked third time in 8 days
Prices of petrol and diesel were raised for the third time in eight days on Saturday, this time by an average of 90 paise per litre across all variants. The price of compressed natural gas (CNG) in several parts of North India also rose for the third...
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Maharashtra is India’s growth engine: Shinde
Maharashtra is the country’s growth engine, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is on track to be a $1.5trillion economy, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said, speaking at The Hindu Maharashtra Infrastructure Conclave on Friday. He said the...
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Ebola crisis: India-Africa Delhi summit postponed
The Ebola public health emergency in Africa cast its shadow on India’s diplomatic calendar on Thursday, with the Ministry of External Affairs and the African Union announcing the postponement of the IndiaAfrica Forum SummitIV that was scheduled to...
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Nothing wrong in caste count, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there was nothing wrong in the government of the day ascertaining caste as part of the nationwide Census exercise. “Any government of the day must know how many people are backward and how many need welfare. This is...
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Delhi Police suggest larger SC Bench to review UAPA bail curbs
he Delhi Police on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the question of whether prolonged incarceration and delay of trial could override the statutory restrictions on bail under antiterror laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967,...
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T.N. tourist dies during elephant clash at Dubare camp
A tourist from Chennai died after being caught in a clash between two captive elephants at the popular Dubare Elephant Camp, near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district on Monday, prompting the State government to initiate a safety review and consider stricter...
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With ordinance, SC judge strength up from 33 to 37
President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated an ordinance increasing the number of judges in the Supreme Court to 37 — excluding the Chief Justice of India. The May 16 Gazette notification says “Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied...
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Manipur protest on; Kukis want President’s Rule back
Thousands of KukiZo people took to the streets in Churachandpur and Kangpokpi districts of Manipur on Saturday, demanding the unconditional release of Kuki hostages and justice for three church leaders killed in an ambush by extremists on May 13. In a...
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High Court directs Centre to act on Darshan’s complaint of ‘media trial’
Observing that reports telecast on television channels and published on digital platforms on the ongoing murder trial involving Kannada actor Darshan, a prime accused, “prima facie amount to a calculated, mediadriven adjudication, contrary to norms...
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Unseasonal storms leave 111 dead in Uttar Pradesh
Over a hundred people were killed across Uttar Pradesh after powerful storms and unseasonal heavy rain pounded the State, uprooting trees and electric poles and damaging houses, on Wednesday and Thursday. Largescale storms, lightning, and thunder...
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Vijay wins floor test with 144 votes; AIADMK divided
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay comfortably won the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Wednesday with the support of the Congress, CPI, CPI(M), VCK, and IUML, as well as that of 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs and the lone AMMK MLA. The...
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NEET-UG 2026 cancelled after question paper leak
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday cancelled the National EntrancecumEligibility TestUndergraduate (NEETUG) conducted on May 3 after evidence emerged that the paper was leaked. The NTA is expected to announce the schedule for the retest...
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SC places Sringeri recount result in abeyance, restores Raje Gowda as MLA for time being
The Supreme Court on Monday provided interim relief to Congress leader T.D. Raje Gowda by allowing him to continue as MLA of the Sringeri Assembly Constituency in Karnataka for the time being. Mr. Raje Gowda had appealed to the Supreme Court after a...
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Vijay sworn in as CM, promises transparent, clean governance
Ushering in a change in Tamil Nadu’s bipolar Dravidian political landscape that has been in existence since 1967, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and actor C. Joseph Vijay, 52, was sworn in as Chief Minister at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in...
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Vijay to take reins today; T.N. set for coalition govt.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of a coalition government in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, putting an end to almost six decades of alternating rule by the State’s two dominant Dravidian parties —...
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Uncertainty continues in T.N. over govt. formation
Uncertainty prevailed over government formation in Tamil Nadu on Friday night as the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) remained undecided on backing actor C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), though the Communist Party of India and the...
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Karnataka set to approach SC to implement MGNREGA for this year State’s ‘Adopt a Monument’ sees muted response
In a decision that could lead to another confrontation with the Centre, the Karnataka government on Thursday decided to approach the Supreme Court seeking permission to formulate and implement an action plan for this year under the nowdefunct Mahatma...
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T.N. Governor asks Vijay to give proof of majority
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is learnt to have asked Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay, who on Wednesday evening staked claim to form the next government, to produce letters demonstrating support of 118 MLAs,...
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Congress offers support to TVK but with a condition
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actorturnedpolitician C. Joseph Vijay, on Tuesday reached out to the Congress and the CPI(M) — constituents of the DMKled Secular Progressive Alliance — seeking support to form the government in Tamil Nadu,...
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Change and churn in T.N., Kerala, Bengal
Tamil cinema’s top actor C. Joseph Vijay’s fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Monday made a stunning electoral debut, emerging as the single largest party with 107 seats in the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly election. In doing so, it disrupted a...
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Parties brace for verdict; EC promises transparency
he Election Commission on Sunday said it would uphold the “highest standards of transparency, security and efficiency” when votes polled in the elections to the Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry and the bypolls in...
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SC rejects Trinamool claim of bias by Central govt. staff
The Supreme Court on Saturday called it a “fallacy” nursed by the Trinamool Congress that West Bengal Government services’ employees owe allegiance to it and Central employees were loyal to or controlled by the party ruling the Centre. They are...
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Commercial LPG, 5-kg cylinders to cost more
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday sharply hiked the price of commercial LPG by ₹993 per cylinder and that of 5kg free trade LPG by ₹261 per cylinder. Further, the price of bulk diesel was raised from ₹137 to ₹149 per litre. Whilst the OMCs did...
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Iran vows to safeguard its nuclear capabilities
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday that the country would “safeguard” its “nuclear and missile” capabilities and lay down new rules for managing the Strait of Hormuz, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said a blockade of...
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Heavy polling in Bengal Phase 2
There was a record turnout of 92.6% in the second and final phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly election on Wednesday, amidst isolated incidents of unrest and violence. This is in tune with the record turnout in the first phase, where 93.19%...
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Growth in industrial output at 5-month low of 4.1% in March
Growth in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) slowed to a fivemonth low of 4.1% in March 2026, the first month of data after the West Asia crisis began, pulled down by a nearhalving in construction sector growth rates and low growth in...
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India, New Zealand sign ‘historic’ free trade deal
India and New Zealand on Monday signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that Prime Ministers of both the countries hailed as a “historic” step towards deepening trade, investment, and peopletopeople ties. The FTA, signed by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal...
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Trump safe after shooting in Washington; man held
Aman armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as...
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U.S. envoys not to travel to Pakistan, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had ordered his envoys not to travel to Pakistan to continue talks with Iranian officials on ending the war. “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going to Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with...
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IsraelLebanon ceasefire extended by three weeks
Israel and Lebanon have extended their fragile ceasefire by three weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday after meeting representatives from both countries in Washington. “The Meeting went very well! The U.S. is going to work with...
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T.N., Bengal see massive turnout
Tamil Nadu made electoral history on Thursday as it recorded its highest polling percentage in an Assembly election — 85.15%. According to provisional figures, over 4.85 crore people voted from 7 a.m. in all the 234 Assembly constituencies to elect the...
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Iran seizes two ships hours after Trump extends truce
Iran has seized two vessels, one of them claimed to be affiliated with Israel, in the Strait of Hormuz, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was extending the ceasefire with...
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Only marks for SSLC third language, no grades this year, says High Court
Students will be given marks, not grades, for third language in the SSLC exam held this year. On Tuesday, the High Court of Karnataka made clear that any proposal for awarding grades for third language could be considered only from the next academic...
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Iran undecided on talks; Trump to keep blockade
Tehran said on Monday it had yet to decide on joining a new round of peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, citing “bad faith” and “historical mistrust”, while U.S. President Donald Trump said the naval blockade imposed on Iran would remain in...
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23 killed in explosion at fireworks factory near Virudhunagar in T.N.
In one of the deadliest accidents at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu in recent times, 23 workers were killed and eight injured in an explosion at Vanaja Fireworks Unit at Kattanarpatti near Virudhunagar on Sunday. A second explosion at the unit...
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NDA will remove hurdles before women’s quota: PM
Aday after the government failed to secure passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which sought to redistribute Lok Sabha seats on the basis of the 2011 Census to expedite the implementation of women’s reservation, Prime Minister Narendra...
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Constitution Amendment Bill, part of delimitation package, defeated
Aunited Opposition on Friday defeated the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, which sought to redistribute Lok Sabha seats on the basis of the 2011 Census to expedite the implementation of women’s reservation. Union Home Minister Amit Shah...
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South’s seat share won’t be cut, say PM and Shah
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that the Bills to amend the women’s reservation law and carry out a fresh delimitation exercise will keep current proportional representation of southern...
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Centre moots inter-State redistribution of Lok Sabha seats based on 2011 Census
States that have stabilised their populations could see their share of representation in Parliament shrinking if proposals in the drafts of a Constitution Amendment Bill and a Delimitation Bill circulated by the Centre become law. The Budget Session...
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SC raps EC on SIR ‘discrepancies’, says voting is a sentimental right
The Supreme Court on Monday told the Election Commission (EC) that the right to be on the electoral roll and to vote in one’s own country was not only constitutional but also sentimental. The top court was referring to lakhs of voters excluded for...
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Iran, U.S. blame each other as talks end without a deal
The United States and Iran ended facetoface talks in Pakistan on Sunday without an agreement, each side keeping the onus on the other without narrowing their differences and leaving a fragile twoweek ceasefire in the war in West Asia in doubt. U.S....
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U.S., Iran hold direct negotiations in Pakistan as fragile truce holds
The United States and Iran began facetoface negotiations in Pakistan on Saturday, days after a fragile, twoweek ceasefire was announced in the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets. The White House confirmed the direct...
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10 killed as overcrowded boat capsizes in Yamuna
Aboat carrying devotees from Punjab capsized in Yamuna river in Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, leaving at least 10 dead. About 18 people were rescued with some sustaining injuries. Efforts were being made to locate the others, Mathura’s...
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Record turnout in Puducherry, Assam; Kerala near all-time high
There was record poll participation in the Assembly elections on Thursday, with the highestever voter turnout of 85.91% in Assam and 89.87% in Puducherry, crossing the previous highs of 84.67% for the State in 2016, and 86.19% for the Union Territory...
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Fragile U.S.-Iran truce kicks in
The twoweek ceasefire announced by the U.S. and Iran hung in the balance on Wednesday with each side offering divergent accounts of its terms and Israel launching one of its heaviest air strikes on Lebanon since the war began, drawing swift...
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Bengal electorate shrinks 12% as 27 lakh out after judicial reviews
Over 27 lakh West Bengal voters who were put under adjudication were excluded from the electoral rolls following the completion of the judicial reviews on Tuesday, with over a quarter of such deletions occurring in two Muslimdominated districts. In...
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SC declines Bengal’s plea to delay voter roll freeze
The Supreme Court on Monday disagreed with the West Bengal government which pleaded with the top court to wait for a few more days before freezing the electoral roll so that many of the over 20 lakh voters, who could not pass the verification by...
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Trump hails airman rescue; Iran says U.S. assets blasted
AU.S. Air Force officer whose F15E Strike Eagle fighter jet was shot down in Iran on Friday was rescued by U.S. Special Operations forces in “one of the most daring search and rescue operations in U.S. history” on Saturday night, President Donald...
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All States will benefit from proposed delimitation: PM
States that have stabilised their populations will not lose their Lok Sabha seats, and all States will benefit from a proposed increase in the size of the House, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an election rally in Kerala on Saturday. The Centre is...
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Major hurdle for Yettinahole project cleared: MoEFCC gives in-principle approval for diversion of forestland
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, has accorded inprinciple (stage1) approval for diversion of 111.02 hectares of forestland in Hassan and Tumakuru districts for the Yettinahole Drinking Water...
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Gherao of judicial officers in Bengal a challenge to SC: CJI
The Supreme Court on Thursday said a mob gherao of seven judicial officers, confining them without food or water for more than nine hours at a government office in Malda district of West Bengal, reportedly after several voters were struck off the...
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Commercial LPG, jet fuel rates up amid Iran crisis
Staterun oil marketing firms hiked the price of commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by more than 10% in major metro cities on Wednesday, while the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) was more than doubled for international air travel...
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Trump blasts allies, tells them ‘go get your own oil’
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at allies on Tuesday telling them to fend for themselves regarding oil supplies, adding to the pressure within the Western military alliance, NATO, whose members have not joined the U.S. and Israel in their war on...
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Trump threatens Iran’s oil, power sites over deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was engaging in talks with Iran and threatened to strike its oil, power and water infrastructure if Tehran did not quickly agree to a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran denied...
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Iran warns against ground invasion amid talks in Pak.
Iranian forces were “waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever”, Iran’s state media reported Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as saying on Sunday while warning the...
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March economic data shows slowing growth
Economic indicators are beginning to show signs of slowing growth in response to the constraints created by the war in West Asia, the Ministry of Finance has said in a new report. The Monthly Economic Review for March, released on Saturday by the...
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Petrol, diesel excise duty cut; prices won’t change
The Union government on Thursday reduced the special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹10 a litre each, effectively bringing down the duty on diesel to zero and on petrol to ₹3 a litre. However, the move will not translate into lower fuel...
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Iran grants Hormuz passage to India and 4 other nations
India and four other “friendly nations” were allowed to move their ships through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, adding that Tehran has established its “sovereignty” over the waterway connecting the Persian Gulf...
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Iran dismisses U.S. bid to end conflict, sets its own terms
Iran on Wednesday dismissed a U.S. proposal to end the war and set out its own terms for peace, even as it continued trading fire with Israel. The U.S. proposal offered a ceasefire and sanctions relief in return for the Islamic Republic abandoning its...
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SC status only for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs: top court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held in a judgment that a person professing any religion other than Hinduism, Buddhism, or Sikhism should not be considered a member of a Schedule Caste community. The court concluded that conversion to any other religion...
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Trump pauses strikes on Iran, says deal is possible
U.S. President Donald Trump, who issued a 48hour ultimatum to Iran on Saturday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power infrastructure, said on Monday that he would postpone the attacks for five days after “very good and productive”...
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Will completely close Hormuz Strait: Iran after Trump’s threat
The Iranian military on Sunday threatened to completely shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz and attack U.S. infrastructure, including energy facilities in the Gulf, if U.S. President Donald Trump acts on threats to target the country’s power...
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Trump mulls ending war; U.S. eases curbs on Iran oil
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is considering “winding down” the war on Iran, adding that securing the Strait of Hormuz — now under Iran’s control — is the responsibility of other nations, even as Washington temporarily eased...
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CM’s Office should not entertain posting, transfer requests: HC
The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) should not entertain requests for transfer and postings directly and the Chief Minister should not interfere with the transfer of employees working in the government and its public sector undertakings, the High Court...
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22 India-bound ships on Hormuz evacuation list
Twentytwo Indiabound vessels in the Persian Gulf region have been identified for evacuation for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz by the Indian government. Of these, 20 vessels have been assessed as critical to India’s energy security,...
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Afghanistan says Pakistani attack in Kabul killed 400
Rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Tuesday after officials said an overnight airstrike killed more than 400 people, in a dramatic escalation of a conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan that...
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India to sign U.S. deal only after clarity on tariff rates
India will sign a trade deal with the U.S. only after the country settles its “tariff architecture” and clarifies country-wise tariff rate, sources in the government have said. “Any deal that we finalise and sign has to be seen against the tariff...
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Assembly polls begin on April 9; West Bengal to vote in two phases
Polling will be held in Assam, Puducherry, and Kerala on April 9 and in Tamil Nadu on April 23, while West Bengal will vote on April 23 and 29; poll panel announces byelections to eight Assembly seats in various States; counting of votes on May 4 The...
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U.S. bombs Iran’s Kharg Island; Tehran hits back
Amissile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad of Iraq and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the UAE on Saturday while U.S. President Donald Trump claimed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s...
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Amid opposition from commuters, Railway Ministry extends BengaluruKannur Express to Kozhikode
South Western Railway on Friday, issued a notification extending KSR BengaluruKannurKSR Bengaluru overnight Express via Mangaluru Central to Kozhikode. The extension comes amid stiff opposition from coastal Karnataka commuters, who were already...
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Crude supply secure, no shortage of fuel: Minister
here is no shortage of petrol, diesel, kerosene, and aviation turbine fuel in the country, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday, adding that India’s crude oil supply has been secured amid the conflict in West...
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Iran targets commercial ships; global energy concerns mount
Iran attacked commercial ships across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport in the UAE on Wednesday, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oilrich region as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded...
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Gas from new sources will end shortage, say officials
The current crunch in India’s natural gas supply is likely to be short-lived as the prevailing higher prices make imports from distant sources economically viable, according to government sources. However, such shipments typically take longer to...
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