The Hindu (Mangalore)
SIR: 61% of State electors with cutoff age mapped; progress slow in GBA area
Preparations for the Statewide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls are gathering momentum in Karnataka, with the election authorities completing more than 61% of voter roll mapping across the State, with Bengaluru being the outlier. As...
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Iran signals at executions, trials amid Trump’s threat
The head of Iran’s judiciary defied a warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and signalled on Wednesday that there would be swift trials and executions ahead for those detained in nationwide protests. The comments from Iran’s judiciary chief...
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SC questions EC on voter roll deletions, citizenship
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission (EC) whether an Electoral Registration Officer (ERO)’s decision to strike a person off the electoral rolls after an “inquisitorial” enquiry into his citizenship under the special intensive...
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Language row: Authority seeks explicit exclusion of Kannada linguistic minority areas in Bill
A day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sought to allay fears of Kannada linguistic minority in Kerala about the Malayalam Bhasha Bill 2025, the Karnataka Border Area Development Authority (KBADA) has said that the Bill should explicitly...
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Mamata hits the streets, defends disrupting raids
Hitting the streets to protest against the Enforcement Directorate’s raids on the IPAC office and its founder’s home, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday justified her decision to intervene during the raids by saying that attempts were...
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EC says it has constitutional duty to bar foreigners from voter rolls
The Election Commission of India (EC) began its defence of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls before the Supreme Court on Tuesday by dismissing claims that it is conducting a “parallel” National Register of Citizens (NRC)...
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Maduro pleads not guilty; says he is still President
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of narcoterrorism in a New York court on Monday, two days after being snatched along with his wife, Cilia Flores, by U.S. forces from Caracas. “I'm the President of the Republic of...
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Copper sheets stolen from roof of building at Parashuram theme park in Karkala
Some persons entered the Parashuram theme park in Karkala in Udupi district on Saturday and escaped with some copper sheets covering the roof of the building built around the incomplete Parashuram statue. In a complaint filed at the Karkala Town...
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N. announces assured pension scheme for State govt. staff
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced the new Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS) for State government employees. Under the new arrangement, State government employees will be provided with an assured pension equal to 50% of...
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U. S. ‘locked and loaded’ as Iran protests turn deadly
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to intervene if Iran used lethal force against protesters, drawing swift and angry responses from Iranian officials who warned that American troops and bases in West Asia would become legitimate targets...
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Centre’s tobacco tax rejig to take effect from Feb. 1
he Union Finance Ministry on Thursday issued a series of notifications that will give effect to the new taxation regime for tobacco products from February 1. The Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025, passed in the recently concluded Winter Session of...
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EC gives one more week for U.P. SIR in another extension
The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday revised the schedule for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh yet again, extending it by a week. Now the draft list will be published on January 6, instead of...
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‘Alternative housing for families hit by demolition at Kogilu’
Nine days after Bangalore Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) demolished more than 150 houses in Kogilu Layout in Yelahanka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday announced that the displaced families would be provided alternative houses in...
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Maharashtra police bust 3 drug making units in Bengaluru
In a major crackdown on synthetic drug manufacturing ahead of the New Year, the Maharashtra AntiNarcotics Task Force (ANTF) busted three illegal drug manufacturing units in Bengaluru. Sources said synthetic drugs worth crores were seized and four...
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In three years, 9,639 cases of missing children reported in Karnataka; 1,094 remain untraced
In the last three years (from 2023 to November 15, 2025), 9,639 children have gone missing across Karnataka and 1,094 of them remain untraced. Bengaluru city accounted for nearly a third of these cases, followed by Bengaluru Rural and Tumakuru...
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Bangladesh killings a grave concern: India
India on Friday said that more than 2,900 violent incidents targeting the minority communities of Bangladesh had taken place under the interim government of Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus, and that these incidents could not be dismissed as “political...
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BNP leader calls for ‘secure’ Bangladesh at homecoming
Bangladesh should be a “secure” home for all communities cutting across religious and regional differences, said the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, on Thursday following his return home after nearly 18 years...
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Bangladesh missions in India witness protests
Hundreds of supporters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal gathered near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday and demanded safety for the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Protests were also held outside the...
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India, New Zealand wind up FTA talks, set to boost trade
India and New Zealand on Monday concluded discussions on a free trade agreement (FTA) that will give India tarifffree access to the island nation’s markets, bring in $20 billion in investments over 15 years, and help double bilateral trade to $5...
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Keeping a close watch on Bangladesh events: India
ndia on Sunday described the killing of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh as a “horrendous act”, and expressed “strong concern” about the safety of minority communities in the neighbouring country. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...
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U.S. wants India’s nuclear norms globally aligned
Two days after Parliament cleared the SHANTI Bill, which allows private participation in India’s nuclear sector and eases liability norms by capping operator liability for a nuclear incident to ₹3,000 crore, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed...
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97 lakh electors deleted in T.N., 74 lakh in Gujarat
Over 15% of Tamil Nadu electors and 14.5% of those from Gujarat have been deleted from the voter lists as part of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. In Chennai alone, more than 35% of voters’ names have been...
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LS passes nuclear energy Bill allowing privatisation
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, despite demands by several Opposition parliamentarians for referring the legislation to a parliamentary...
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Sydney beach shooter was Indian citizen, say officials
Sajid Akram, one of the two Bondi Beach attackers who killed at least 16 people at a Jewish event in Australia on Sunday, was an Indian citizen from Hyderabad, government officials who ran a background check on the deceased told The Hindu. He last came...
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With new Bill, demand-led job scheme set to turn supply-driven
The Union government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 in the Lok Sabha. The move will mark a shift from...
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Trains on Bengaluru-Mangaluru section to run on electric traction end-to-end soon
Very soon, trains, both passenger and freight, on the BengaluruMangaluru / Karwar sector will run on electric traction endtoend, with the Railway Electrification (RE) on the 55km SakleshpurSubrahmanya Road Ghat section nearing completion. At...
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Fans run riot in stadium as VIPs block Messi view
Violence erupted at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday after football legend Lionel Messi made a 20minute public appearance, disappointing fans who had paid large sums and travelled long distances but failed to catch a glimpse of the Argentine star due to...
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EC extends deadline for SIR in five States, one U.T.
The Election Commission has extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in five States and one Union Territory: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and the Andaman and Nicobar...
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Illegal immigrants will be detected, deported: Shah
The National Democratic Alliance government will “detect, delete and deport” illegal immigrants from the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday, as the Lok Sabha witnessed a faceoff during a discussion on electoral reforms, leading...
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AIbased Smart Enforcement System to be deployed across State
The Karnataka Transport Department is preparing to launch an Artificial Intelligencebased Smart Enforcement System to electronically monitor road safety and penalise violations across major routes in the State. This marks the department’s first...
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Govt., Opposition spar in LS over Vande Mataram
The Centre and the Opposition on Monday sparred in the Lok Sabha over Vande Mataram, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming it the voice of the freedom movement that had been “fragmented” by the Congress in its “surrender before the Muslim...
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25 dead in fire in Goa nightclub; probe finds fireworks use; 4 held
Amassive fire erupted at a nightclub in north Goa just before midnight on Saturday, leaving 25 people dead and six injured. The initial police investigation found that the blaze was caused by a fire show with “electric firecrackers”, organised without...
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VTU decides to webcast evaluation to fix problem of proxy evaluators
You may have heard of students giving proxy attendance for their classmates or even someone appearing in place of a student to write an examination; but now, authorities have to guard against even proxy evaluators. To curb cases of “substitute”...
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India-Russia friendship remains steady like the pole star, says PM
Appreciating Russian President Vladimir Putin for taking the IndiaRussia relationship to “new heights” over the past quarter of a century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out an expansive canvas of energy and trade collaborations between the two...
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SC tells States to replace distressed BLOs for SIR
The Supreme Court on Thursday put the onus entirely on State governments to substitute employees unable to bear the work pressure of a boothlevel officer (BLO), while refusing to let the reported distress of the workforce “hamper” a tightly wound...
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Govt. withdraws order to install Sanchar Saathi app
The Department of Telecommunications on Wednesday walked back its directions to phone manufacturers ordering them to install a government app starting next year. The reversal caps a turbulent episode, in which the government first downplayed the nature...
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DoT order to ‘pre-install’ govt. app triggers storm
The Union government’s mandate on Monday for smartphone makers to preinstall the Sanchar Saathi app sparked backlash from the Opposition and from digital rights activists. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wrote on X that...
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SC gives CBI free hand to stop ‘digital arrest’ scams
The Supreme Court on Monday tasked the Central Bureau of Investigation with cracking down on ‘digital arrest’ scammers and their associates, giving the agency a “free hand” to launch an anticorruption probe into bankers involved in the opening of mule...
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SIR form deadline extended to Dec. 11 amid BLO distress
Amid widespread reports of boothlevel officers (BLO) facing severe stress, the Election Commission on Sunday extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in nine States and three Union Territories by a...
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Ditwahdriven rain floods south T.N., damages crops
Torrential downpour triggered by Cyclone Ditwah battered several south coastal and delta districts of Tamil Nadu since Friday night, inundating residential pockets, damaging standing crops and submerging salt pans even as the system continued to inch...
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Norms issued for improving safety of gig workers, public
In a move aimed at improving safety of gig workers and the general public, the Bengaluru City Police have issued a detailed set of guidelines to all appbased service aggregators. The list includes food delivery, ridehailing, and hyperlocal logistics...
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No problem in Kerala SIR, 99% forms given: EC to SC
The Election Commission (EC) expressed confidence that it can conduct the special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls in Kerala in the midst of local body elections, telling the Supreme Court on Wednesday that there is “no problem” whatsoever, and...
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Assam proposes jail term, heavy fines for polygamy
An antipolygamy Bill tabled by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the State Assembly on Tuesday prescribes imprisonment and heavy fines for people entering into, or hiding, a second marriage while the first continues to be valid. The Assam...
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Goa govt. does a Uturn on tiger presence in State
The answer to whether tigers “reside” in Goa, depends on who is asking the question. The Goa government, earlier this year, argued before a Supreme Courtappointed committee that there was “...no permanent presence of tigers” in the State. However,...
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Mind your ‘administrative’ language, says SC report
Hcycle alalkhor, sawar, dhobi, coolie, scavenger, masalchi, malan, basta bardhar, chowkidar, and bundle lifter are among the job titles a Supreme Court report wants the judiciary to get rid of. The report from the court’s Centre for Research and...
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Driver, doctor accused in blast case visited Red Fort in January
Security officials investigating the November 10 car explosion near the Red Fort said on Wednesday that one of the accused in the case, a doctor, and the driver of the explosivesladen vehicle, also a doctor, had visited the monument in...
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Delhi blast toll hits 13; Pulwama doctor likely sole car occupant
As the death toll in the Red Fort blast rose to 13 on Tuesday, a doctor from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the likely sole occupant of the car which exploded in the national capital on Monday, senior government officials told The...
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High-intensity explosion in capital kills at least 9
Ahighintensity explosion in a slowmoving car outside the Red Fort in central Delhi left at least nine people dead and more than 20 injured on Monday, sparking a nationwide alert and a probe involving multiple agencies. A person in whose name the car...
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Doctor, two held in Gujarat over a ‘terror conspiracy’
The Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a Hyderabadbased doctor and two of his accomplices near Gandhinagar on Sunday over an alleged plot involving chemical weapons and connections with a global terror network. The accused were allegedly...
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Motherhood should bring neither shame nor trophy, it should bring care, says expert
“It takes a village to raise a baby,” goes the old saying. But in today’s hyperconnected world, it can also take a village — both real and virtual — to stress out a mother. This irony set the tone for a session on maternal health at Manotsava, the...
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Remove stray dogs from public places, orders SC
Expressing concern over the “disturbing increase” in dogbite incidents across the country, the Supreme Court on Friday directed all the States and the Union Territories to “forthwith” remove stray dogs from educational institutions, hospitals, sports...
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CM writes to PM seeking meet to address FRP concerns
As the sugarcane growers’ protest demanding a Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of ₹3,500 per tonne in the State’s northern sugar bowl turned the heat on the government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday blamed the Centre for the problem and...
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Rahul alleges ‘ vote theft’ took place in Haryana with EC help
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made another major allegation of “vote theft”, saying 25 lakh fake voters were added to the electoral rolls of Haryana ahead of the Assembly election in the State in 2024, which the Bharatiya Janata Party...
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Misty valley
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday unveiled Karnataka’s new Skill Development Policy 2025–32, here. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Bengaluru Skill Summit, the Chief Minister said the policy came with a sevenyear strategic...
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19 dead as gravel truck ploughs into govt. bus near Hyderabad
Nineteen passengers, including a 40dayold infant, were killed and 14 injured when a gravelladen lorry rammed a State transport corporation bus at Chevella near Hyderabad on Monday morning, the police said. Around 7.10 a.m., the lorry driver, likely...
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Indian women script history, clinch maiden World Cup title
Indian women created history before a packed D.Y. Patil Stadium here on Sunday, winning the Women’s ODI World Cup defeating South Africa by 52 runs. If the team’s astounding run to the final in 2017, slaying giant Australia en route, is often cited as...
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Nine devotees killed, 15 injured in Srikakulam temple stampede
Nine devotees — eight women and one child — were killed and 15 injured in a stampede at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kasibugga in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning. Thousands thronged the temple, managed by a private...
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Two killed in elephant attack; people of Sringeri stage protest
The residents of Kerekatte and other villages in Sringeri taluk staged a protest after two two persons were killed in an elephant attack early on Friday. With the two latest deaths, seven persons have died in elephant attacks in the Sringeri Assembly...
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India gets 6-month waiver for Iran port
India has received a waiver on the United States’ sanctions against Iran’s Chabahar port for six months, the Ministry of External Aairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal announced on Thursday. Ocials said that the sanctions waiver had come into eect from...
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U.S. is doing a trade deal with India, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington is “doing a trade deal with India”, and emphasised that he has “a great relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as both sides continue negotiations on a proposed pact. “If you look at...
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Cyclone Montha makes landfall; rain batters several parts of A.P.
The severe cyclonic storm Montha began its landfall near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The storm triggered very heavy rain in the State as well as Odisha. In Andhra Pradesh,...
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SIR 2.0 to begin in 12 States, U.T.s, cover 51 crore voters
Cyclone Montha is very likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast between Machilipatnam and Kalingapatnam around Kakinada on Tuesday evening or night as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, the...
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India-ASEAN ties making steady progress, says PM
IndiaASEAN strategic partnership has continued to prosper despite the prevailing “era of uncertainties”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Delivering his opening remarks virtually at the 22nd ASEANIndia summit being held in the Malaysian...
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Cong. seeks probe into LIC’s Adani investment
The Congress on Saturday demanded an inquiry by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament into what it described as a “disturbing misuse” of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) funds to benefit the Adani Group. The party alleged that...
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19 burnt to death as bus catches fire in A.P.
Nineteen people, including two children, were burnt to death, their bodies charred beyond recognition, after a HyderabadBengaluru sleeper coach bus caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle at Chinna Tekur village, on the outskirts of Kurnool...
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U.S. sanctions Russian oil majors; Indian refiners poised to cut buy
.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions in his latest policy shift on Moscow’s war in Ukraine, prompting global oil prices to rise by 3% on Thursday. Mr. Trump also reiterated his claim that India has agreed to...
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Deepavali fireworks send Delhi air quality inching to a fiveyear low
Following Deepavali, pollution in Delhi inched close to a fiveyear low with average concentrations of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 across several locations crossing 400 microgram per cubic metre ( μg/ m3) — levels not seen since 2021. On Deepavali...
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In Doha, Pakistan and Afghanistan agree on ceasefire
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and setting up of “mechanisms” to ensure lasting peace after days of violent clashes along the border that left several soldiers, civilians, and terrorists dead on both sides, officials...
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Rain fury causes massive damage in Kerala’s Idukki
The highrange villages of Kerala’s Idukki district witnessed extremely heavy rainfall on Friday night and Saturday morning, causing widespread damage. The water level rose by nearly six feet in the Mullaperiyar dam in 24 hours, prompting Tamil Nadu to...
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U.S. trade body moves court over Trump’s H-1B fee hike
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H1B visa applications, saying it overrides existing provisions in current laws that apply to the H1B programme. The fee hike on fresh...
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Trump and MEA at odds over Russian oil imports
India and the United States continued to differ publicly over Russian oil as U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India will stop buying oil from Russia, while the Ministry of External Affairs...
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SC eases ban, clears green fireworks in Delhi for Deepavali
Ahead of Deepavali, the Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed the blanket ban on fireworks in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) and allowed the sale of green fireworks approved by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)...
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SC questions if ED is overstepping in T.N. liquor-scam probe
Extending the stay on the Enforcement Directorate’s probe into money laundering cases registered against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) in connection with an alleged liquor retail scam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday orally...
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Exports: ‘Karnataka is first in services’
Even though Karnataka tops the country’s chart in export of services, the State occupies the fourth position in export of merchandise, according to Joint Director of Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC) C.S. Babu Nagesh. Speaking after...
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