India

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (1931-2026): Kamal Haasan pays last respects to filmmaker; Chiranjeevi, Jr NTR mourn demise

India News Highlights 2026: Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking suspension of CEC Gyanesh Kumar

‘Unease factor’ in Congress-Samajwadi Party ties ahead of UP polls: Who is Imran Masood

‘Not the time for Babri-Mandir’: BJP shifts tack to development in Bengal bypoll

The sal and the beetle: Why Madhya Pradesh is cutting 1.4 lakh trees to save the forest

Chennai’s monsoon test

This year, the IMD has predicted normal Northeast monsoon rainfall, with a strong El Niño likely to strengthen it further towards the end of the year. Is the new TVK government prepared to face the monsoon, or will Chennai have to brace for another deluge?

It rained the day after he died. For a farmer family in Yavatmal, it was too late, again

Rahul Gandhi launches ‘Satyagraha’ digital platform

VHP claims 254 Hindus killed in attacks this year, calls for fast-track trials, surveillance

Tariffs, sanctions becoming policy instruments, sometimes weaponised: P K Mishra

India can be called a developed economy if development is inclusive: V-P C P Radhakrishnan

Madurantakam by-election: Will the AIADMK ‘bastion’ fall to TVK’s growing popularity?

Maragatham Kumaravel, a former AIADMK leader, now seeks re-election as the TVK’s candidate after resigning as AIADMK MLA barely three weeks after the 2026 result; while some voters are undecided, some say they may not vote for the TVK despite the CM’s popularity