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    Hooked on hookah: Tamil Nadu youth defy ban as parlours flout rules

    Shweta Tripathi
    5 Feb 2026 1:27 PM IST

    Despite a strict ban, hookah bars and online sales are thriving, raising health risks for youngsters. Can authorities enforce the law effectively?

    Hookah ban in the state of Tamil Nadu but illegal pubs still use this
    Tamil Nadu
    Sri Lankan President Dissanayake inaugurating exposition of Devnimori relics
    India

    Global exposition of Devnimori relics at Colombo: PM Modi hails India-Sri Lanka ties

    5 Feb 2026 12:55 PM IST
    Moscow refutes Trump’s claim on PM Modi ending Russian oil imports
    India

    Moscow refutes Trump’s claim on PM Modi ending Russian oil imports

    5 Feb 2026 12:43 PM IST
    Supreme Court Sabarimala review
    India

    Supreme Court to hear PIL against election freebies in March

    5 Feb 2026 12:03 PM IST
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    Feb 5 News Live: Tamil actress, others arrested in drug case

    5 Feb 2026 6:39 AM IST
    WhatsApp is under Supreme Court’s scrutiny over its 2021 privacy polic

    AI With Sanket | Should WhatsApp be banned in India?

    5 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    AIIMS Kerala row sharpens as budget silence fuels Centre-state blame game | Suresh Gopi

    Kerala’s AIIMS tests Centre's Budget credibility, federal trust

    5 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Donald Trump claims an India-US trade deal has been struck, with India’s tariffs cut to 18 per cent and India moving towards zero barriers

    'India-US trade deal is a historic abdication of India’s sovereignty”

    5 Feb 2026 6:20 AM IST
    RPF personnel with accused arrested by Robot Arjun

    Meet 'ASC Arjun', AI robot who helped cops nab offenders at Visakhapatnam railway station

    4 Feb 2026 8:50 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi with Naravanes book four stars of destiny

    Will Naravane’s memoir row trigger another prolonged stalemate in Parliament?

    4 Feb 2026 8:08 PM IST
    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar

    Will Siddaramaiah's 'Dalit CM' move shatter Shivakumar's CM dream?

    4 Feb 2026 7:54 PM IST
    How laddu row sparked Kamma-Kapu rift in Andhras ruling alliance

    How laddu row sparked Kamma-Kapu rift in Andhra's ruling alliance

    4 Feb 2026 6:34 PM IST
    Ladakh violence: SC defers hearing on Wangchuk’s detention to Oct 15

    SC flags Sonam Wangchuk’s health, asks Centte to review detention

    4 Feb 2026 6:31 PM IST
    Has Naravane’s memoir been published? Online buying links vanish amid row

    Has Naravane’s memoir been published? Online buying links vanish amid row

    4 Feb 2026 6:12 PM IST
    Gaziabad sisters suicide korean love game

    Remember Blue Whale? Sister suicides bring back spotlight on addictive online games

    The Federal
    4 Feb 2026 4:27 PM IST

    As police link the Ghaziabad minors’ suicides to Korean Love Game, eerie parallels emerge with past online challenge-based games that claimed young...

    Nirmala Sitharaman

    Sitharaman challenges Rahul Gandhi to prove claims on Union Budget

    4 Feb 2026 4:10 PM IST
    India steps up rare earth push to cut China reliance, hurdles loom

    India’s rare earth push targets China reliance, but scale, capacity pose challenges

    4 Feb 2026 2:33 PM IST
    Anil Ambani

    SC raps CBI, ED over probe delay in bank fraud case against Anil Ambani, ADAG

    4 Feb 2026 2:29 PM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata tears into EC in Supreme Court over Bengal SIR: 'Justice is crying'

    4 Feb 2026 2:13 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi and Ravneet Singh Bittu

    Rahul Gandhi calls Ravneet Bittu 'traitor friend' outside Parliament

    4 Feb 2026 1:42 PM IST
    Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

    Agriculture, dairy fully protected in India-US trade deal: Piyush Goyal

    4 Feb 2026 1:41 PM IST
    Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi shows a copy of the unpublished memoir of former Army chief M M Naravane

    Rahul Gandhi cites Naravane memoir, targets PM Modi over China clash

    4 Feb 2026 1:25 PM IST
    Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

    Naravane book row: Govt is scared, says Priyanka Gandhi

    4 Feb 2026 12:38 PM IST
    Narendra Modi, Donald Trump

    Congress attacks India-US trade deal, flags farm import concessions

    4 Feb 2026 12:17 PM IST
    income tax act 1961

    Expert decodes new I-T Act, explains what changes for ordinary taxpayers

    4 Feb 2026 10:09 AM IST
    Suicide

    3 minor sisters jump from 9th floor in Ghaziabad after parents object to online gaming

    4 Feb 2026 10:02 AM IST
    India pivots to Russian crude as Hormuz Strait blockade chokes supply: Report

    Why US trade deal won’t flip India’s crude oil slate overnight

    4 Feb 2026 8:06 AM IST
    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

    Jaishankar, Rubio welcome India-US trade deal; discuss critical minerals

    4 Feb 2026 7:45 AM IST
    India US, Donald Trump

    India-US trade deal | Dumping, GM crops, other fears: Expert explains

    4 Feb 2026 7:20 AM IST
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    Feb 4 News Live |Turkish Airlines Kathmandu–Istanbul flight diverted to Kolkata after engine fire

    4 Feb 2026 6:41 AM IST
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