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    Namaz-Hanuman Chalisa row intensifies at Lucknow University, 13 get notices

    Shilpi Sen
    24 Feb 2026 5:44 PM IST

    The row over sealing access to the campus mosque continued, as right-wing-affiliated student groups chanted the Hanuman Chalisa

    Lucknow university protest
    Uttar Pradesh
    Union Cabinet clears proposal to rename Kerala as ‘Keralam’; what next?
    Kerala

    Union Cabinet clears proposal to rename Kerala as ‘Keralam’; what next?

    24 Feb 2026 5:18 PM IST
    Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
    Bihar

    'Don't talk rubbish': Bihar CM loses cool at 'guns and bullets' jibe

    24 Feb 2026 5:16 PM IST
    Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
    Kerala

    Tharoor’s witty take on Kerala being renamed 'Keralam'

    24 Feb 2026 4:41 PM IST
    Kalpetta rehabilitation township

    When hills gave way, hope did not: Wayanad township for victims opens doors

    24 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    EPS makes poll promises

    AIADMK makes poll promise of Rs 10,000 'relief' to each family in TN

    24 Feb 2026 3:51 PM IST
    air ambulance crash

    Many hopes and a family’s desperate bid to save a life crash with an air ambulance

    24 Feb 2026 3:48 PM IST
    BJP recalibrates Bengal campaign with youth outreach, professional meets and yatras

    BJP recalibrates Bengal campaign with youth outreach, professional meets and yatras

    24 Feb 2026 3:47 PM IST
    Chandrababu Naidu stirs up laddu debate again

    Syndicate used adulterated ghee in Tirupati laddus, committed 'sacrilege': CM Naidu

    24 Feb 2026 2:34 PM IST
    Kerala Story 2 plea: ‘Kerala lives in total harmony’, says HC; orders removal of teaser

    Kerala Story 2 plea: ‘Kerala lives in total harmony’, says HC; orders removal of teaser

    24 Feb 2026 2:06 PM IST
    AP gang held in TN ‘digital arrest’ scam; used 542 SIM cards, posed as CBI

    AP gang held in TN ‘digital arrest’ scam; used 542 SIM cards, posed as CBI

    24 Feb 2026 2:04 PM IST
    Sabarimala gold theft case intensifies as main accused gets bail. Photo: PTI

    Sabarimala gold loss case: Opposition stalls Assembly proceedings for 3rd day in a row

    24 Feb 2026 1:57 PM IST
    Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib

    Youth Congress president arrested over 'shirtless' protest; Congress slams Centre

    24 Feb 2026 12:31 PM IST
    Bengal SIR: SC allows additional civil judges for electoral roll verification

    Bengal SIR: SC allows additional civil judges for electoral roll verification

    24 Feb 2026 12:27 PM IST
    Can anti-incumbency alone bring AIADMK back to power in Tamil Nadu?

    Can anti-incumbency alone bring AIADMK back to power in Tamil Nadu?

    Pramila Krishnan
    24 Feb 2026 12:16 PM IST

    Senior political analyst T Ramakrishnan decodes DMDK’s shift to the DMK alliance, Congress seat-sharing dynamics, Vijay’s emerging role, and battle...

    Kerala assembly passes nativity bill

    What is Kerala Nativity Card and who is eligible?

    24 Feb 2026 10:00 AM IST
    The incident of a model house of BJP leaders getting destroyed in a fire has triggered fresh tension in Ballari, Karnataka. Representative Photo: iStock

    Meerut house fire: 5 kids among 6 killed; short circuit suspected

    24 Feb 2026 9:45 AM IST
    Mohan Bhagwat bats for nationwide UCC, says its essential for unifying society

    Mohan Bhagwat bats for nationwide UCC, says it's 'essential for unifying society'

    24 Feb 2026 9:00 AM IST
    Air ambulance crash

    All 7 on board Ranchi-Delhi air ambulance killed in crash in Jharkhand

    24 Feb 2026 7:17 AM IST
    E-tongue, e-nose to test Tirupati ghee soon: Andhra health minister

    E-tongue, e-nose to test Tirupati ghee soon: Andhra health minister

    23 Feb 2026 8:30 PM IST
    Cheetahs, Project Cheetah, Kuno National Park

    Kuno to get 8 more cheetahs; latest batch to arrive from Botswana on Feb 28

    23 Feb 2026 7:42 PM IST
    How 19-year-old engineering student’s account was used in Rs 7-cr cyber fraud

    How 19-year-old engineering student’s account was used in Rs 7-cr cyber fraud

    23 Feb 2026 7:18 PM IST
    Congress, DMK, Stalin, Venugopal, Selvaperunthagai

    Congress set to gain extra Rajya Sabha seat from DMK, drops power-sharing push

    23 Feb 2026 7:15 PM IST
    El Nino wheat food supply prices

    Why US-India trade deal could put Telangana’s maize boom at risk

    23 Feb 2026 5:54 PM IST
    Mekedatu on Kaveri

    Karnataka seeks to take on TN with revised Mekedatu dam plan

    23 Feb 2026 5:44 PM IST
    Kerala Nativity Card Bill placed in Assembly: How is it different from citizenship?

    Kerala Nativity Card Bill placed in Assembly: How is it different from citizenship?

    23 Feb 2026 5:40 PM IST
    What is IDFC First Bank case all about?

    How a balance mismatch exposed a Rs 590 crore suspected fraud at IDFC First Bank

    23 Feb 2026 5:19 PM IST
    Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik (right)

    In final SIR list, TN gains 27.53 lakh electors, but 70 lakh names purged in all

    23 Feb 2026 4:17 PM IST
    Modi and Himantas divisive election gambit could haunt India when crisis strikes

    Modi and Himanta's divide-to-win gambit could haunt India when crisis strikes

    23 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Vijay SInhas controversial statement on meat spurring violent behaviour

    Meat spurs violence? Science begs to differ with Bihar Deputy CM's 'theory'

    23 Feb 2026 3:50 PM IST
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