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    Why does changing religion put reservation benefits at risk?

    V Aravinda
    18 Oct 2026 4:32 PM IST

    The Supreme Court has rejected Tamil Nadu’s route to backward-class reservation for Hindu converts to Islam. Its reasoning raises a larger question about how the law recognises disadvantage after...

    Maharashtra govt scraps 5 pc Muslim quota under SEBC category
    Legal Lens
    How protests and Jantar Mantar resulted in several legal reforms
    Features

    Jantar ka Mantar: The protest site that taught Delhi to listen

    18 Oct 2026 4:04 PM IST
    Gulf conflict brews trouble for Assam tea; exports likely to drop 20 pc
    Health

    FSSAI’s new pesticide residue limits for tea: What consumers and industry need to know

    18 Oct 2026 3:45 PM IST
    Gwalior temple tragedy: MP CM Mohan Yadav removes city SP, suspends 8 personnel
    Madhya Pradesh

    Gwalior temple tragedy: MP CM Mohan Yadav removes city SP, suspends 8 personnel

    18 Oct 2026 3:22 PM IST
    West Bengal assembly elections

    Gyanesh Kumar row puts EC’s credibility to test in five state Assembly elections

    18 Oct 2026 2:06 PM IST
    JD Vance

    JD Vance says H-1B ‘indentured servants’ remark targeted employers, not workers

    18 Oct 2026 1:19 PM IST
    Bhoger khichuri

    How a simple plate of khichuri became a symbol of Bengal’s Durga Puja

    18 Oct 2026 12:37 PM IST
    Bengaluru Techie murder case

    Greater Noida deaths: 3 arrested; police suspect suicide, rule out 'noodles' angle

    18 Oct 2026 12:35 PM IST
    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

    'India cannot stop buying Russian oil overnight', says Rubio as Trump reviews sanctions

    18 Oct 2026 10:59 AM IST
    Trump defends Russia sanctions waiver, faces bipartisan criticism

    Trump defends Russia sanctions waiver, faces bipartisan criticism

    18 Oct 2026 10:12 AM IST
    Chennai rains

    Heavy rains pound Chennai as monsoon enters active phase; yellow alert in 17 districts

    18 Oct 2026 10:06 AM IST
    France protests

    1,200 arrested, 150 police personnel injured as violent protests erupt in France

    18 Oct 2026 9:48 AM IST
    13 killed, over 40 injured as paddy-laden truck runs over pilgrims at Gwalior temple

    13 killed, over 40 injured as paddy-laden truck runs over pilgrims at Gwalior temple

    18 Oct 2026 8:04 AM IST
    Puja pandal stampede
    LIVE

    Kolkata stampede LIVE: Seven accused sent to 10-day police custody

    18 Oct 2026 7:11 AM IST
    Farmers

    Before AI can help Indian farmers, research must learn to listen to them

    Taniya Sah
    18 Oct 2026 6:20 AM IST

    AI could transform Indian agriculture, but its success depends on farmer-centred research, local knowledge and technologies suited to real farming...

    Where the azaan meets the arati: Bengal’s shared Durga Puja traditions

    Where the azaan meets the arati: Bengal’s shared Durga Puja traditions

    18 Oct 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Kolkata Durga Puja

    Kolkata stampede: 19 killed at Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal; CM announces Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia

    17 Oct 2026 9:54 PM IST
    Juhu property owned by Ajay Devgn and his mother

    BMC demolishes unauthorised portions of Ajay Devgn-owned Juhu property

    17 Oct 2026 8:40 PM IST
    Sidhu Moosewalas brother and parents at Toronto concert

    Sidhu Moosewala’s toddler brother’s gun gesture sparks complaint against parents

    17 Oct 2026 8:19 PM IST
    US Congressman Riley Moore

    US Congressman Riley Moore calls H-1B, OPT programmes ‘scams’

    17 Oct 2026 7:34 PM IST
    protest in Delhi demanding justice for Ankita Bhandari

    Ankita Bhandari murder case: CBI questions ex-BJP MLA Suresh Rathore

    17 Oct 2026 7:30 PM IST
    DMK meeting

    SIR row: DMK demands CEC’s removal, slams Congress for ‘double standards’

    17 Oct 2026 7:18 PM IST
    Michael Kugelman (left), Nirmala Sitharaman

    FM Sitharaman’s ‘market failures’ remark, a rare dose of economic realism

    17 Oct 2026 7:04 PM IST
    CJP protest

    SC-appointed panel launches portal for complaints over July violence at Jantar Mantar

    17 Oct 2026 6:52 PM IST
    CJI Kant bars oral mentioning for urgent court hearings during winter break

    CJI Surya Kant urges law graduates to uphold justice, defend liberty

    17 Oct 2026 5:03 PM IST
    Sugar

    India sets zero sugar diversion for ethanol in 2026-27, floats 1,100 crore-litre tender

    17 Oct 2026 4:57 PM IST
    Baby boy food

    FSSAI proposes ban on sucrose, fructose in foods for babies up to 6 months: What parents need to know

    17 Oct 2026 3:48 PM IST
    Student found dead in hostel of BITS Pilani Goa campus; cops launch probe

    Gurugram IT professional, wife found dead at home; police suspect murder-suicide

    17 Oct 2026 3:22 PM IST
    Imran Khan

    From reel to real: Why Imran Khan’s 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola' feels relevant again

    17 Oct 2026 2:59 PM IST
    Darjeeling

    Hills divided, plains wary: Centre’s Gorkhaland talks off to a tricky start

    17 Oct 2026 2:34 PM IST
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