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NIA searches suspected Maoist hideouts in southern States

Special teams launched simultaneous searches in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka since early on Tuesday.

Anti-Naxal Squad (ANS) personnel during a combing operation in Gopanari reserve forest area of Karamadai forest range in Coimbatore. File photo

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy performs ‘Tulabharam’ at Tirumala temple

Earlier, on his arrival at the temple ‘Mahadwaram’ the TTD authorities accorded him a traditional reception and led him into the sanctum sanctorum.

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Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy performing Tulabharam at the hill temple on Tuesday.

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Attendance low as students stay home to care for younger siblings

Tanu Kulkarni

‘This is a big problem particularly for families who have migrated from rural areas’

A file photo of students arriving for admission at Ganganagar BBMP School in Bengaluru.

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma sworn in as Telangana CJ

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Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been sworn in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court here at Raj Bhavan on Monday.Governor Tamilisai

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma (in file) sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.

NIA searches suspected Maoist hideouts in southern States

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy performs ‘Tulabharam’ at Tirumala temple

Attendance low as students stay home to care for younger siblings

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma sworn in as Telangana CJ

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Kerala

Opposition UDF stages walkout in Kerala Assembly over LDF Government’s ‘failure’ to prepare coastal zone management plan

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The 'Samajwadi Vijay Yatra' in Kanpur was flagged off by "Khazanchi", a child who was born in a queue outside a bank during demonetisation days, and Akhilesh Yadav.

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U.P. Assembly polls: Akhilesh Yadav launches 'rath yatra' from Kanpur, says BJP 'crushed' farmers

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COVID-19

Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru see faster COVID-19 spread PTI

R-value of the three metros is over 1, say researchers of Chennai-based Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

Domestic travel takes off with festival season

Govt gives nod for export of Sputnik Light vaccine made in India

Kerala’s engineering colleges manage to weather pandemic crisis

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 208 days

Tamil Nadu

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NIA searches suspected Maoist hideouts in southern States

S. Vijay Kumar Special teams launched simultaneous searches in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka since early on Tuesday.

Shootout spot: Police personnel at the spot where the incident took place.

Tamil Nadu

Jharkhand man gunned down in ‘encounter’

R.Sivaraman He was accused of snatching chains

Special Correspondent ThiruvananthapuramCongress legislator K. Babu says thousands of houses abutting sea, lake or river in Kerala did not qualify for panchayat or municipal registration because of the State's inordinate delay in finalising the CZMP as mandated by the coastal regulation zone provisions

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The house at Karipur in Malappuram that collapsed following heavy rain.

Kerala

Kerala rain: two children killed as house caves in at Karipur in Malappuram district

Staff Reporter The incident took place early morning following a mudslide from a hillock behind their house, causing the bedroom in which the children were sleeping to collapse

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Karnataka

Attendance low as students stay home to care for younger siblings

Tanu Kulkarni ‘This is a big problem particularly for families who have migrated from rural areas’

A file photo of Konchavaram wildlife sanctuary in Chincholi taluk of Kalaburagi district. The tremors were felt in Chincholi and Kalagi taluks in Kalaburagi district.

Karnataka

Kalaburagi villages on tenterhooks as tremors continue

Special Correspondent KSNDMC says people need not panic as the intensity is low and not destructive

Andhra Pradesh

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy performs ‘Tulabharam’ at Tirumala temple

Special Correspondent Earlier, on his arrival at the temple ‘Mahadwaram’ the TTD authorities accorded him a traditional reception and led him into the sanctum sanctorum.

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Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy carrying ‘silk vastram’ to the Tirumala temple on Monday.

Andhra Pradesh

Garuda Seva marks fifth day of Brahmotsavams

G.P. SHUKLA Religious fervour marked the auspicious Garuda Seva that was observed on the fifth day of the annual Brahmotsavams on Monday at the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara.Special prayers were offered to Lord Malayappa Swamy seated atop the golden Garuda Vahanam at the Kalyanotsava mandapam inside the temple.The deity was adorned with rare and precious ornaments like Makara kanti, a five-layered Lakshmi haram, Sahasranama haram, and a diamond-studded golden crown among other antique jewels.Earlier, the

Telangana

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Hyderabad

Justice Satish Chandra Sharma sworn in as Telangana CJ

Marri Ramu Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been sworn in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court here at Raj Bhavan on Monday.Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office for the CJ designate . Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, his Cabinet colleagues, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and judges of the HC were present at the swearing-in ceremony.Initially, the warrant of appointment was read out by an officer. Later, the Governor handed over the warrant of appointment to the CJ

Telangana

Man hit by Telangana Speaker’s escort vehicle dies

R. Avadhani In a shocking incident, a man was killed after he was knocked down by a police vehicle in the convoy of Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy near Kallakal on NH-44 of Medak district on Monday afternoon.According to official sources, the convoy of the Speaker was on its way from Hyderabad to Banswada in Kamareddy to attend official function. A police escort vehicle in the convoy hit a person identified as Narasimha Reddy, a worker in a private factory in the nearby industrial area. The

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U.P. Assembly polls: Akhilesh Yadav launches 'rath yatra' from Kanpur, says BJP 'crushed' farmers

PTI Shivpal Yadav, who is Akhilesh’s uncle and heads the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party, also launched a Samajik Parivartan Yatra from Mathura

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Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s assertion came an order of the National Commission for Minorities vetoing the State government’s decision to relocate the residents of Harijan Colony or Punjabi Lane in the Iewduh or Barabazar area of Shillong.

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Meghalaya Government firm on shifting Sikh colony

Special Correspondent Ready to challenge order of any commission against relocation, says Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma

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