2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (445+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 01:16 pm IST - PUDUCHERRY Spread over 1,765 acres, the lake has been shrinking over the years due to human interventions, including agricultural activity within its water-spread area and the issue of pattas by the Revenue Departments of Puducherry and Tamil…...

2+ hour ago   (116+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 02:00 pm IST - Belagavi Satish Jarkiholi, Karnataka Minister and Congress leader, has said that he was misquoted by some media outlets in reports about the Enforcement Directorate searches at his premises. “Some newspapers have reported that I have thrown…...

7+ hour, 7+ min ago   (288+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 08:53 am IST Sydenhams Road in Periamet is the “wardrobe” for blue-collar workers. On this oft-crowded thoroughfare, from the point where the Greater Chennai Corporation’s headquarters (Ripon Building) begins to the point where the Nehru stadium almost ends, around…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (280+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 11:45 am IST - Kozhikode The Kozhikode rural police have arrested four persons in connection with an alleged drug-induced gang-rape reported in the Perambra area, following a night-long search across different parts of Kozhikode district. The accused have been identified…...

15+ hour, 32+ min ago   (173+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 12:27 am IST - CHENNAI Alamelu, 46, was arrested after she allegedly attempted to use a fake ₹500 note at an Aavin milk booth in Aminjikarai. The police said Siva, a resident of Arumbakkam, was running an Aavin milk booth at P.P....

15+ hour, 24+ min ago   (263+ words) Director-General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force (HoPF) Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, along with Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj, held a meeting with senior police officers on Saturday to review the law and order situation in the city, the…...

10+ hour ago   (531+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 06:00 am IST - Bengaluru Mohammed Sadiq, an auto driver, has seven members in his family, and all of them have received notices in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. While four know when their hearings are scheduled, the…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (323+ words) Updated - September 13, 2026 07:08 am IST - Bengaluru The crackdown comes against the backdrop of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s surprise visit to the APMC Yard in Yeshwantpur, recently, where officials found 19 children working on the premises. In a Statewide crackdown on child labour on…...

14+ hour, 59+ min ago   (19+ words) Bengaluru police bust fake drug network supplying counterfeit medicines to over 90 hospitals; key suspects arrested amid ongoing investigation....

16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (406+ words) Published - September 12, 2026 11:22 pm IST - VELLORE The district administration has identified 29 water bodies, mostly irrigation tanks maintained by Water Resources Department (WRD), in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur, and Tiruvannamalai districts for idol immersion as part of Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations. Officials of Vellore…...