Rahul Gandhi will be PM candidate, says TNCC president

TNCC president B. Manickam Tagore on Saturday asserted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would be the Opposition-led alliance’s Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the media at Sathyamurthy…

Eight years after chargesheets filed, trials in Gauri Lankesh and Kalburgi cases drag on

It has been nine and 11 years, respectively, since journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and scholar M.M. Kalburgi were killed. This week marked the death anniversaries of both. Even as all the accused in…

Man strangles wife’s male friend, dumps body in sump in Kolar

The Malur police have booked a 36-year-old private firm employee for allegedly strangling his wife’s male friend over an alleged extramarital relationship and later dumping the body in a water sump and…

Assured transit-time container train service launched between Bengaluru and Delhi

Union Minister of State for Railways V. Somanna on Saturday (September 5) flagged off an ‘Assured Transit Time’ domestic container train service connecting the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Whitefield in Bengaluru…

Labourer dies after falling from temple tower while installing lights in Chickballapur

A 22-year-old labourer died after accidentally slipping and falling from the tower of a temple while decorating it with electric lights ahead of the last Saturday of Shravana month in Gudibande town…

Eight High Court judges appointed as Chief Justices

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday (September 5, 2026) appointed eight judges of various High Courts as Chief Justices of different High Courts. Law and justice Minister Arjunram Meghwal, who took to social…

Mumbai Pod Taxi Project Crosses 100-Piling Mark, Elevated Corridor To Connect Kurla, Bandra And BKC

Mumbai’s pod taxi project has crossed 100 piling works as construction progresses on the 8.85-km elevated Automated Rapid Transit System. The PPP-based project will connect Kurla, Bandra and BKC with driverless battery-powered…

Pueblo fire update: What’s burning in Colorado? Videos emerge

Videos shared by witnesses on social media show large plumes of smoke rising from the area. Updated on: Sep 6, 2026, 00:38:53 IST Prefer HTon Google Share via Copy link A fire…

The Hindu Made of Chennai treasure hunt takes participants on a city-wide trail

Tamil Nadu failing at animal birth control

An internal dossier of the Oulgaret Municipality in Puducherry documented an event in late 2025. Fifty emaciated dogs were released from an Animal Birth Control (ABC) centre there. The animals had been…