India

Women are elected, husbands govern: Centre confirms proxy rule in Panchayat

Hindustan Times •July 22, 2026

Three decades after India reserved a third of Panchayat seats for women, many of them still don’t get to govern

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India

'Uncompromising and firm stand': Vijay's TVK demands complete scrapping of NEET

Tamil Nadu's ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Tuesday called for the complete abolition of NEET, demanded that education be moved to the State List

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India

Activists protest in New York, San Jose in support of Sonam Wangchuk

Similar solidarity demonstrations were also held outside the Indian High Commission in London and the Indian Embassy in Dublin, the Hindus for Human Rights said

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India

Tanker with Indian crew was hit by US while drifting in Gulf of Oman, had engine off

The Settebello had been moving Iranian oil for at least five years, though the ship was not under any US sanctions.

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India

What Kamaraj’s legacy of governance can teach

Over sixty years since he stepped down as chief minister of the erstwhile Madras State, the memory of K Kamaraj still persists in the collective consciousness of the state

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India

Telangana govt frames strategy to mitigate impact of el Niño

With Telangana facing drought-like conditions due to a monsoon rainfall deficit linked to El Niño, a political battle has intensified between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) over whether to operate the Kannepalli pump house of the Kaleshwaram…

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India

TN assembly speaker clarifies rules for arrest of sitting MLA

Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J C D Prabhakar on Tuesday clarified that the Speaker’s office had no role in the arrest of DMK MLA Markandayan G V over his alleged remarks against chief minister C Joseph Vijay

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