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From Our Special Correspondent New Delhi: A political and institutional storm has broken over the Election Commission of India after a leading national daily reported that Election…

AYODHYA / NEW DELHI: CCTV cameras inside the Ram Janmabhoomi temple’s donation-counting room captured 105 instances of unauthorised removal or concealment of currency, a Special…

NEW DELHI: Since 2014 the Bharatiya Janata Party has governed less with a balance-sheet than with a phrase-book. Achhe Din, Make in India, Skill India, Swachh Bharat, Vocal for Local,…

From Our Correspondents KOCHI / WAYANAD: Kerala Excise officials arrested Anto Augustine, 38, Managing Director and Managing Editor of Malayalam news channel Reporter TV, in the early…

By Suresh Unnithan Kerala woke on 16 September 2026 to a familiar theatre: policemen at a news desk, phones on a table, live feed stuttering, and both sides already shouting “democracy.”…

By Suresh Unnithan India’s Unified Payments Interface is no longer a takeoff story. It is a high-frequency public utility whose counts keep rising while the typical ticket shrinks—and…

The government has announced that banks cannot impose any charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions of up to 2,000 rupees. According to a government gazette notification…

From Our Political Correspondent Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party will claim Monday’s urban local body results as a lead over Congress. The numbers that matter tell another story. Of…

By Suresh Unnithan Every monsoon, Mullaperiyar returns as Kerala’s unfinished argument with itself. This time it has returned with a ₹1 crore legal notice—and with the same old refusal…

From Our Correspondent Puducherry: The political weather in Puducherry has turned sharper than the monsoon air. Sources close to Chief Minister N. Rangasamy say he is in discreet talks…