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The Indian diaspora as Australia's identity, its future
8+ min ago (142+ words) Updated - July 09, 2026 12: 25 am IST The settlement trajectory of the Australian-Indian community is very different from its counterparts in the U. S. or the United Kingdom. The first significant wave of Indian professional migration to Australia dates only to the 1960s and 1970s, climbing after…...
Congress appoints new in-charges for Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
55+ min ago (173+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 11: 38 pm IST - New Delhi Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) appointed new All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charges for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal as part of the party's ongoing organisational reshuffle." A statement from AICC general…...
Karnataka plans to appoint a nodal agency to monitor daycare centres
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (116+ words) The Hindu Published - July 08, 2026 08: 17 pm IST - Bengaluru Following the recent case of alleged abuse of children at a daycare centre on the campus of IT major Capgemini, the State government plans to regulate daycare centres and appoint a nodal agency…...
Ukraine says its drones struck three refineries and tankers in Russia
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (326+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 10: 40 pm IST - MOSCOW Ukrainian drones struck three Russian oil refineries, Russian tankers on the Sea of Azov, and pipeline pumping stations, Ukrainian and Russian officals said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), in a major night of strikes ranging from the…...
Kaliyakkavilai bus-stand to be ready for inauguration by November
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (185+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 07: 49 pm IST - NAGERCOIL The Kaliyakkavilai bus stand on Kanniyakumari " Kerala border, handling 150-odd buses every day, will be inaugurated in November this year. After inspecting on Wednesday the ongoing rebuilding of Kaliyakkavilai bus terminus at an outlay of…...
Kerala govt. revamps Vigilance Manual after two decades
6+ hour, 16+ min ago (208+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 06: 17 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The revised manual, the first comprehensive overhaul since 2002, was released by Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala here as part of the Kerala Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau's (VACB) Project Zero anti-corruption campaign. The government is also considering…...
AAP government faces heat after FBI names Punjab inspector in 'international extortion plot
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (230+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 10: 20 pm IST - CHANDIGARH The political atmosphere in Punjab charged up on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) after the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) named Punjab Police inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra in an alleged international extortion plot, and the Opposition parties cornered…...
Kerala HC says no stay on the functioning of State Waqf Board for now
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (244+ words) Kerala HC refuses to stay State Waqf Board's operations, directing the State to respond by July 15 amid ongoing challenges. The Kerala High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that it would not, for the time being, grant a stay on the…...
Violence at Trinamool rally in Kolkata; Mamata accuses BJP government of allowing lawlessness
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (250+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 10: 22 pm IST - KOLKATA Violence erupted at a Trinamool Congress procession in Kolkata on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), as TMC supporters clashed with BJP workers. Denouncing the chaos, TMC chief and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that lawlessness has prevailed…...
Farmers stage protest against contamination of groundwater, damage to crops
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (194+ words) Published - July 08, 2026 10: 15 pm IST - DINDIGUL Farmers from ten villages coming under Sriramapuram town panchayat in Dindigul district staged a protest against contamination of groundwater and damage to crops caused by discharge of waste water from food processing units in the…...