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CIC recommends DoPT include sub-caste data in UPSC results to broaden reach of affirmative action

The DoPT official added that the list of candidates allocated to services (along with their category) on the basis of CSE-2017 onwards is available on the department's portal

Assam elections 2026: How have smaller allies fared?

The Opposition’s ‘three Gogoi’ formula to counter the BJP failed as both Congress state chief Gaurav Gogoi and AJP chief Gogoi lost from their respective seats in Jorhat and Khowang.

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu unveils NABARD credit plan of ₹5.11 lakh crore for 2026–27 fiscal

Significant push for horticulture development in Rayalaseema and Prakasam districts with a sum of ₹5,313 crore specifically allocated for the purpose

Cabinet approves four more judges for Supreme Court

The move is a step towards tiding over the continuing crisis of pendency plaguing the court; this will increase the current Supreme Court strength from the present 34 judges to 38

Lokayukta directs top officials to be added as respondents in K.R. Circle underpass case

BJP accuses Speaker of delaying oath to Jeevaraj, asks Governor to administer oath

Kiran Mazumdar names her niece Claire as her successor

Siddalinga Swami says there’s severe water crisis, governance failure in Jewargi

The State president of Sri Ram Sene has said that residents have been struggling for years without assured access to potable water

Man arrested for murdering friend and setting body ablaze to destroy evidence

How Vijay built a grassroots base even before launching TVK

Over the years, Mr. Vijay has implemented several welfare measures and extended support to regional and national political causes

MP thanks Minister for funds release

40 adolescent labourers identified in Mandya district during inspections conducted in 2025-26

Chittoor ‘Gangamma Jatara’ begins with traditional ‘Chatimpu’

Chatimpu, a public announcement marking the formal opening of the festival, performed in the morning; devotees will don different traditional attire each day and offer prayers to goddess till conclusion of the Jatara

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Welcome to the Karnataka Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today. Curated and written by Nalme Nachiyar.

ACB traps Banaganapalle MRO, surveyor for taking ₹50,000 bribe in Nandyala

Banaganapalle Tahsildar Ramireddy Rajeev Reddy and surveyor S.K. Hussain Basha caught accepting the second instalment of a ₹1 lakh bribe demanded for regularising land

USA’s National Reconnaissance Office awards contract to Bengaluru space startup Pixxel to provide hyperspectral imagery

Pixxel said that the award supports the US government’s effort to evaluate and integrate emerging commercial hyperspectral data sources into the agency’s expanding remote sensing architecture.

Anantapur police bust international cricket betting racket run from Philippines; 10 arrested

₹19.70 lakh in cash seized, ₹18.20 lakh in 49 bank accounts across nine banks frozen; gang routed money to a Philippines-based kingpin via mule accounts and SIM cards hidden in cargo jeans parcels, says Superintendent of Police P. Jagadeesh

BJP 'hijacked' democracy, Punjab will stop their 'vijay rath': Kejriwal

“Today, democracy is threatened. In 2014, there was a wave in favour of Narendra Modi, and they kept winning elections. In February 2015, they won only three seats in Delhi. If they come to power in Punjab, they will ravage the State," says Mr. Kejriwal

Assam Assembly Election 2026: Full list of winners

NDA alliance, led by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is looking for a hat-trick in the state.

Sukesh's wife denied bail in ₹200 crore extortion case, gets relief in ED case

The Delhi Police has booked Sukesh Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the wives of former promoters of Ranbaxy

TCS hires 262 students of R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering, Guntur, in campus drive

Salary packages range from ₹3.5 lakh to ₹9 lakh a year; 1,054 students placed across various campus drives during the 2025-26 academic year

Malayalam actor Santhosh Nair dies in road accident

Having acted in over a hundred films as well as television serials since the early 1980s, Santhosh was a familiar face to the Malayalam audience

Amit Shah named central observer for West Bengal, Nadda for Assam

According to the notification, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi have been appointed as co-observers for Assam and West Bengal respectively