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The siege of KBR National Park: Concrete closing in on Hyderabad’s green heart

KBR National Park is at the centre of fresh public outrage, this time over the flyovers and underpasses rising around it under the Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure project. This island of tranquillity in the heart of a bustling metropolis has faced threats since its inception, raising persistent questions over its very status as a national park. Swathi Vadlamudi explores the existential crisis confronting the urban haven

This Maharashtra Day, a tribal hamlet affected by Maoism has road, electric borewell for the first time since independence

Binagunda is so remote that there is no State Transport Bus connectivity there as yet

Mumbai Pune Missing Link Project opens on May 1. Why is it significant?

What is the hype around the reduction of a distance of six kilometres on India’s first expressway? What is the significance of the reduction of travel time by 20-30 minutes on a regular day?

Why is the Koh-i-Noor diamond sought after? History and repatriation

Whether the Koh-i-noor was stolen or not is a matter of intense historical and political debate

Mamata visits Bhabanipur EVM strong room, warns against counting irregularities

Ms. Banerjee, who emerged around 12:07 a.m. after spending nearly four hours at the counting centre for her Bhabanipur constituency housed in Sakhawat Memorial School in south Kolkata, said only one person would be allowed inside the designated counting area

Lift abortion time limit for minor rape survivors: Supreme Court

Says State and doctors cannot make such decisions for minor rape survivors; CJI calls for penal law amendment to ensure trials in such cases completed within a week, accused’s property transferred to victim

‘Systemic failures’ made tribal man take his sister’s skeletal remains to bank, finds probe in Odisha

Revenue Divisional Commissioner, who is heading a State government probe, said there was delay in issuing death certificate to the deceased’s family

ECI introduces new QR code-based ID cards for counting centres

Poll body launches new photo identity cards with QR codes for persons authorised to enter counting halls, including officials and candidates

Supreme Court asks petitioner to turn in first-generation copy of leaked Manipur audio to forensic lab

The forensic reports have so far returned inconclusive about the authenticity of the tapes

Italy told to avoid sharing of defence tech with Pakistan

Talks with Italian Defence Minister focus on exclusive technologies, India-Italy cooperation and security concerns

India halted Sindoor on its own terms: Rajnath

Defence Minister says Pakistan, an ‘epicentre of terrorism’, is emerging as the global hub of ‘international terrorism’; he says Indian forces have the surge capacity to scale up operations

Cusat student found dead in her rented room

Centre notifies changes to Citizenship Rules; focus on OCI registration

The changes, known as the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introduce a slew of online initiatives for OCI cardholders, including a digital application and renunciation process

​Embers in the air: On wildfires in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

Seasonal fires need long-term management, not just preparedness

Union Minister stalling CBI probe into ex-INLD Haryana chief’s murder, alleges family

Sheila Rathee, State executive member of the INLD, says she is ‘not satisfied’ with the progress of the probe into her husband’s murder

Chhattisgarh Assembly passes resolution for one-third quota for women in legislative bodies

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai tabled the resolution and said that for the dignity, overall development and empowerment of women, one-third reservation for them in the Lok Sabha and all Legislative Assemblies should be enforced immediately following the delimitation exercise

Tamil Nadu records highest marine fish landings in 2025

The State landed an estimated 6.85 lakh tonnes of fish, a slight increase from 2024 when it was 6.79 lakh tonnes, despite facing two cyclones; it surpassed Gujarat that landed 6.43 lakh tonnes

SEZs must diversify beyond U.S. market and IT services: CEA

‘Half of SEZ exports today flow to the U.S. and the Netherlands. In a fragmenting world, that is concentration risk,’ says Anantha Nageswaran

S. Madhumathi named Secretary of Social Welfare Department

Mizoram declared ‘insurgency-free’ as last militant group lays down arms

A total of 43 cadres of the group, including Mr. Sanate, surrendered their weapons to the government during a “homecoming and arms laying ceremony” at Sesawng near Aizawl during the day

Saini invites Punjab industrialists to set up units in Haryana

Infosys appoints Nitin Paranjpe as vice chairman; no plan for a chairman transition, says Nilekani

₹5 crore community-funded force, accounting for 60% of traffic personnel, keeps Hyderabad’s IT corridor moving

200 traffic marshals deployed across Gachibowli, Raidurgam, Madhapur and Narsingi as IT firms fund Cyberabad traffic management