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Survey: Low pay and depression are forcing journalists out of the profession

'We cannot expect a journalist who is not properly remunerated to play the watchdog role...'

EXCLUSIVE: Report details NSCDC officers’ contributions to detention tragedy in Niger, recommends dismissal, prosecution

Report details NSCDC officers’ contributions to detention tragedy in Niger, recommends dismissal, prosecution. The report attributed the cruel and degrading detention conditions leading to the deats of 33 detainees, including 14 children, to the actions and negligence of the officers.

Rahul, Priyanka remember Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary

Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to Indira Gandhi at her memorials at Shakti Sthal and at 1, Safdarjung Road

Price of milk up by ₹8, curd by ₹14 as KMF reveals new rate card effective from November 1 in Karnataka

The price of a pouch of 500 grams of curd will go up from ₹28 to ₹36, and one kg pouch from ₹54 to ₹68

Hakimi’s hat-trick guides PSG to stunning 5-1 win at Le Havre in Ligue 1

European champions PSG registered their sixth league victory and sit two points clear at top of the Ligue 1 standings.

Telangana introduces unified village development planning framework

New rules mandate three-to-five-year perspective plans, monthly monitoring and integration of Central and State schemes

IMD scouting for land to set up wind profiler radars in Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram under ‘Mission Mausam’

Radar systems proposed as part of Union govt’s initiative under Ministry of Earth Sciences

US, South Korea, Japan call for ‘complete denuclearisation’ of North Korea

The joint statement comes as US President Donald Trump seeks a new meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Eight civic bodies in North Andhra ready for polls on Nov 1

Despite inclement weather, officials expect a decent turnout and are hopeful of clear skies

Karnataka bandh called by sugarcane farmers hits Belagavi, but neighbouring districts unaffected

Farmers blocked roads at several locations across the district as part of the protest

Operation underway to recover bodies from remote chopper crash site in Uttarakhand

A team from the forest department, Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau officials, a DGCA team have all been dispatched to the crash site

Jadu, lone rhino at Thiruvananthapuram zoo, dead

The rhino, affectionately called Shambhu by zoo staff, was 39

Revanth pays tributes to Indira Gandhi

Canada’s in-form Leylah Fernandez reaches Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo

Fernandez fought back from a break down in both sets to reach the Tokyo title clash, her third final of 2026.

Low pressure over Andaman Sea intensifies further

IMD says the well-marked low pressure is centred near southeast Bay of Bengal as of Saturday morning and is expected to concentrate into a depression off Andhra Pradesh by night

Fani-Kayode assumes duties as Nigeria’s envoy to South Africa

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has formally assumed duties after presenting his Letters of Credence in the country.

Horses pulled from Derby Day after trainer allegedly has syringes in car

Flemington trainer Nick Ryan had two runners withdrawn from today's meeting after Racing Victoria stewards charged him with alleged possession of a prohibited substance.

Telangana extends ‘Instant pension’ facility beyond old-age pension category for women

The decision will benefit the families of persons with disabilities, toddy tappers, handloom weavers, dialysis patients and those affected by HIV and filariasis

Tim Dowling: having a tortoise reminds you that life is long

I don’t remember anything about that in the vows It is the first truly bleak day of autumn – the sky is a deep grey and a steady drizzle is falling. Except it isn’t, quite, as a few hours later the cloud begins to break up and a shaft of watery sunlight reaches the brick step just outside my office shed.

Punjab native detained for flying drone illegally in high-sensitive area near synagogue in Keralam

66-year-old, who is settled in Canada, later released after being served a notice. The incident comes close on the heels of alleged arson attack on premises of 800-year-old Kadavumbhagam Synagogue in Ernakulam

West Bengal steps up efforts to bring back tigress that strayed into Assam

West Bengal Forest Minister Manoj Oraon is all set to visit the tigress in Assam and finalise the plan to tranquilise it and bring back to Bengal’s territory

PM Modi offers floral tributes to Sardar Patel at Statue of Unity

October 31 is observed every year as National Unity Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, who played a pivotal role in integrating princely states into the Indian Union after Independence

Country diary: An impromptu birding trip with a total stranger – and it was magical

An impromptu birding trip with a total stranger – and it was magical. a bearded man asked, through the open window of his old Mini Cooper.

Mohammed Deif, rare footage and October 7 documents

Rare footage obtained by Al Jazeera offers a look at the life of former Hamas military commander, Mohammed Deif.