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Andhra govt takes over liquor shops, prohibition from next year

To gradually cut availability and consumption, liquor shops will stay open from 10 am to 9 pm and later reduced to just 3-4 hours a day.

Punjab: Day after STF constable shot dead, accused found hanging from tree

Police said Simranjit had offered to surrender and that he had ‘mediated’ between the constable and smugglers when the former had approached them posing as a buyer

550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak: Punjab govt, PPCB launch campaign against single-use plastic in Sultanpur Lodhi

They aim to make Sultanpur Lodhi the first city of Punjab to be free of single-use plastic.

Kerala Lottery Results Today announced: First Prize is Worth 65 Lakh!

Kerala Akshaya Lottery AK-414 Today Results: There are two seasonal jackpots, the monsoon and summer bumper.

Doordarshan Chennai Kendra: PM speech not aired live, DD official suspended

While Doordarshan News, Delhi and several other channels telecast Modi speeches live, DD Podhigai, handled by Vasumathi, skipped the broadcast of the PM’s first speech at IIT-Madras.

Bountiful surprise: Why Modi’s best monsoon defied all forecasters

This is the first time since 1997 when India has recorded above normal rains even in an El Niño year.

Eye on block polls: Curbs eased on movement of Jammu leaders, Valley waits

The lifting of restrictions on movements of Jammu Opposition leaders comes ahead of the first Block Development Council elections in the state, scheduled for October 24.

Manu Pillai interview: ‘Gandhi was an excellent communicator and strategist… but compromised on internal tyranny’

Was Gandhi a successful politician; what did he do right; what did he get wrong? N E Sudheer speak to historian Manu S Pillai on the Gandhi the strategist and politician.

PM Modi on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary: Bapu’s nationalism was never narrow or exclusive

Prime Minister Modi, writing in The New York Times, said Gandhi saw a deep link between political independence and personal empowerment.

Mahatma 150 birth anniversary: Spinning session, bhajans at Mumbai’s Mani Bhavan

The day began with a khadi spinning session at 7.30 am followed by an hour of prayer and bhajans, Executive Secretary of Mani Bhavan Meghshyam Ajgaonkar said.

On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150 birth anniversary, PM Modi proposes ‘Einstein Challenge’

Writing in The New York Times, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled Albert Einstein's famous words on Gandhi, “Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.”

Rs 50,000 fine for idol immersion in River Ganga and its tributaries: Centre

The directive has been issued by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to chief secretaries in 11 Ganga basin states. “No idol immersion into river Ganga and its tributaries and on their banks,” says the directive, which was issued after a meeting between representatives of states and NMCG officials last month.