UPSC aspirants write to Rahul Gandhi citing irregularities in 2026 Prelims exam
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
A group of civil aspirants has raised concerns regarding significant irregularities in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2026, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Bharat Ratna CNR Rao gets named in SIR notice list, ECI then backtracks
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee CNR Rao’s name has appeared on the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer’s list of electors flagged for notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...
TN Smart City Mission: 52 projects not implemented, 44 unplanned ones taken up, finds CAG
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
A Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report on the implementation of the Smart City Mission (SCM) in Tamil Nadu found that 52 approved projects, valued at Rs 1,602.20 crore were not...
TN scholarship schemes between 2017-22 did not track dropouts, eligible students: CAG
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Thousands of students who received scholarships under Tamil Nadu’s SC, ST and Special Scholarship for Converted Christians (SCC)...
BRS MLCs suspended from Telangana Legislative Council over remarks against Speaker
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The Telangana Legislative Council on Tuesday, September 8, suspended two BRS MLCs, T Madhusudhan and N Naveen Kumar Reddy, for the...
Renaming mental health centres: Kerala HC asks govt to hear objections by medical bodies
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
The Kerala High Court has allowed the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) to raise their objections to the Kerala government's decision to rename state-run...
‘Even judges write X’: Delhi HC raps Union govt for revealing POCSO survivor’s identity
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, September 8, pulled up the Union government over the disclosure of a sexual harassment survivor’s identity in a POSH handbook published by the Ministry of Women...
Actor Darshan moves Karnataka HC seeking to be physically present during murder trial
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
Kannada actor Darshan, an accused in the high-profile Renukaswamy murder case, has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging a trial court order that rejected his request to be physically...
The Assembly goes live, and Vijay’s TVK gets a powerful new media platform
The News Minuteby Balakrishna Ganeshan·9 Sept 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Tamil Nadu Assembly has never had live telecast; previous Chief Ministers M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa did not allow it, MK...
Telangana HC says police cannot stop BRS MLAs from entering Assembly
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
“Is this the respect you show to women, particularly women legislators?” the Telangana High Court asked the state police on Monday, September 9, regarding the alleged manhandling of Bharat Rashtra...
ED searches premises linked to Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi, daughter
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·9 Sept 2026
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Wednesday, September 9, conducted searches at multiple premises linked to Karnataka Public Works Department Minister Satish Jarkiholi, his daughter and Chikkodi...
What Geeta Govardhane’s killing tells us about caste and ‘honour’ in Maharashtra
The News Minuteby Priyanka Tupe·8 Sept 2026
Prem Pawar, 24, now remembers the love of his life, Geeta, through her photos and videos on Instagram.
BAPS and its celibate monks: The organisation at the centre of the Eiffel Tower row
The News Minuteby Azeefa Fathima·8 Sept 2026
A Hindu religious organisation has come under fire in Paris, France after female employees at the Eiffel Tower were allegedly asked to move away or make themselves “invisible” during a private...
CM Vijay faces flak for gesture allegedly mocking DMK president Stalin’s facial injury
The News Minuteby Nithesh Kumar M·8 Sept 2026
Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay is facing strong criticism from the Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over a...
On love, silence and inherited trauma: An excerpt from And I Am the Arrow
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·8 Sept 2026
Pia Ghosh-Roy’s And I Am the Arrow is a beautifully written, unsettling story about three generations of women and the things they inherit from one another — love, grief, secrets, guilt and trauma.
Opinion: Mohan Bhagwat’s speech on oneness barely hides his Hindutva sophistry
The News Minuteby Kavita Krishnan·8 Sept 2026
Several press reports and prominent commentators on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s speech at New York’s Madison Square Garden tell us that his words on ‘oneness in...
In Kerala colleges, AI and non-consensual photos emerge as digital harassment threats
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·8 Sept 2026
Women in Kerala's colleges are grappling with a new form of digital harassment, as generative AI is increasingly used to create and circulate non-consensual morphed images of students and faculty.
CMRL case: ED writes to Keralam DGP, seeks FIR against Pinarayi Vijayan
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·8 Sept 2026
The Enforcement Directorate has written to police chief of Keralam seeking to register a case against Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his son-in-law and MLA...
Mass tourism is hurting Kannur’s Madayippara, an eco heritage status can change it
The News Minuteby Haritha John·8 Sept 2026
On a holiday, the road around Madayippara can become a parking lot. Hundreds of vehicles line the roadside as visitors make their way towards the biodiversity-rich laterite plateau in Kannur, drawn...
Pourakarmika union hits back at Krishna Byre Gowda, says remarks expose govt's failures
The News Minuteby Anisha Sheth·8 Sept 2026
Sanitation workers (Pourakarmikas) in Karnataka have slammed Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda for his remarks against them, calling it “painful” and also deeply “angering”.
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