Kerala local body polls: State Election Commission to keep a tab on use of AI

Kerala local body polls: State Election Commission to keep a tab on use of AI

In an age when Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated content is flooding social media, the State Election Commission is planning to keep its eyes peeled to make sure that such materials do not ‘contaminate’ the election scene in the upcoming 2025 local body polls in Kerala.  State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan told The Hindu that the commission is … Read more

Messi-led Argentina football team to visit Kerala in March 2026: State Sports Minister

Messi-led Argentina football team to visit Kerala in March 2026: State Sports Minister

Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman on Monday (November 3, 2025) said the Argentina football team led by star player Lionel Messi will play a match in the State in March 2026. He was speaking at a function related to the Kerala government’s Sports Vision 2031 event in Malappuram. “Two days … Read more

WB BJP leadership alleges that Trinamool Govt is delaying Census in the State for political reasons

WB BJP leadership alleges that Trinamool Govt is delaying Census in the State for political reasons

BJP West Bengal State President Samik Bhattacharya | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership in West Bengal has accused the Trinamool Congress government of delaying the census exercise in West Bengal so that the State’s ruling party can take “political advantage of a vote bank politics”. This allegation comes at a … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to tour State from November

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to tour State from November

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addressing a review meeting on real-time governance, at the Secretariat on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced that he will start touring the State next month to inspect the implementation of various government schemes and programmes. “The aim is to ensure the benefits reach … Read more

Uttarakhand Governor gives nod for Minority Education Bill; State to abolish Madrasa Board

Uttarakhand Governor gives nod for Minority Education Bill; State to abolish Madrasa Board

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Uttarakhand Governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) on Monday (October 7, 2025) approved the Uttarakhand Minority Education Bill, 2025. With the implementation of the Bill, the State will repeal the Madrasa Education Board Act, 2016, and the Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition Rules, 2019. A statement issued … Read more

What does Trump’s latest H-1B directive state? | Explained

What does Trump’s latest H-1B directive state? | Explained

The story so far: On September 19, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation increasing the fee for processing H-1B visas by about 60 times to $1,00,000. The White House underlined that the objective was to help “curb abuses that displace U.S. workers and undermine national security”. A tentative calm returned when Washington clarified the … Read more

Watch: State governments’ pockets are ‘empty’, how will spending happen?”: K. N. Balagopal | The Hindu Mind

Watch: State governments’ pockets are ‘empty’, how will spending happen?”: K. N. Balagopal | The Hindu Mind

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PM Modi in Manipur LIVE: Modi to make first visit to conflict-hit northeast State today

PM Modi in Manipur LIVE: Modi to make first visit to conflict-hit northeast State today

Imphal, Churachandpur decked up to greet PM Modi on first visit since ethnic conflict erupted As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit Manipur on Saturday (September 12, 2025), his first since ethnic violence erupted in the State in May 2023, Imphal and Churachandpur, the two places where he is expected to lead … Read more

Air quality in Kerala in the range ‘satisfactory-good’: State Pollution Control Board report

Air quality in Kerala in the range ‘satisfactory-good’: State Pollution Control Board report

The Kundannoor road overbridge in Kochi in the early hours of Sunday is veiled in mist-like smoke from the smouldering waste dump in Brahmapuram. (File) | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU Kerala’s ambient air quality is currently in the range ‘satisfactory-good’, according to a report prepared by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). The inferences … Read more

State ropes in firms from Karnataka to set up shop in Hosur

State ropes in firms from Karnataka to set up shop in Hosur

Tamil Nadu has managed to woo investments from companies headquartered in its neighbouring State, Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Hosur takes centre stage in Tamil Nadu’s growth journey, with fresh investments worth several crores set to be signed at the T.N. Rising Hosur Investors Summit on Thursday (September 11, 2025). Interestingly, Tamil Nadu … Read more