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DISASTEROct 8Snake catcher dies of snakebite at ChirayinkeezhuHe was bitten by a snake he had captured and brought back homeThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Thirumavalavan backs INDIA bloc protest, calls for ‘people’s movement’ against EVMsProtest should not remain limited to demanding the Chief Election Commissioner’s resignation but should develop into a mass movement against the Modi government and EVMs, says VCK leaderThe Hindu
WORLDOct 8G. Prabhakaran-OISCA award presented to M. SuchitraThe award was instituted by Prabhakaran’s family in association with the Palakkad chapter of OISCA International. It carries a certificate, trophy and a cash prize of ₹30,000The Hindu
HEALTHOct 8Suppliers threaten to halt medical supplies, drugs delivery to Telangana govt hospitals over unpaid billsThe association said its members supply critical super-speciality implants, surgical disposables, life-saving drugs and diagnostic kits to government teaching hospitals under the Rajiv Aarogyasri schemeThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Arvind Kejriwal holds meeting with AAP leaders in Goa ahead of 2027 Assembly pollsAAP's senior vice-president in Goa, Sandesh Teleikar-Desai, working president Gerson Gomes and organisational secretary Prashant Naik were also presentThe Hindu
WORLDOct 8Punjabi influencer Mad Sandhu’s killing: Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrests ‘shooter’The accused, identified as Parminder Kaka alias Parminder Prasad, was allegedly associated with the Goldy Dhillon gang and shot at the influencer, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Ajit Rajian said.The Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Sri Lanka arrests ex-President Rajapaksa’s wife in graft caseSri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested in a corruption case.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8Afghanistan: Women face fresh dress code arrests amid record refugee returnsAfghan women and girls are being arrested, detained and threatened with arrest by Taliban authorities, the UN warned on Thursday as record numbers of returnees struggle to rebuild their lives back home.UN News
WORLDOct 8Chhattisgarh court hands death penalty to three, life term to one person in 2024 murder caseThe court convicts four in the 2024 murder of a policeman’s wife and daughterThe Hindu
BUSINESSOct 8Power crisis in Keralam: KSEB gets nod for procuring 177 MW from NTPC Ltd for three-year periodUnder the procurement conditions approved by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, KSEB will receive 80 MW from Barh Stage-I and 97 MW from Barh Stage-II stations of NTPC Ltd for a period of three years from May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2029The Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Fishers from six Andhra districts seek Forest Rights Act-style law to protect fishing groundsAt a consultation in Visakhapatnam, traditional fishers also ask for early warnings that reach boats at sea and compensation for the closed seasonThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Youth Congress blockades Income Tax office in Keralam’s Kollam demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s removalInaugurating the protest, Youth Congress State vice-president Vishnu Sunil Pandalam alleged that instead of ensuring transparent elections, the Chief Election Commissioner was subverting democracy by arbitrarily cutting down votesThe Hindu
CONFLICTOct 8India to Turkiye, can new proposals to broker Russia-Ukraine truce succeed?India, Turkiye, Egypt and the US have put forward proposals for ceasefires in bid to protect global energy and shipping.Al Jazeera [en]
BUSINESSOct 8Run more trains and longer ones from Visakhapatnam, DRUCC member tells South Coast RailwayDRUCC member Chalasani Gandhi seeks special trains and 24-coach rakes for festival rush, overnight services to Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata and more trains on the Ichchapuram and Rajamahendravaram sectionsThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Later SC ruling cannot render an act done in compliance of a court order a statutory defaultA subsequent Apex Court ruling on the substantive issue cannot retrospectively make an act done in compliance of a binding judicial order a statutory default In a recent judgment, ITAT Agra has held that a subsequent order passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in respect of the substantive legal decision may not retrospectively convert an act performed in obedience to the binding judicial command into a statutory default. ABCAUS Case Law Citation:5240 (2026) (10) abacus.in ITAT In the instant case, the assessee had challenged the order passed by the CIT(A) in confirming the action of the Assessing Officer (AO) in The post Later SC ruling cannot render an act done in compliance of a court order a statutory default appeared first on Abcaus.abcaus_in · india
POLITICSOct 8Keralam’s local bodies urged to pursue tangible development outcomesExperts and policymakers observe that while Keralam leads in decentralisation, the next era of local governance requires administrative agility, outcome-driven resource allocation and commitment to asset sustainabilityThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Vijayasai Reddy promises prohibition in Tirupati and a Dharmic board for TTD if his party comes to powerThe former MP says his proposed party would hand over Tirumala’s security to Central agencies and accuses Jagan Mohan Reddy of playing ‘caste and religion politics’The Hindu
POLITICSOct 8India aims to anchor military ties with US as Indo-Pacific ‘resident power’A second visit by one of the top US naval officers to India this year has raised expectations that the two countries can insulate their growing military ties from trade tensions. US Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, who leads the US Pacific Command, is scheduled to leave India on Thursday after spending six days meeting with senior Indian defence officials and others. The talks, which follow Paparo’s visit to India in February, come as Washington weighs further tariff pressure on India over its...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 8Keralam MLA pushes for night access to Sabarimala trek path, sparks controversyPoonjar MLA M.J. Sebastian seeks round-the-clock access to the 30.7-km stretch to ease congestion and make the trek more convenient; forest officials, however, maintain that restrictions are necessary as large sections of the route pass through forest areas frequented by wild animalsThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8INDIA bloc protests in Srikakulam against deletion of voters’ names, demands CEC’s resignationLeaders of the Congress, CPI(M) and CPI burn an effigy of Gyanesh Kumar and say thousands of migrant workers have lost their votes in the Special Intensive RevisionThe Hindu
WORLDOct 8Distribution of medicine in covers with Hindi words printed kicks up a rowThe distribution of medicine packaged with Hindi words printed on its covers has reportedly caused controversy. This situation highlights a dispute related to language and packaging in medicine.The Hindu
POLITICSOct 816th Finance Commission recommends one-time grant to urban local bodies for merging peri-urban villagesThe grant is for urban local bodies with population above one lakh as an urbanisation premium component; conditions for clearance of grant include publishing of audited figures from previous financial yearsThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Hindi on medicine covers: Tamil Nadu Health Minister accuses DMK of playing ‘cheap politics’He says that TVK is the only organisation committed to follow former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai’s two-language policy in letter and spirit and would never compromise on itThe Hindu
BUSINESSOct 8Piyush Goyal backs Andhra’s investment pitch at CII curtain raiser; Naidu cites ₹22 lakh crore in agreementsThe Union Minister speaks at the curtain raiser for the CII Partnership Summit; Naidu says the State has attracted investment agreements worth nearly ₹22 lakh crore in 28 monthsThe Hindu