“Secularism does not mean atheism or anti-Hinduism. By opposing every Hindu religious activity, left-wing parties like the CPI(M) are inadvertently giving political fodder to the BJP and RSS,” says political analyst R Rangaraj in an interview with The Federal. His comments come amid mounting political controversy over a ‘Ram Yatra’ organised on September 27 at … Read more
Nagoya, Oct 2: India enjoyed a golden morning at the 2026 Asian Games on Friday, with the women’s recurve archery team and boxer Lovlina Borgohain both clinching gold medals. The trio of Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Anil Mohod scripted history by defeating powerhouse South Korea 5-3 in the women’s recurve team final. It … Read more
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday alleged that a conspiracy was under way to delete a large number of eligible voters from the electoral rolls through bulk applications under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Shivakumar alleged that around 45 lakh voters had received notices over discrepancies and claimed that attempts were … Read more
New Delhi: Cracks in the Punjab Congress came to the fore once again after outgoing state unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring called his departure a victory for former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. Warring also said he learnt that the new AICC general secretary in-charge, Sachin Pilot, wanted him replaced, but he voluntarily relinquished … Read more
New Delhi: The government has proposed decriminalising regulatory breaches such as violations of petroleum licence terms and introducing a civil-penalty regime, while retaining or strengthening criminal penalties for serious offences involving public safety, critical infrastructure and unauthorised petroleum operations. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has sought public and industry comments on draft amendments … Read more
Reluctance: India ended a 44-year wait for the Asian Games women’s hockey gold and qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with a performance built on one stunning strike and an extraordinary rearguard action, upstaging defending champions and Olympic silver-medallists China 1-0 in the final in Japan’s Kakamigahara Friday. Lalremsiami’s superb reverse-stick strike in the … Read more
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation across athlete development, high-performance sport and sports administration. The agreement was signed at Korea House in Nagoya on October 2, during the 2026 Asian Games, with IOA President P. T. Usha and … Read more
The ICC has released the full 2027 ODI World Cup schedule. The tournament will be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. It runs from October 2 to November 21, 2027. There will be 14 teams, 57 matches, and 12 venues. The event opens with a three-team Super Series in Windhoek, Namibia, on October 2. … Read more
CoreWeave announced on September 30 that NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems are in limited availability on CoreWeave Cloud. Cognition, the applied AI lab behind Devin, is the first customer running production workloads on the platform. On SWE-2 inference workloads drawn from FrontierCode tasks, NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 delivered up to 4.8 times higher total token … Read more
Dhanush and Mammootty-starrer ‘Om’, directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, will release worldwide on November 20. The action entertainer was earlier scheduled for October 16 but was postponed. The film marks the first collaboration between the Tamil and Malayalam stars Updated On – 2 October 2026, 07:50 PM Chennai: Director Rajkumar Periasamy’s much-awaited action … Read more