Congress accuses Centre of ‘statistical gymnastics’ over GDP growth figures

Congress questions methodology behind the latest GDP figures, with Jairam Ramesh alleging that ‘statistical gymnastics’ concealed the underlying weakness of the economy
Leaking P&T apartmentskeep students out ofschool; SHRC orders probe

Schoolbags and books have been repeatedly soaked by leaks in apartment complex housing around 65 schoolchildren, say residents; GCDA, which constructed the towers, asked to submit report
Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead at home in Birbhum

Police say her family members have stated that she has been suffering from severe depression for the last few years and was undergoing psychiatric treatment
Four Naga villages attacked in Manipur, pastor shot at

Normal life affected across Imphal Valley as pro-NRC group enforces shutdown despite the Centre deferring the Census operation in State
Former CM Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead at Birbhum residence

The woman, who was working as a non-teaching staff in a government school, lost her job when the Calcutta High Court, and later the Supreme Court, annuled jobs of thousands of teachers and non-teaching staff over alleged…
Madras High Court directs T.N. Nursing Council to change a member’s gender from ‘transgender’ to ‘male’ in records

Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy orders that even terms such as ‘transgender male’ should not be used and the registrant must be identified only as ‘male’
White froth appears on Periyar River near Edayar industrial area in Keralam

Pollution Control Board collects samples
Who is Divya Mittal, the IIT-IIM graduate-turned-IAS officer who resigned?

In her resignation post, Ms. Mittal said the image that stayed with her was that of an elderly woman touching her head in gratitude after seeing the water arrive
Allegation of DMK govt. denying Marina burial site for Kamaraj untrue: Thangam Thennarasu in T.N. Assembly

Citing extensively from a speech by Rajaram Naidu in the Legislative Council, Mr. Thennarasu said the original plan was to keep Kamaraj’s body at the Teynampet Congress ground, cremate him there and construct a memori…
NEET protests in Delhi: CJP calls off September 5 protest march after ‘assurances’ from Centre over withdrawal of FIRs

CJP co-convenor Saurav Das read out a statement before the CJI that owing to the assurances given by the government to withdraw FIRs against protesters, the CJP “deems it appropriate to withdraw the march of September …