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12:52 pmPinarayi Vijayan, kin move Kerala High Court in appeal against direction to register FIR in CMRL Exalogic payoff case
12:48 pmED files prosecution complaint in ₹2,459 crore ponzi scam; over 35,000 investors duped
12:47 pmCorruption case: SC directs no coercive action be taken against people linked to Punjab govt
12:31 pm'Cops slapped us, hit our private parts, took us 30-40 km away': Protesters detained in Delhi chaos
12:31 pmRahul says INDIA bloc to move SC against CEC Gyanesh Kumar at 3pm, tells Modi ‘200 of your officers in touch with us’
12:28 pmSupreme Court declines to halt CBI case against Bhagwant Mann's OSD, bars coercive action
12:26 pmOil falls on hopes Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire will boost supplies By Reuters
12:24 pmAnti-CEC row LIVE: Rahul Gandhi says Modi protecting Gyanesh Kumar; questions government over stopping people from reaching protest site
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Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa admitted to hospital for urgent medical care

Reported by The Hindu 12 Oct 2026, 1:15 pm IST 1 min read

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Mr. Rajapaksa's hospitalisation comes amid legal proceedings involving his family, with his wife Shiranthi and elder son Namal facing separate investigations over alleged financial irregularities

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Section: World
First reported by: The Hindu
Published: Monday, 12 October 2026, 1:15 pm IST
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