Guwahati, Aug 26 — The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a 21‑year‑old man allegedly linked to the Pakistan‑based Shahadat‑e‑Bhatti Network (SBN) in Hailakandi district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to four, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as…
Kolkata, Aug 26 — The West Bengal Police on Wednesday informed that their sleuths had arrested five illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and one local Indian agent within the last 24 hours, following joint operations by the state police and the Border Security Force (BSF) in the Indo‑Bangladesh…
Guwahati, Aug 26 — A private vehicle belonging to Assam Police personnel was allegedly set on fire near the Upper Lampi Battalion Border Out Post in Boko, raising concern along the sensitive Assam‑Meghalaya border, officials said on Wednesday. The vehicle, an Alto reportedly owned by Havildar…
Kolkata, Aug 26 — One person has been arrested in connection with the robbery of Rs 1.3 crore at a mattress store in Kolkata last week, police said on Wednesday. According to investigators, a gang from Rajasthan is behind the incident. A hawala businessman named Lalit Mundra was arrested on…
New Delhi/Kathmandu, Aug 26 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with his Nepali counterpart Balendra Shah and offered condolences on the loss of lives due to the flash floods in the Himalayan nation. PM Modi also expressed India's readiness to provide all possible humanitarian…
Amaravati, Aug 26 — Seven fishermen from Andhra Pradesh who have been missing in the Bay of Bengal since early this month have been traced, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Kinjarapu Atchannaidu, announced on Wednesday.He stated that fishermen reached the West Bengal coast due to a technical…
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), Aug 26 — A 12-year-old tigress was captured by a Forest Department team near Maddur in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district after it wandered into areas close to human habitation, triggering fear and panic among area residents.The tigress, which is believed to have…
Indore, Aug 26 — At least five people were injured after a speeding Innova car rammed into four two-wheelers and an oncoming tractor in the Rau area of Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place around noon near Shramik Colony, when the driver of the Innova…
Bhopal, Aug 26 — The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Wednesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged financial irregularities of around Rs 600 crore in the state government treasury system, claiming the matter involved 59 departments and raised serious questions over…
Bengaluru, Aug 26 — A special food safety inspection drive was conducted at eight prominent clubs in Bengaluru, and notices were issued for unhygienic and unsafe kitchen conditions, the official statement said on Wednesday, following directions from Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader.…
Patna, Aug 26 — The Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) has announced its new national executive committee, with party president and Union Minister Chirag Paswan unveiling the revamped team ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. As part of the organisational restructuring, Surendra Vivek has been…
Bengaluru, Aug 26 — Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister G. Parameshwara said on Wednesday that the state government is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the drought situation and is likely to declare drought in 102 taluks at the next Cabinet meeting after examining the…
Kolkata, Aug 26 — A major fire broke out in a residence in the Mourigram area in Andul of Howrah district on Wednesday afternoon. One person was killed while 12 people were rescued alive from the residence. Five fire engines were deployed to douse the blaze. It was learnt that the fire broke out…
Shimla, Aug 26 — Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Wednesday directed that the caste column be removed from admission forms in schools from the next session. Chairing the meeting of the Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Caste Welfare Board (HPSCWB) here, he said the government is…
Mumbai, August 26 — In a bid to iron out growing differences among ruling coalition partners, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hosted a high-level MahaYuti coordination committee meeting two days ago at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's official residence, Varsha. The key meeting was attended by…
Gandhinagar, Aug 26 — The Gandhinagar district-level celebration of the 77th Van Mahotsav saw the plantation of 551 native trees at the Asudev Mahadev Temple complex in Jamla village of Mansa taluka, with Health Minister Praful Pansheriya calling for greater public participation in environmental…
Lucknow, Aug 26 — Welcoming the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet's approval of lifelong free bus travel for women aged 60 years and above, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Wednesday thanked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said the initiative would make elderly women more independent. Speaking to…
Patna, Aug 26 — A boat carrying labourers involved in flood-fighting and anti-erosion work capsized in the Ganga in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Wednesday, leaving six of them missing, officials said.The incident occurred in the Raghopur Panchayat area under Kharik block of the Naugachia police district in…
Ranchi, Aug 26 — Jharkhand Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babulal Marandi has written a letter to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, seeking the "immediate removal" of Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) Acting Chairman Prashant Kumar from the examination…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 — When V.D. Satheesan took over as Chief Minister and Finance Minister, one of his government's first major moves was to lay bare what it described as the difficult financial legacy left by the Pinarayi Vijayan government.The White Paper presented soon after the change of…
Lucknow, Aug 26 — Ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday made several major election announcements focusing on women, including an annual financial assistance of Rs 40,000 to every woman under the 'Stri Samman Samriddhi Yojana'. SP Chief Akhilesh…