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India’s elephant numbers fall by 18% to 22,446 - but Centre says “not comparable” to past estimate
October 15, 2025 01:09 IST

India Elephant Population 2025: According to the much-delayed elephant census, Karnataka continues to harbour the largest population (6,013), followed by Assam (4,159), Tamil Nadu (3,136), Kerala (2,785), Uttarakhand (1,792), and Odisha (912).

Rs 32 crore ‘embezzled’ from land compensation for Raipur-Visakhapatnam road: Chhattisgarh investigators file chargesheet
October 14, 2025 02:34 IST

This is the first chargesheet in the case. Congress had alleged Rs 350 crore irregularities, sought CBI probe.

Tej Pratap’s Janshakti Janata Dal is latest entrant in Bihar polls fray, 21 candidates in first list
October 14, 2025 02:35 IST

Lalu Prasad’s elder son had been expelled from the RJD and the family in May for ‘deviation from the family’s moral values’.

Rs 75-lakh insurance, staged bike accident, and a wife’s murder in Jharkhand
October 14, 2025 11:12 IST

The victim, 27-year-old Sewanti Kumari, had married the accused, Mukesh Kumar Mehta, just four months ago. One month ago, Mukesh took a life insurance policy in Sewanti’s name.

After suicide of Kerala techie who alleged sexual abuse at shakha, RSS claims bid to malign organisation
October 14, 2025 07:41 IST

The RSS and the BJP have called for an impartial probe into the man’s death after the ruling CPM’s youth wing and the Congress slammed the RSS over the incident.

Zubeen Garg death: 4 people travel from Singapore to appear before police in Guwahati
October 14, 2025 07:41 IST

Four more Assamese NRIs living in Singapore appeared before the Assam Police in Guwahati on Monday in response to the summons sent to them by the team investigating the death of singer Zubeen Garg. Garg died at the age of 52 in Singapore on September 19. He was in the country as a cultural brand […]

Cough syrup deaths: Doctor got 10% commission from manufacturer, police tell court
October 14, 2025 06:36 IST

The police probe is also focusing on his family members after it was "found that a medical store adjacent to his private clinic is owned by his relatives, and the stockist of the dangerous syrup in Chhindwara is a family member”, the police report submitted to the court states.

Rs 100-crore J-K gun licence ‘scam’: Home Ministry asks about ‘money trail’ linking IAS officers to arms dealers
October 14, 2025 06:27 IST

MHA has asked CBI if there’s ‘“concrete evidence’ linking 8 IAS officers allegedly involved in the scam to gun dealers. The communication forms part of the ministry’s report in J&K High Court.

Kannan Gopinathan
October 14, 2025 09:44 IST

"I don’t know what the government’s intention is, but the effect of keeping my resignation pending for six years has been to harass and to try to diminish my credibility" Kannan told this newspaper

g20
October 14, 2025 05:30 IST

India, he said, viewed early warning as a global public good; inclusive, multilingual, and anticipatory

bhutan
October 14, 2025 04:19 IST

The CM also said that a temporary bridge has been constructed over the adjacent Gathia and Diana rivers after the earlier one had collapsed during the floods

hijab row
October 14, 2025 05:30 IST

A group of people on Friday stormed into the school in Kochi, demanding that a student be allowed to wear the hijab, which the parent-teacher association has said is contrary to the school’s uniform dress code

Chirag Paswan
October 14, 2025 05:39 IST

LJP (RV) chief leverages BJP’s Dalit concerns and “vulnerability” in Bihar to secure 29 seats as part of the alliance

Delhi HC refused to return land acquired by government 20 years ago.
October 14, 2025 04:19 IST

The Delhi High Court on October 13 accepted to hear an appeal against the UAPA Tribunal’s order upholding the Centre’s five-year ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI).

US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar last week. (Image: @DrSJaishankar)
October 14, 2025 03:26 IST

Tensions between India and the US began to ease after a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Modi on Thursday to discuss the Gaza peace plan.

Following the video’s circulation, MSU convened an urgent meeting to constitute the probe committee.
October 14, 2025 09:15 IST

The video, which appears to have been filmed without the knowledge of those involved, shows a crowded classroom identified by university officials as belonging to the Faculty of Arts.

Knowledge nugget of the day: Guru Gobind Singh
October 14, 2025 04:13 IST

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, whose family has had custody of the relics over the last three centuries, said their Yatra to take the shoes of Guru Gobind Singh and his wife, Mata Sahib Kaur, would take nine days.

cough syrup raids
October 14, 2025 04:10 IST

According to the state’s Drug Control Department, laboratory analysis confirmed that the syrup contained 48.6% diethylene glycol (DEG), a toxic industrial solvent that can cause acute kidney failure and death.

bihar elections
October 14, 2025 08:38 IST

Total 1,905 deletion applications filed in the Muslim-dominated district, the only one in Bihar bordering both West Bengal and Nepal. Most were due to "permanently shifted"

They lost loved ones in Vijay rally stampede. Now two Dalit families say they were kept in dark about Supreme Court petitions filed in their name
October 13, 2025 10:46 IST

Ever since the revelation came to light, Selvaraj and Sharmila, who lost their wife and son, respectively, have been getting phone calls from many, including the TVK. Police personnel have been deployed for their safety now.

Man ‘hides in school toilet, rapes 7-year-old student’ in Jaipur: police
October 13, 2025 07:28 IST

Police have detained a man who lives near the school’s boundary wall. Officers said he jumped over the wall and hid in the toilet before allegedly raping the student.

How a demand by rural labourers in Rajasthan led to landmark RTI Act: Back where it all started, a movement is remembered
October 13, 2025 07:28 IST

The RTI Mela was held in Beawar to mark 20 years of the RTI Act. Leaders of the movement for the transparency law, which started in Rajasthan, gathered for the event, remembering the past and cautioning about the future.

‘Income dipped sharply… want to stay in films’: Suresh Gopi suggests Kerala BJP leader could become minister instead of him
October 13, 2025 07:27 IST

The actor and Union minister said: ‘I want to make money. My children are not yet settled. There are a few people who have reposed their faith in my income.’

Language training, placement in Japan for Rs 30,000: Assam CM launches new initiative
October 13, 2025 07:27 IST

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the initiative seeks to connect the youth from Assam to Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) visa programme.

Study: Leading cause of deaths in India shifts from infectious to NCDs
October 13, 2025 13:30 IST

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder was second leading cause of deaths, stroke was third

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