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December 13, 2025 11:44 IST

'The auction was scheduled for 10 am (Hong Kong time) on May 7. The challenge was formidable: the auction was outside India’s legal jurisdiction, time was critically short, and the matter was deeply emotional for India.'

23 years on from husband’s death, rural Bihar resident gets compensation after a young lawyer helps authorities track her down
December 12, 2025 12:03 IST

Bihar 2002 train accident compensation Case: Sanyokta Devi got Rs 8.9 lakh compensation from Railways after her husband’s 2002 death, prompting CJI to say, ‘A smile on a poor person’s face is what we want to earn, nothing else’

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy
December 12, 2025 02:01 IST

154 delegates from 44 countries participated in the two-day Telangana Rising Global Summit

Three-day dig leads 2 men to 15-carat diamond worth Rs 50 lakh: ‘We can now get our sisters married without borrowing’
December 12, 2025 12:05 IST

Panna Diamond Mining in MP: They dug for 3 days after leasing a small plot of land in Panna district.

Special court set up in Odisha for speedy trial of cases against top Maoist leader
December 12, 2025 07:31 IST

D Kesava Rao, alias Azad, has been lodged at Jharpada Jail in Bhubaneswar after being handed over to Odisha Police in June 2011 following his surrender in Andhra Pradesh

Tirupati National Sanskrit University, Tirupati National Sanskrit University sexual assault case, assistant professors arrested Tirupati Sanskrit University, Andhra Pradesh, YSRCP vs TDP accusations, Indian express
December 12, 2025 10:56 IST

Tirupati National Sanskrit University Sexual Assault Case: 2 assistant professors have been arrested in the case. They are accused of sexually harassing the student and blackmailing her with videos.

What’s behind stalemate at Tezpur University? Months of simmering anger, then a spark in Zubeen’s death
December 12, 2025 11:07 IST

Tezpur University Students Protests: Operations have been paralysed as students, teachers and staff protest against Vice Chancellor Shambu Nath Singh. A ministry team’s visit has done little to bring the situation under control

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu blows 2027 poll bugle: ‘Political war over next 2 yrs’
December 12, 2025 05:20 IST

The Congress government in the hill state marked the completion of its three years in power with a massive show of strength at Mandi’s Paddal ground.

Underlining need for speedy trials in UAPA cases, SC says nation’s security paramount
December 12, 2025 04:42 IST

The bench was hearing a CBI appeal challenging the November 9, 2022, order of the Calcutta High Court granting bail to six men accused in the case lodged in connection with the derailment of Jnaneshwari Express in West Bengal.

Sexual assault of student at Tirupati's National Sanskrit University by 2 teachers triggers political storm
December 11, 2025 07:08 IST

Both accused in police custody, suspended from varsity.

Pakistani national gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment for attempt to murder security officer in 2016
December 11, 2025 07:08 IST

Convict’s time in jail since June 2016 will be set off from period of sentence, orders Kupwara court

An ethanol plant becomes site of a farmer-police clash, Congress MLA injured
December 11, 2025 13:30 IST

The incident took place in Rathi Kheda village of the Tibbi area, where the farmers also allegedly vandalised several vehicles and set several of them on fire. Police fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowd as well as used sticks on them.

Missing name in ad, Jayant Chaudhary cancels Jaipur visit
December 11, 2025 08:30 IST

The RLD chief, when contacted, cited the ongoing Rajya Sabha session as the reason, and did not comment on the row.

5 months after 18-yr-old was put behind bars, High Court summons SP, 6 Madhya Pradesh cops suspended
December 11, 2025 07:12 IST

HC summons Mandsaur SP over the opium smuggling arrest, observes that prosecution case is “rather suspicious”, “the entire force of police station Malhargarh District Mandsaur involved”

‘Even birds do not leave their nest easily’: Jammu family stays at demolished home, seeks ‘answers’
December 11, 2025 12:05 IST

Kuldeep Sharma, who had offered Ghulam Qadir Daing and family his land, says his offer still stands. But that the Daings have declined, saying “they value my sentiments more”

SIA seizes property of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Zahid Hussain
December 11, 2025 07:12 IST

The accused, linked to the banned outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, had allegedly crossed over to Pakistan in 2000 and is since believed to be operating from there.

discussion on Vande Mataram in Rajya Sabha | Debate aim is to malign Nehru: Cong; BJP flags ‘demographic invasion’
December 11, 2025 06:11 IST

Participating in a debate on 150 years of Vande Mataram, Congress member Jairam Ramesh said the objective of the debate was to malign Nehru, and accused the BJP of insulting freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country.

Opp questions EC sanctity; look into your shrinking votes: BJP
December 11, 2025 04:08 IST

The Opposition and the BJP continued to spar over issues ranging from appointment of Election Commissioners to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as the Lok Sabha debated electoral reforms on Wednesday. After Congress MP K C Venugopal questioned the sanctity of Election Commission, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the […]

Don’t offer employment to unfamiliar people: CM to Assam residents
December 11, 2025 15:26 IST

Himanta Biswa Sarma called on Assamese people not to sell land or offer employment to “unfamiliar people” — a term he has used on several occasions to refer to Bengali-origin Muslims.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Narendra Modi. (Twitter/narendramodi)
December 11, 2025 04:45 IST

Modi and Netanyahu last spoke in October when he congratulated the Israeli PM on the progress made under the Gaza plan.

2 days before recruitment exam in Bihar, ‘paper leak gang member’ arrested
December 10, 2025 06:23 IST

He was picked up in a previous paper leak case, police said

Cardiac services halted at Jammu Super Speciality Hospital, HC takes cognisance
December 10, 2025 06:23 IST

The collapse of the services was attributed to the non-supply of emergency medical equipment, such as stents and pacemakers, by authorised suppliers

Ladakh L-G’s financial powers curtailed, Centre’s move ruffles local BJP unit
December 10, 2025 06:22 IST

A Ladakh BJP delegation has asked the party’s national leadership to ‘restore and re-delegate’ financial powers of L-G for ‘smooth administrative functioning and timely delivery of public welfare initiatives’

Protests, looting and another death as farmers’ panic over fertiliser crisis continues in Madhya Pradesh
December 10, 2025 06:22 IST

52-year-old Jamuna Kushwaha collapsed in front of a fertiliser distribution centre where he had been queuing for 2 days. This comes less than 2 weeks after a similar death in Guna district.

Goa nightclub fire: Interpol issues Blue Corner Notice against Luthra brothers, their beach shack demolished
December 10, 2025 06:22 IST

Look Out Circulars were issued against the Luthras, who owned Birch by Romeo Lane, as well as against 2 more accused, one of whom — Ajay Gupta — was later detained.

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