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Land records system, meant to bring transparency in J&K, offline since Operation Sindoor
January 1, 2026 14:45 IST

J&K land records system offline: Launched with much fanfare in 2021 after five years of work, the Land Records Information System was an online portal to digitise and provide public access to land and property records. But the system has been down since the first week of May, prompting questions over digital preparedness and administrative accountability.

Goa club fire: Probe report is out, exposing series of missteps and collusion
January 1, 2026 03:14 IST

The panchayat “failed in its statutory duty” and took no action to seal the property or shut its operations, the report said.

A New Year postcard from the Raipur mall vandalised by Bajrang Dal men
January 1, 2026 07:45 IST

Six Bajrang Dal workers arrested in the case granted bail by a Sessions Court

indore pipeline
January 1, 2026 13:03 IST

The revelation comes as Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav reported seven deaths linked to the outbreak, even as the health department has officially confirmed three fatalities

J&K court acquits three in terror case, points to ‘shortcomings’ in prosecution evidence
January 1, 2026 03:47 IST

The accused were allegedly “supporting militant organisation to separate the J&K from union of India.”

Rats ate 200 kg ganja, claimed police; Ranchi court acquits accused in 2022 drugs case
December 31, 2025 06:55 IST

Court finds contradictions in testimonies on key aspects, raises doubts over seizure, handling of narcotics

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi
December 31, 2025 06:54 IST

He wished everyone a happy New Year in a post on X, and also requested colleagues not to visit his office to extend greetings or congratulations on the occasion

Nipah virus
December 31, 2025 06:52 IST

Health officials say they are conducting an investigation to ascertain the cause of the spike in illnesses

Life of crime that began at 13, political foray, ‘Rs 750-crore loot’: Who was Vinay Tyagi, gangster killed in Uttarakhand police custody?
December 31, 2025 06:52 IST

On December 24, while being transported to the Laksar court from Roorkee sub jail, he was shot by two bike-borne assailants, allegedly former members of Tyagi’s gang. He died three days later while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Rishikesh.

Tripura student’s killing in Dehradun a result of ‘heat-of-moment assault’: Police say not racially motivated
December 31, 2025 06:54 IST

A special investigation team has been formed to probe the matter, and the bounty on the accused still on the run has been increased to Rs 1 lakh.

Stepped-up searches, ban on VPN: Ahead of New Year, how J-K is gearing up to check terror activity
December 31, 2025 06:51 IST

Additional troops have also been deployed along the International Border, and patrolling has been increased

Goa to get third district with headquarters at Quepem
December 31, 2025 06:55 IST

The new district will be carved out of the existing South Goa district

Parliament Museum, stalled over content, likely to open by April—with 9
December 31, 2025 09:29 IST

After almost three-year delay, project cost has now gone up from nearly Rs 15 crore to Rs 24 crore.

Goa club fire: Luthra brothers sent to judicial custody, will get their prescribed medicines via police, says lawyer
December 30, 2025 09:30 IST

They were taken into custody on December 16, soon after they landed in Delhi following a 10-day stay in Thailand. They had left India hours after a deadly fire engulfed their nightclub late on December 6.

Jharkhand school survey to get ‘Other’ religion category after objection
December 30, 2025 09:32 IST

The DAHAR 2.0 survey is being conducted by the Jharkhand Education Project Council under the Samagra Shiksha framework to prepare the annual work plan and budget for school education by mapping enrolment and dropout data of children aged between three and 18 years.

Sighting of suspicious balloons on the rise in J-K, say officials after latest find of PIA-marked plane-shaped one
December 30, 2025 06:25 IST

Police also found a drone lying in the fields near LoC in Poonch district.

Future City plans gain momentum as Telangana govt creates new police commissionerate
December 30, 2025 06:00 IST

CM Revanth Reddy has proposed to develop Future City on the outskirts of Hyderabad as the fourth city in the region, after Hyderabad, Secunderabad, and Cyberabad

Military hardware worth Rs 79,000 cr gets govt nod
December 30, 2025 06:00 IST

The DAC’s grant of Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) paves way for the procurement of multiple platforms and weapon systems.

After 2 groups clash in Kishtwar, district bars unregistered portals from publishing news for 2 months; man held for ‘misleading video’
December 30, 2025 06:00 IST

Police said the man detained for publishing the video had tried to give a communal colour to the incident and warned the public to exercise utmost caution while using digital platforms

8,000 aspirants, 183 jobs and an airstrip: Inside Odisha’s Home Guard rush
December 30, 2025 09:31 IST

Eon tarmac drove home a larger point — steep competition for employment in state.

Nod to translocate Botswana cheetahs likely in Jan-Feb
December 30, 2025 03:57 IST

The cheetahs are currently in quarantine in Botswana and the permissions for their translocation are likely to be obtained between January and February, said sources.

CAT’s Hyderabad bench quashes BrahMos DG Joshi’s appointment
December 30, 2025 02:48 IST

Setting aside the November 25, 2024, order appointing him, the bench said, “there is manifest arbitrariness in the decision of the respondents (Centre, Chairman DRDO and others) in appointing” him to the post.

High drama in Kerala panchayat: All Congress members leave party minutes before presidential poll to beat Left, get BJP backing
December 29, 2025 15:57 IST

The incident at Mattathur panchayat has prompted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to call on the Congress leadership to respond to such a ‘dangerous drift’.

‘We don’t want to sell our land’: Day after Chhattisgarh anti-mining stir turned violent, protesting villagers get a key win
December 29, 2025 06:10 IST

The administration accepted one of the protesters’ main demands — the cancellation of the result of the December 8 public hearing for the project.

Rishikesh protesters block highway, ‘pelt stones’ at officials days after SC direction on forest land encroachment
December 29, 2025 06:10 IST

A joint team of police, administration, and Forest Department officials was undertaking a survey to demarcate encroached land when the protests erupted, police said.

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