National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
India will celebrate its 80th Independence Day on August 15, 2026, marking 79 years of freedom from British rule. The day will feature the Prime Minister's flag-hoisting ceremony and address from the…
A 27-year-old man, Jamal Khan, was abducted at gunpoint near Rajgarh-Khelana border in Jaisalmer district on Thursday evening, police said. The attackers broke his hands and legs and cut off his nose…
A man and his son died of electrocution while irrigating their paddy crop in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Telangana. Police identified the victims as K Bapu (45 or 48) and his son K…
Eminent Marxist historian Sumit Sarkar died at his Delhi residence on Thursday from age-related ailments, historian and family friend G Arunima told PTI. He was 87. Sarkar, known for his seminal works…
Water sports athletes led by Bilquis Mir, India's first female judge for kayaking and canoeing at the Paris Olympics, held the first-ever underwater Tiranga rally at Pokribal lake in Srinagar on Thursday,…
Deccan Chronicle reports that a 30-year-old woman and her nine-year-old son were found dead in a pond at Piligundla Thanda in Kuravi mandal on Thursday night. The two had left home to…
Seven workers died and three remain missing after water and debris suddenly flooded an under-construction tunnel at a Tehri Hydro Development Corporation project in Chamoli district's Pipalkoti area on Thursday. Twenty-two workers…
Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, the country's first tiger reserve, offers safaris across 2,074 sq km of sal forests and meadows. About 115 tigers roam here, alongside barasingha, leopards, and 300…
The BJP in Kerala has removed two employees from its state headquarters, Mararji Bhavan, after key party documents were leaked. The action follows an incident where a surveillance camera inside a room…
A patient died after allegedly jumping from the fourth floor of a private hospital in Odisha's Rourkela on Thursday night. The person was undergoing treatment after a bike accident.
