National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
Surmaya, 24, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend Shibin at his house in Thuruthipuram, North Paravur, on Thursday morning. The New Indian Express reports that the attack followed resentment over her…
Mumbai police have busted a hydroponic cannabis cultivation lab in Borivali's Ganpat Patil Nagar, seizing 54 grams of hydroponic cannabis valued at Rs 1.62 lakh along with 189 grams of wet cannabis…
A new study from the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ranks Maharashtra last among 21 states on 'Years of Good Life' (YoGL) for people aged 60, reports Times of India. The…
Fruit rot disease has struck arecanut plantations across 40 villages in Sirsi and Siddapur taluks of Karnataka, the Deccan Herald reports. Farmer Keshav Hegde Koppa said the rot appeared on one or…
Members of the Banjara community took to the streets in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, on Wednesday to protest against the proposed internal reservation among Scheduled Castes. The demonstrators marched from Lahoti Petrol Pump to…
CPI state secretary and Kothagudem MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao said on Thursday that the BJP-led central government is bound to face a defeat amid mounting public discontent over its 'anti-poor and pro-corporate'…
Japanese surfers filled every men's QS 2000 quarterfinal spot at the World Surf League Shore Temple Classic in Mahabalipuram on Thursday. Shohei Kato led with 14.50, followed by Tenshi Iwami (14.17), Ikko…
The Defence Ministry has issued tenders to five Indian companies, HAL, Tata, Mahindra, Adani Defence and Reliance, to build 60 Medium Transport Aircraft for the Indian Air Force under a Rs 1…
A woman in Odisha has set up a protest outside her in-laws' house, demanding recognition of her rights as a wife. OdishaTV reports she is staging the demonstration to seek legal and…
Hapur Police on Thursday arrested two men, Lokesh and Shivam, in connection with the death of Mohd Azeem, a 27-year-old driver from Moradabad who succumbed to injuries on August 4 after an…
