National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
A video of Syed Rahim Pasha, a mobile puncture repairman in Jayashankar Bhupalpally, has gone viral for helping two mine workers stranded with a damaged tyre. Pasha replaced the tube without asking…
The crescent of Rabi ul Awwal 1448 AH was not sighted in Hyderabad on August 13, the Central Moon Sighting Committee of the Sadar Majlis Ulama-e-Deccan announced. The committee cited cloudy skies…
V.K. Rajeev, the grandson of the late Veluchamy, has won the Ramanathapuram assembly seat as a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam candidate and is now Tamil Nadu's Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Veluchamy,…
Thoraipakkam police arrested Manikandan, 31, on Tuesday for sexually harassing a 22-year-old IT professional near a bus stop on Rajiv Gandhi Salai. The woman, from Madurai, was walking on Sunday when Manikandan…
लखनऊ में कैबिनेट मंत्री ओम प्रकाश राजभर की पार्टी सुभासपा के कार्यालय में राशिद अली नाम के शख्स ने कथित तौर पर पिस्टल लहराई और डॉ. अरविंद राजभर को जान से मारने…
A man was arrested in Gurugram after a female cab driver accused him of deliberately showing her an obscene video on his phone and assaulting her when she objected. The woman, who…
Ankit Sharma, 19, a second-year mechanical engineering student from Rajasthan, died after falling from the fourth floor of Nalanda Building on the IIT Kharagpur campus around 3 pm on Thursday. Security guards…
Sumit Sarkar, the eminent Marxist historian of modern India, died at a private hospital in New Delhi on Thursday. He was 87. The University of Delhi professor was best known for "The…
Students of Government Arts and Science College at Mel Venkatapuram near Sholinghur in Ranipet blocked the Sholinghur-Arakkonam Main Road on Thursday, demanding better campus amenities and additional bus services. They said most…
The right arm of a Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose bust in south Kolkata's New Alipore was found broken on Thursday morning. Residents say the statue was intact on Wednesday. The incident comes…
