National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
Student wellbeing in Indian schools drops sharply as children move to senior classes, with happiness, confidence and motivation declining by grade 12, according to the IC3 Institute's Student Well-being Pulse Report 2026.…
Five members of a family were found dead in a room at Vaddera Satram in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh. The deceased were identified as a 36-year-old man, his three sisters aged 33, 45,…
A 20-year-old man was electrocuted while repairing a live wire on the waterlogged terrace of an under-construction building in Gurugram's Sector-67 on Sunday evening. The victim, Anil Kumar, a native of Rajasthan's…
The Safire theatre complex on Anna Salai (Mount Road), which introduced 70 mm film and multiplex cinema to Chennai in 1964, now exists only as a vacant plot. Built by diamond merchant…
Supreme Universal will raze two Parsi-owned early 20th-century bungalows, Gladhurst and Kavas Lodge, on Perry Cross Road off Carter Road in Bandra West, and build two luxury towers with private sea-facing terraces.…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis extended his wishes on Narali Purnima as coastal communities across the state prepared to celebrate the festival with traditional rituals and decorated boats. In a post on…
Thousands of villagers across 700 villages in Jharkhand will tie rakhis to around one lakh trees on Raksha Bandhan on Friday, as part of a 'Save Tree' campaign, a senior forest official…
A nine-foot-long king cobra that had swallowed another snake was rescued from Dahaka Bandha Sahi in the Chikiti area of Ganjam district, Odisha, on Thursday. The snake was unable to move after…
Yamaha Motor India has launched the YZF-R2, a 204cc supersport motorcycle priced from Rs 2.30 lakh to Rs 2.53 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The bike is positioned above the R15 and targets riders…
Kerala is celebrating Onam Thiruvonam, the most significant day of the harvest festival, on 26 August 2026. The centrepiece of the celebration is the Sadya, a vegetarian banquet of over 25 dishes…
