National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
The northern part of Sriharikota Island, home to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, lost about 0.68 square kilometres of beach area to coastal erosion between 1965 and 2018. The Ministry of Earth…
Andhra Pradesh recorded an estimated 78,282 new cancer cases and 42,935 cancer-related deaths in 2025, according to a written Rajya Sabha reply by the Union Health Ministry. Both figures were the highest…
IBM opened its Consulting FutureNow Centre in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. HRD and IT Minister Nara Lokesh inaugurated the centre, which will work on artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, software engineering, data and analytics,…
Karnataka will require all state government officers and employees to file Annual Performance Appraisal Reports and Immovable Property Returns through the State’s e-PAR Application from 20 August 2026. The Department of Personnel…
Bengaluru Central City Corporation Commissioner G Jagadeesh led an operation to remove more than 150 shops obstructing the footpath beside the Victoria Hospital compound wall. The action followed an attack on civic…
A Deccan Herald legal explainer examines the process by which lawmakers leave office. It lists questions on resignations by Members of Parliament and State Legislature members, and on the role of presiding…
A tanker reported hearing two explosions while travelling through the Strait of Hormuz off Oman on Wednesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said on Thursday. The incident occurred about nine…
A science teacher used a simple laser demonstration to explain the reflection of light. The experiment helped make an abstract topic visible and easier to understand. A video of the classroom activity…
The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Thursday on the Goa government’s appeal against former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in a sexual assault…
Decomposed human remains were found in a red trolley bag on the Tamil Nadu Express after it reached Agra Cantt early Wednesday. An unidentified caller told railway authorities that an unattended bag…
