National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
Investigators identified a Chennai actress after her body was found in pieces, NDTV reports. Her head has not been found. Two tattoos and recognition by her grieving mother helped establish her identity,…
India won the first T20I against England by 15 runs in Kolkata on Wednesday. After being put in to bat, India posted 197/7, driven by Abhishek Sharma's 79 off 34 balls. England,…
A married woman in Ludhiana has accused four men of gang-raping her on May 1, allegedly to avenge her brother eloping with the main accused’s daughter, police said, The Hindu reports. The…
All India Imam Association president Maulana Sajid Rashidi has condemned Kanwariyas accused of drinking, attacking police, damaging a school van and stopping an ambulance. Siasat.com reports that Rashidi said such people could…
Rabindranath Tagore’s death anniversary has prompted a look at his life, work and influence. Born in Kolkata on May 7, 1861, he came from the influential Tagore family, known for contributions to…
A 17-year-old girl was beaten to death with a wooden cattle peg by her father in UP's Bhadohi district after she intervened in a family scuffle over the sale of cow dung…
A Scorpio allegedly breached a security checkpoint at Chanderkote in Ramban around 3.30 am on Friday while travelling from Srinagar towards Jammu, prompting a joint search by the Jammu and Kashmir Police,…
Kumbanad and nearby villages in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district are losing residents as successive generations of migrant families choose to build lives abroad. The Hindu reports that Koipuram Government Higher Secondary School’s enrolment…
In Odisha’s Malkangiri district, Bonda women continue to weave the Ringa, a striped wraparound skirt central to their community’s identity. The garment is made on indigenous looms in villages such as Gokharipada…
The Jammu & Kashmir Hoteliers Club held a plantation drive in Gulmarg with tourism, forest and local administration officials, hotel representatives, local stakeholders and schoolchildren. Gulmarg MLA Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah led…
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