National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, an IAS officer from the 1997 batch of the AGMUT cadre, has been named chairperson of the New Delhi Municipal Council by the Ministry of Home Affairs, taking over…
The Union health ministry has deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to Gujarat and Rajasthan after Chandipura virus disease killed at least 22 children in Gujarat this monsoon. The team draws…
Air India has appointed Tewolde Gebremariam as its chief executive officer and managing director following a global search by the airline's Board of Directors, succeeding Campbell Wilson, who led the carrier's initial…
A CRPF constable in pre-induction training was found dead inside a camp in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Wednesday evening, and Sapermeina police opened an unnatural death case under Section 194 of the…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed all concerned departments to remain on high alert on Wednesday, in view of continuous rainfall and an India Meteorological Department warning of heavy rain over…
Saurav Das, chief spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party, said on 5 August that YouTubers and other media persons had entered his Delhi residence and filmed inside it without his knowledge or…
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said on 5 August that his party's PDA plank, standing for Pichhda, Dalit and Alpsankhyak (Backwards, Dalits and minorities), now extends to Pandits or Brahmins as well.…
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar issued an apology after video clips of remarks he made about the Kushwaha community went viral online. The Hindu reported that in a letter dated…
Congress leaders and workers marched through Kolkata on 5 August in what they called the Lalbazaar Satyagraha, walking from College Street toward the Kolkata Police headquarters. The Hindu reported that hundreds took…
Wardens and deputy wardens at Ravenshaw University in Cuttack resigned in early August after the University Teachers Association accused Kataka Sadar MLA Prakash Chandra Sethi of interfering in university affairs. The Hindu…
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