National news from across India: politics, policy, states, and society, retold briefly with neutral commentary.
A monsoon depression that was expected to fade over north Jharkhand held its ground until Wednesday evening, sustaining rainfall across northern, eastern and north-eastern India, businessline reported on August 19. The system,…
Bengaluru: Residents of Sarjapur Road, tired of daily traffic jams, have launched their own carpooling app called Society Rides. The initiative, moved from WhatsApp groups to a dedicated platform, is run by…
A youth entered Baradapada government primary school in Balipatna, Khordha district, during class hours on Tuesday and allegedly abused teachers and damaged property, causing panic among students. School authorities filed a complaint…
Bengaluru's young professionals are increasingly choosing offline dating over dating apps, attending speed-dating events, singles mixers, and interest-based group activities. A Rakuten Insight survey of 21,812 Indian respondents aged 16 and above…
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her cousin in north Delhi's Burari on August 16, police said. The cousin, Avinash, had bought a suitcase a day earlier to stuff and dump…
A massive fire gutted a furniture warehouse in Sircilla early Tuesday, killing a 20-year-old migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh. Three other workers sleeping inside the Mahalakshmi Furniture warehouse escaped safely.
Veterinarians in Madhya Pradesh have turned to a common garden herb to treat a tigress infected with a deadly viral disease at the School of Wildlife and Forensic Health in Jabalpur. The…
A 34-year-old social activist has filed a police complaint in Bengaluru alleging she received abusive messages and threats after uploading a Facebook video about the recovery of an Android phone from rape…
A proposed petrol langar in Chandigarh offering free fuel to those chanting 'Jai Mata Di' has been postponed due to heavy rain, drawing a large crowd but no distribution. Organiser Raja, a…
CCTV footage from 20 July shows a leopard entering a liquor store in Rajasthan and attacking a salesman. The animal had earlier attacked a cleaning worker inside the shop. Both employees managed…
