A four-year-old girl from West Bengal’s Hooghly district, near Kolkata, was reportedly abducted from her sleeping place beside her grandmother and subjected to sexual assault, sparking outrage across the state and intense criticism from political leaders. The child, who belongs to the Banjara community, was sleeping under a mosquito net on a cot near the

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A storm has erupted around the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru following the circulation of videos showing inmates apparently using mobile phones, watching television and enjoying other unauthorised privileges inside the facility. The controversy has struck at the heart of the prison system’s integrity and raised serious questions about oversight, discipline and preferential treatment

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Delhi’s air quality deteriorated sharply on Sunday morning as the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) surged to 391 at 8 am, marking the highest reading of the season and inching dangerously close to the ‘severe’ category. This spike comes despite a prolonged stretch of poor air in recent weeks and growing concerns among residents and

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Gurugram authorities have introduced a stringent new policy placing responsibility on bars and restaurants if their customers are caught driving under the influence of alcohol, marking a significant shift in how the city intends to curb drunk driving. The directive, which draws authority from Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS), reflects rising concern

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Defence minister Rajnath Singh has said that India remains fully prepared to deal with any security contingency, responding to renewed speculation about Pakistan’s nuclear activities following controversial remarks made by US President Donald Trump. In a conversation with Hindustan Times, Singh addressed concerns triggered by Trump’s assertion on a CBS programme that Pakistan has been

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Chief Justice of India (CJI)-designate Justice Surya Kant has praised the Indian women’s cricket team for winning their first-ever World Cup title, describing the victory as a moment that reflects the broader rise of women across fields in India. Speaking at an event organised by the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) in New Delhi, he

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More than a decade after the passing of Sathya Sai Baba, the vast humanitarian initiatives he established continue to shape lives across India and abroad, fulfilling the three wishes expressed by his mother, Easwaramma. What began in the remote village of Puttaparthi has grown into an international model of philanthropy, education, and healthcare—built on the

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A video of Kerala school students singing a song aboard the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Express from Ernakulam to Bengaluru has sparked a political storm, with the Kerala government, opposition parties, and the school itself locked in a dispute over whether the song was a patriotic Malayalam composition or an “RSS song.” The controversy intensified

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Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath has raised a significant alarm over the state of India’s undertrial prisoners, asserting that the constitutional principle of presuming every accused person innocent until proven guilty has become increasingly hollow for the vast majority of individuals awaiting trial. Speaking at a symposium titled “Between Custody and Constitution: Field Lessons

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Delhi woke up on Sunday to yet another day of suffocating air, as pollution levels across the national capital remained deeply entrenched in the ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ categories. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), supplemented by real-time readings from the Sameer mobile application, revealed that the city’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI)

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