Latest News

A major highway construction project in Andhra Pradesh has etched its name into the Guinness World Records, showcasing India’s growing capacity for high-speed, large-scale infrastructure execution. Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari announced on Sunday that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has achieved global recognition for completing the longest continuous

Read more...

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a crucial question at the intersection of citizenship law, constitutional interpretation and individual rights: whether India’s citizenship framework can be interpreted more liberally to prevent children born in the country to foreign nationals from falling into a legal limbo. The case raises broader issues about how rigid statutory

Read more...

As water turns toxic, tunnels flood, and sanitation workers die in sewers, a deeper failure surfaces—one rooted in the absence of underground planning and governance in Indian cities. When sewage seeped into a drinking water pipeline in Indore recently, killing at least 10 people, authorities pointed to a cracked pipe. Residents, furious and grieving, spoke

Read more...

The Centre has asked states to implement scalable and safe sanitation models under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), stressing the need to strengthen sewage and faecal sludge treatment systems amid growing public health concerns. The advisory comes in the wake of at least 10 deaths in Indore that were linked to sewage-contaminated drinking water. The

Read more...

Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday demanded that Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan hand over the investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case to a “neutral investigation agency,” alleging that the state police could not conduct an impartial probe. Addressing BJP workers and newly elected local body representatives in Thiruvananthapuram, Shah made the demand

Read more...

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday downplayed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s plan to take out a march protesting the recent violence in Ballari, saying the opposition was free to demonstrate but questioning the political intent behind the move. Responding to queries about the BJP’s proposed padayatra, Siddaramaiah remarked, “Let them do what they said they

Read more...

A 40-year-old Nepalese worker died and six of his colleagues were taken ill after inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from a charcoal barbecue grill that was brought indoors at a rented house in Karnataka’s Dharwad district, police said on Sunday. The incident has raised fresh concerns about the dangers of using charcoal grills in enclosed spaces,

Read more...

The Karnataka government’s proposed anti-hate speech law remains in limbo, with Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot yet to either approve or return the Bill weeks after it was passed by the state legislature, chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in Mangaluru before leaving for Bengaluru after completing official programmes, Siddaramaiah said the Karnataka Hate Speech

Read more...

In a chilling turn of events in Bengaluru, police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the suspected premeditated murder of a 34-year-old software professional, initially thought to have died in an accidental fire. The incident, which occurred on January 3, had shocked residents of Ramamurthy Nagar, where the victim lived. Initial Incident The deceased, identified as Sharmila,

Read more...

In a significant development, Kerala police on Sunday arrested Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil following a fresh complaint of rape and criminal intimidation lodged by a woman from Thiruvalla. The legislator, who had already faced allegations in two separate cases, was taken into custody early in the morning and later remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a magistrate in Pathanamthitta. Background

Read more...