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Panaji, December 8, 2025 – A night meant for music, dance, and celebration turned into a scene of horror at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, North Goa, as a fire ripped through the establishment in the early hours of Sunday, claiming 25 lives and leaving six others injured. Survivors and eyewitnesses have described chaotic scenes,

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New Delhi, December 7, 2025 – Traditions, languages, music, rituals, and craftsmanship represent the most “democratic expression of culture,” owned collectively by communities and safeguarded by generations, Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar said on Sunday. Addressing delegates from across the globe at the opening ceremony of a key UNESCO meeting on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH),

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Panaji, December 7, 2025 — In the aftermath of the devastating fire at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora, which claimed the lives of 25 people and left six others injured, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday announced an ex-gratia of ₹5 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased and ₹50,000 for those

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Bhubaneswar, December 7, 2025 — In a significant move to boost infrastructure, tourism, and industrial growth in Odisha’s mineral-rich Keonjhar district, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday announced a comprehensive set of development projects worth over ₹3,700 crore. The announcement came during the foundation-laying ceremony for a peripheral development project for the Maa Tarini temple complex at Ghatagaon,

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In a significant boost to India’s infrastructure and defence preparedness, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday inaugurated 125 strategically critical projects executed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at a cost of ₹5,000 crore. Addressing the occasion from Leh, Singh highlighted how robust connectivity in India’s farthest frontiers played a pivotal role in the success of Operation Sindoor, the military

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In a tragedy that has sent shockwaves across multiple states, three young men from Jharkhand lost their lives in a devastating fire that engulfed the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa during the early hours of Sunday. The victims—Vinod Mahato, Pradeep Mahato, and Mohit—had migrated to Goa a year ago in search of better livelihood

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A tragic incident in Kukma village, located in Bhuj taluka of Gujarat, ended in the death of a 17-year-old boy after he fell into a 140-foot-deep borewell on Saturday evening. Despite an intensive eight-hour rescue operation, the teenager could not be saved and was pronounced dead at a local hospital early on Sunday. Preliminary investigations by the

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A night of music, dance, and celebration at Goa’s popular nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane turned into a scene of horror in the early hours of Sunday, leaving 25 people dead and six others injured. Among those caught in the deadly blaze was Kristina, a professional dancer from Kazakhstan, who was performing on stage when the

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Dhanbad, Jharkhand, is grappling with a public health scare following reports of poisonous gas emissions from underground coal mines, prompting the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to step in for a detailed assessment. The team reached Dhanbad on Sunday, accompanied by district administration officials, Kenduadih police personnel, and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans, to

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A fierce political war of words erupted on Sunday after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s assessment of the opposition INDIA bloc stirred reactions across party lines. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seized upon Abdullah’s comments to deliver a blistering critique of the alliance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) urged restraint, calling the

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