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12 Chandigarh: Punjab recorded the highest number of drug overdose deaths for the second consecutive year in 2023, with 89 fatalities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, even as the state witnessed a decline from the 144 deaths reported in 2022.The 89 deaths in Punjab were followed by 85 in Madhya Pradesh and 84 in Rajasthan, out of a national total of 654 such fatalities in 2023, according to the NCRB report on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 202 ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a mock sitting of legislative assembly on Monday, calling it 'Janta di Vidhan Sabha' (People's Assembly) where it passed a resolution condemning the Aam Aadmi Party-led govt in the state for "not taking pre-flood measures; exacerbating the 'Mann-made' crisis by its negligence and mismanagement; and shifting the blame on the Centre, despite the flood warnings".The resolution passed by the party also sought a CBI probe into ...Read More >
Delhi, September 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a foreword for the Indian edition of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's autobiography "I Am Giorgia - My Roots, My Principles", set to be launched soon by Rupa Publications. Calling the book "Her Mann Ki Baat", PM Modi described it as a deeply personal account reflecting Meloni's resilience, patriotism, and leadership. He praised her as an outstanding contemporary leader whose journey resonates with people in India. The Prime Mini ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 29, 2025 -- Indian authorities must conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the death of journalist Rajeev Pratap, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. "Authorities in Uttarakhand state should not discount any possible causes of Rajeev Pratap's death, including his family's serious allegation that he was targeted for his journalism," said Kunāl Majumder, CPJ's India representative. "The initial police conclusion that he died because of a c ...Read More >
MUMBAI - A stampede that killed at least 39 people at a campaign rally in southern India happened after a crowd of thousands waited hours in baking heat without sufficient safeguards, officials and witnesses said on Sept 28. Some 27,000 people thronged a public road in Tamil Nadu state in hopes of seeing popular actor-turned-politician Vijay on Saturday, but panic broke out and 39 were killed , the authorities said. Witnesses cited hours of delays, insufficient police presence and people fal ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Police in India registered a criminal case against leaders of Tamil actor Vijay's political party after a stampede at his rally killed 39 people, a senior police official said on Sunday. The dead included children and more than 50 people were injured in Saturday's stampede in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where Vijay was campaigning for his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party ahead of state elections early next year. Tamil Nadu police filed the case, the first step toward potential char ...Read More >
CHENNAI, India, Sept 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Police charged three close aides of a popular actor and politician with culpable homicide and negligence on Sunday after a stampede at his rally in southern India killed at least 40 people, officials said. Some 27,000 people thronged a public road in Tamil Nadu state in the hope of seeing the politician, known by the single name of Vijay, on Saturday but panic broke out, triggering a deadly crush. Such crowd incidents happen frequently during mass gath ...Read More >
The ICC hearing concluded for Pakistani cricketers Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan, who are accused of provocative actions during the Asia Cup match against India. Rauf is likely to face a fine for using abusive language and aggressive gestures. Farhan defended his gun-fire celebration as a traditional custom, pleading not guilty to any code of conduct violation. The ICC hearing of Pakistan cricketers Haris Rauf and Sahibzada Farhan for allegedly provocative actions during the Asia Cup game aga ...Read More >
Mumbai, Actor-filmmaker Anupam Kher says he is someone who strongly believes in second chances and that is what he wants to give his film "Tanvi The Great" which is set to be re-released in theatres on September 26. Starring debutant actor Shubhangi Dutt, the movie marked Kher's return to the director's chair after the 2002 film "Om Jai Jagdish". The film charts the emotional journey of a young autistic woman who is determined to realise her late father's dream of honouring the Indian tricolor ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound, India's official entry for the 2026 Oscars, opened in cinemas on Friday after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) cleared it with 11 changes, including trimming 77 seconds of footage, altering a cricket match sequence by 32 seconds, and muting/replacing words in 6 places. 1 minute and 17 seconds of footage were censored, in total, according to Bollywood Hungama. Among the deletions were a five-second dialogue, "Aloo gobhi... khaate hai", and a two ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A 73-year-old grandma, who lived in US for 30 years, "did everything right, worked, paid tax, and never missed any immigration check date" is heartbroken after being deported in cruel manner -- denied access to even her medicines on flight and once handed a plate of ice as food during her detention."After living there for so long, you are suddenly detained and deported this way, it is better to die than to face this. In such a situation, one should not live," Harjit Kaur said with an ...Read More >
The boy reportedly told authorities he did this out of curiosity. A spokesperson from the Indian Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) said the boy managed to travel undetected on Kam Airlines flight RQ-4401, which landed in Delhi around 11:10am on Sunday. Police found him roaming around by himself and took him aside for questioning. The boy reportedly told authorities that he had hidden himself in the rear central landing gear compartment of the said aircraft. The airline staff also foun ...Read More >
Homebound to release on September 26. (Photo: Instagram) New Delhi: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has cleared Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound for release only after 11 modifications, including trimming 77 seconds of footage and altering a cricket match scene by 32 seconds. The Dharma Productions venture, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor, is set to release on September 26. Adding to its spotlight, the film has also been chosen as India's official entry to th ...Read More >
THE Election Commission has rolled out a new 'e-sign' feature on its ECINet portal and app, which requires those seeking to register as voters, or applying for deletion and corrections, to verify their identity using their Aadhaar-linked phone numbers. The EC move comes less than a week after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged the misuse of online voter deletion forms in Karnataka's Aland constituency, ahead of the 2023 state Assembly polls, as part of his press conference on "electo ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta, September 16: A shocking incident unfolded in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, when a couple invited two men to their home on Onam under the pretext of celebrations. The victims were reportedly attacked with pepper spray, brutally thrashed, tied and hung from a wooden pole, and subjected to extreme sexual torture, with one of their privates stapled. The attack was allegedly carried out as revenge after the woman's past affair with the men came to light. During the ordeal, the couple robbe ...Read More >
Chandigarh/Amritsar: The central govt's decision to prohibit a Sikh jatha (group) from travelling to Pakistan for Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary in Nov on Monday drew criticism from across the political and religious spectrum in Punjab, with many questioning why the same govt allowed a cricket match with the neighbouring country, but was not allowing a pilgrimage.The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) expressed "regret" over the govt's decision. "Pilgrims were scheduled to visit ...Read More >
MUMBAI: India and the United States are set to hold trade discussions in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday, officials and Indian media reports said, as the two countries seek to resolve a tariff row. The world's most populous country currently faces steep US tariffs on most of its exports and has so far failed to clinch a trade deal that will ease this burden. US President Donald Trump's decision to bump up tariffs on India to 50 per cent last month in retaliation for New Delhi's continued purc ...Read More >
MUMBAI: India and the United States are set to hold trade discussions in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday (Sep 16), officials and Indian media reports said, as the two countries seek to resolve a tariff row. The world's most populous country currently faces steep US tariffs on most of its exports and has so far failed to clinch a trade deal that will ease this burden. US President Donald Trump's decision to bump up tariffs on India to 50 per cent last month in retaliation for New Delhi's conti ...Read More >
Bengaluru, September 15: In a shocking incident, a couple allegedly strangled their two minor children on the outskirts of Bengaluru, before the husband died by suicide on Saturday evening, September 13, due to financial stress. The tragedy unfolded in Gonakanahalli village under Bengaluru Rural district. The deceased were identified as Shiva Kumar alias Shivu, his daughter Chandrakala, 11, and son Uday Surya, 7. The wife, Manjula, 30, who also attempted suicide, was rescued by neighbours and la ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a red alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rains in India's financial hub Mumbai, said media reports. An online report by the Indian Express said heavy showers battered Mumbai for the second consecutive day on Monday, with the Colaba coastal observatory recording over 100 millimeters of rainfall between Sunday and Monday morning, triggering intense waterlogging and traffic snarls. Movement of trains w ...Read More >
West Bengal conducted School Service Commission exams for assistant teachers in government schools. Around 2.29 lakh candidates appeared across 478 centers. Education Minister Bratya Basu highlighted the large number of out-of-state applicants. The recruitment follows the dismissal of 26,000 teachers due to a Supreme Court ruling. Basu emphasized transparency in the process. In all, 2,29,497 candidates appeared for the School Service Commission (SSC) examinations on Sunday for the recruitment o ...Read More >
The company that won the contract to operate the tourism facility argued that equating an investor's 'passive' shareholding with collusion was misleading. Balkrishna, the co-founder and managing director of Patanjali Ayurved, was a shareholder in all three companies that bid to operate a tourism project in Uttarakhand, The Indian Express reported on Friday. One of the firms was awarded the tender. The firm that won the contract denied allegations of wrongdoing, arguing that equating an investo ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit flood-affected areas in Punjab on Monday. He will land in Amritsar on a chartered flight in the morning and will take a return flight on the same plane from Pathankot after visiting flood-affected areas in border districts, an official said. As per his schedule, the Raebareli MP is set to go to flood-affected Ghonewal, Ajnala, Gurchak, and Makoura before heading to Pathankot.Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said Gandhi had ...Read More >
Former India wicket-keeper Kiran More has emerged as the most high-profile name in the race to become the next Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, NDTV has learnt. Sources have confirmed that the BCCI top brass has reached out to a couple of high profile ex-cricketers from the West Zone. And while a former player from Saurashtra is also in the running, it is More who appears to be the unanimous choice of the state associations. "It is going to be unanimous decision. Mostly a ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has instructed authorities concerned to make special arrangements for Khadoor Sahib's jailed member of parliament, Amritpal Singh, to cast his vote in the upcoming Vice-Presidential election by postal ballot.Amritpal Singh, a member of the electoral college for this election, is currently detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in Dibrugarh jail of Assam. In a letter to the union home secretary and the Assam chief secretary on Monday, the ...Read More >
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hopes the Supreme Court will set a deadline for restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir when it hears the case in October. He highlighted his government's efforts to push for restoration, including a cabinet resolution and direct appeals to the Prime Minister. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed hope that the Supreme Court will set a deadline on the restoration of statehood to the Union territory after it hears the case in October. T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Nearly one-third of school students take private coaching and the trend is more common in urban areas, the Centre's Comprehensive Modular Survey (CMS) on education has found. The survey noted that government schools play a pivotal role in providing education across India, accounting for 55.9 per cent of total enrolments. "It is higher in rural areas, where two-thirds (66.0 per cent) of students are enrolled, in comparison to urban areas (30.1 per cent). The private unai ...Read More >
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge B.V. Nagarathna has recorded a dissent note against the collegium's recommendation to elevate Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi to the apex court, The Indian Express reported. The five-member collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, J.K. Maheshwari, and Nagarathna, reached the decision with a 4-1 split. Justice Nagarathna, the lone woman on the bench, opposed Pancholi's elevation, citing con ...Read More >
Mithun Chakraborty discusses "The Bengal Files", a film about the 1946 Calcutta riots. He expresses concern over the dismissal of truth-based films as propaganda. Chakraborty defends the film's depiction of historical events. He criticizes those targeting the movie before its release. He also addresses the controversy surrounding "The Kerala Story"'s National Award. "The Bengal Files" is a film that speaks about what happened in Bengal in 1946, says veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty who is upset ...Read More >
Amid Operation Sindoor, there have been increasing efforts to induct a range of new generation military platforms, equipment and modern technologies. Following Operation Sindoor, the Indian armed forces have been holding discussions about the retention of Agniveers, according to Indian Express. The decision will be reportedly taken after considering the requirement for an ideal ratio between technically proficient and trained manpower and a reduced age profile of soldiers in Army. Since its i ...Read More >
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