Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi urges collective action to tackle Delhi’s air pollution crisis
She further urged the Centre and the state governments to take immediate action, offering support and cooperation from her party.
Police in India’s Rajasthan arrest 6 more in major cyber fraud targeting government welfare schemes
The accused allegedly created unauthorised user IDs of state and district nodal offices and transferred benefits to fake bank accounts opened in the names of fictitious…
Senior Indian Congress leader Ramesh targets central government over Russian oil
This development comes after US President Donald Trump claimed that India would stop buying oil from Russia, sparking controversy over the government’s stance.
Villagers protest Adani group’s coal block public hearing in India’s Chhattisgarh
Carrying banners and placards, the demonstrators raised slogans such as “Jal, Jungle, Zameen Hamara Hai” (water, forest, and land are ours), as they gathered outside the…
Tackling city chaos: Bengaluru’s experiment on governance could be model for other Indian cities
The city is reorganising into five mini-corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), led by the Chief Minister, for better coordination.
Delhi chokes on post-Diwali smog, air quality dips to ‘very poor’ levels
Residents of the national capital woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Wednesday morning, as Delhi’s air quality took a severe hit following Diwali celebrations.
Hijab row: Public school in India’s Kerala resumes functioning, management rejects minister’s claims
An eighth-grade student of the school had demanded to come to school wearing the hijab. However, the school management said that the hijab would not be allowed and that it was not…
58-year-old sentenced to life for raping hearing and speech impaired girl in India’s Odisha
On 29 July 2022, the accused trespassed into the victim’s house and committed rape in the absence of her parents. The victim’s younger sister was a witness to the crime.
Catholic school in India’s Kerala shut for two days after row over student wearing hijab
An eighth-grade student of the school had demanded to come to school wearing the hijab.
India’s Uttarakhand allows Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet citizens to register marriages under civil code
According to the government, the decision was necessitated by the increasing number of inter-community marriages between locals and people of Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan…