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Battle For Nagaon: BJP, Congress And AIUDF In High-Stakes Assam Bypoll

For Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election, the BJP has bet on former IAS officer Debashish Sharma, while Congress has fielded ex-Batadroba MLA Sibamoni Bora, and Badruddin Ajmal will contest from the AIUDF.

IndiGo to raise fuel charges in domestic and international sectors amid high jet fuel prices

ATF prices have remained volatile in recent months, especially following geopolitical issues in the Middle East.

Defiant Harish Rawat goes ahead with outreach campaign in poll-bound Uttarakhand

Congress’s state in-charge Kumari Selja cited the assembly elections and said the Congress should put up a united front

Central Police Force 2026 Sports Quota Notification Out, Applications From October 12

CRPF 2026 Recruitment: The merit list will be drawn on the basis of total marks obtained for sports certificates or achievements by the candidates in the advertised sports disciplines.

PM Modi meets Swiss president Parmelin in Delhi; trade, investment on agenda

Madras High Court dismisses as withdrawn a case against building new Secretariat at Pattinapakkam

Litigant’s counsel chose to withdraw the plea after Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan said that it had been filed casually and for publicity without any research

Trump Doesn't Understand AI, Says Godfather Of AI

Professor Geoffrey Hinton who's known the 'Godfather of AI' says US President Donald Trump doesn't understand AI and is ill-advised on the tech.

Mapping of two Western Ghats districts shows much of proposed ESA overlaps with Notified Forests, Protected Areas, or existing ESZs

Citizen-led initiative breaks down the draft ESA notification for two districts to clear misconceptions about how it affects residents

Keralam govt requests NGT to exempt it from creating ring-fenced account for liquid waste management

Principal Bench of tribunal in New Delhi had earlier asked the authorities to set up a single, centralised ring-fenced account at the State level to deposit the funds earmarked as ‘environmental compensation’ for improper waste management

Shouting at Sitharaman’s Madanapalle speech in Andhra was enthusiasm, not a jobs protest, says Collector

Annamayya district Collector, who organised the event, calls reports of a protest “meaningless and ridiculous”; the I&PR officer who faced the crowd says a camera zooming in on the youngsters set them off

"You Need To Create Fear...": Supreme Court To Delhi Police On Rape Cases

The Supreme Court today reminded the Delhi Police that they should create "fear" in the minds of men who were prone to committing sexual crimes.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Shot At While Returning Home From Duty In Amritsar

The incident occurred when Sukhchain Singh was returning home from his duty

Legislative privilege versus free speech: SC may not hear on merits after TN Assembly says resolution was withdrawn

The development comes after senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, appearing for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, made an oral mentioning before a Bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant that the 2003 resolution was withdrawn the following year

Two persons hack farmer to death in Tiruttani; one arrested

The victim had given a complaint to the Tiruttani police against a youth for harassing his minor daughter; the youth and his friend hacked the man to death in retaliation, police said

E.N. Suresh Babu removed as CPI(M) Palakkad secretary after woman lawyer’s complaint; party may consider expulsion

Complaint, submitted to CPI(M)’s Keralam leadership by a woman associated with party lawyers’ organisation, is understood to have included evidence

Supreme Court asks High Court to consider plea against Centre’s decision to take over Delhi Gymkhana Club

The Court permitted 11 club members to move the Delhi High Court, after the High Court had earlier refused their plea on the ground that only the club could challenge the Centre’s decision

28 bullets exchanged between two Rashid Cablewala gang hitmen and Delhi police in Usmanpur, both held

Of the 12 bullets the duo fired, one bullet each hit the bulletproof vests of two police officers, the officers said.

"No Instructions": Delhi Police On Cops Without Name Tags At Protest

Delhi Police Standing Order No 51 require personnel to wear a bilingual plastic name plate with white letters on a black background as a mandatory part of their uniform.

Bengali Actor Koel Mallick Joins BJP Day After Rajya Sabha Nomination

Bengali actor Koel Mallick joins BJP and prepares to contest Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal.

Koyel Mallick joins BJP a day after being nominated for Rajya Sabha seat

'Half-Bald' Punishment For 82 Students At Maharashtra Ashram School Sparks Outrage

The unusual punishment came to light after pictures of the students with uneven, half-shaved hairstyles emerged, triggering anger among parents.

Bihar MLC polls: JD(U) faces dissent; RLM to back own candidate

One of the rebel MLAs, Anand Madhav, said the decision was taken out of “respect” for party workers. He asserted that the MLAs would remain with the NDA

Siang hyropower project aims to regulate waters storage, reduce flood risk: Arunachal deputy CM

Siang hyropower project aims to regulate waters storage, reduce flood risk: Arunachal deputy CM

"RSS Distorting Sanatan Dharma": Digvijaya Singh's Big Charge Sparks Row

Digvijay Singh - who will undertake a 'Sanatan Swabhiman Yatra', a foot march from Ujjain to Ayodhya to protest alleged religious exploitation - added that the word "Hindu" does not appear in any religious scriptures today, accusing the VHP of distorting the "Sanatan Dharma."

Delhi Police detain protesters over demonstration against alleged sexual misconduct of three women journalists

Delhi Police on Monday detained protesters outside Parliament Street Police Station who were demonstrating against an alleged incident of sexual misconduct against three women journalists during an October 3 protest at Jantar Mantar.

Congress claims tribal students headed for Mumbai protest detained; condemns action

The students, who were seeking the resignation of the tribal development minister and the department's commissioner, were threatened with police cases and a bus carrying them was taken into custody, the Congress claimed.

7-judge SC bench may defer ruling on free speech vs legislative privilege battle

Attorney general R Venkataramani and solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who were also present, agreed that the issue may now have become academic.

SI suspended for pointing pistol at flood victim during distribution of relief materials in Bihar’s Saran

The State government has also suspended seven engineers and initiated departmental proceedings against another official for alleged negligence in handling floods

‘Comment on Smit’s bravery also’: Piyush Mishra questions Naseeruddin for attending Mumbai CJP protest

Thunderstorm forecast in 13 Telangana districts on October 5