Leaders from across party lines have demanded an independent inquiry and SIT probe into the alleged death of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Maharashtra’s Satara district. The doctor, hailing from Beed district and posted at a government hospital in Phaltan, was found dead in a hotel room on Thursday (October 23, 2025) night. She alleged... Read More

A resident stands at the site of the Russian air strike. File | Photo Credit: Sofiia Gatilova Russia struck the Ukrainian capital with missiles and drones on Saturday (October 25, 2025), Kyiv authorities said, damaging buildings and homes in multiple districts and wounding at least eight people. “Explosions in the capital. The city is under... Read More

For the academic year 2025–26, about 7,717 schools across Tamil Nadu have registered under the Right to Education (RTE) quota. A total of 81,927 students have applied for LKG and 89 students for Class I under the 25% reservation mandated by the RTE Act, said Principal Secretary, School Education Department, B. Chandra Mohan.  The final phase... Read More

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: iStockphotos/Getty Images An Indian national working as a staff nurse at a Singapore premium hospital was sentenced to a year and two months’ jail, and two strokes of the cane after he pleaded guilty to a molestation charge. Elipe Siva Nagu, 34, molested a male visitor to the... Read More

Image used for representation. The Delhi government will implement a uniform age of admission of 6+ years for Class 1 in all the government, government-aided and recognised unaided private schools under the DoE from the academic session 2026-27. It will also revise the age criteria for the foundational stage from the next year in a... Read More

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto North Korea is circumventing U.N. sanctions by using cryptocurrency to trade raw materials and military weaponry, and by deploying large numbers of IT workers abroad to launder funds and generate income for Pyongyang, an international sanctions monitoring group reported. Under leader Kim Jong Un,... Read More

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A speeding car ran over pedestrians, killing five people and leaving two injured, police in Agra said on Saturday (October 25, 2025). Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Shesh Mani Upadhyay said five critically injured persons were rushed to Sarojini Naidu Medical College on Friday... Read More

Krishan Kumar’s day starts early. At 5 a.m., the block printer from Kaladera in Rajasthan is up washing yards of cotton fabric to remove impurities. He then mixes dabu, a paste made from black clay, lime and acacia gum, to use in the ancient mud-resist printing technique that five generations of his family have been following.... Read More

Playback singer Maithili Thakur, trained in Indian classical and devotional music, turned 25 on July 25 this year. Three months later, she is in a different field altogether as she contests the upcoming Assembly elections from Alinagar constituency in Darbhanga district as a surprise Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee. Ms. Thakur, the youngest among the... Read More

Top economic officials from the U.S. and China will face off in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (October 25, 2025) to try to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks on the sidelines of the Association... Read More