Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday (October 23, 2025) called for Opposition parties to close ranks ahead of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, stressing that the battle is not just electoral but about safeguarding Mumbai and democratic values.  His remarks... Read More

Vedanta Group, a global multinational mining company, has proposed investment to the tune of ₹1,00,000 crore for developing downstream industries in Odisha. Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Thursday (October 23, 2025) met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and discussed his group’s proposed industrial projects in the State. According to Chief Minister’s Office, the State government... Read More

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with State Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress party has interpreted Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s recent statement that he will remain in office till 2029, as a calculated message aimed at Deputy CM Eknath Shinde and the BJP’s central leadership.  Congress spokesperson Sachin... Read More

Gardeners tend to the flowers as tourists walk past and soak in the Chrysanthemums Autumn Flower at the upcoming Theme Park Zabarwan hills in Srinagar, on October 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR Believed to have been introduced from China to Kashmir many centuries ago, chrysanthemum flowers or Gul-e-Dawood is all set to replicate the... Read More

Superintendent of Police, Cooch Behar Dyutiman Bhattacharya was on Thursday (October 23, 2025) transferred from his post after allegations of assault on those bursting crackers drew widespread condemnation. Mr. Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Commandant of the 3rd Battalion of the State Armed Police. Sandeep Karra has been appointed as the new Superintendent of Police Cooch Behar... Read More

Lakshya Rajesh and Diksha Sudhakar reached the pre-quarterfinals in the girls’ singles with contrasting wins while Jagsher Singh Khangurra made the same stage in the boys’ event on day two of the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Championships, here. In the U-17 girls’ singles, Lakshya eased past Chinese Taipei’s Kuan Yi Lin 21-17, 21-11, while... Read More

Ambassador Juan Carlos Marsán Aguilera addressing a press conference in New Delhi on October 23, 2025. Photo: X/@PTI_News Ahead of a crucial vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) condemning the U.S.-imposed economic and financial blockade of Cuba, the Cuban envoy in New Delhi said the blockade imposed by the Trump administration is “the... Read More

An undated image of Tahsin Ahmed, son of TMC Minority Cell’s state leader Shakil Ahmed, who has been accused by the BJP of being involved in a financial scam in Asansol. | Photo Credit: PTI Almost a decade after ponzi scams by Saradha and Rose Valley groups had rocked West Bengal, a fresh chit fund... Read More

After the completion of the third round of Common Entrance Test (CET-2025) counselling, the State government has given permission to seven new nursing colleges, and seat enhancement to 90 nursing colleges, resulting in more than 1,500 government quota nursing seats sanctioned to these colleges remaining vacant. KEA allocates government quota seats by conducting a total... Read More

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) proposed to standardise the process of opening new mutual fund openings, according to its consultation paper released October 23. “While SEBI mandates that new folios shall be opened only after completion of mandatory KYC verification, certain instances of KYC non- compliant folios  seem to have arisen due to... Read More