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AGRA (UTTAR PRADESH) Two persons drowned and six others went missing during an idol immersion in the Utangan river in Agra district, officials said on Friday (October 3 2025) The incident occurred in Khairagarh area on Thursday (October 2, 2025) when nine people slipped into deep water during the immersion. While locals managed to rescue...

Vishnuvardhan, whose 75th birth anniversary falls on Thursday, is celebrated as the “Sahasa Simha” (brave lion) of the Kannada film industry by his fans. The moniker, however, does not quite capture the wide range of roles he played. His last few movies, before his death in 2009, prove that his talent was not on the...

GUWAHATI The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) in Assam has become the first tribal council under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to fully digitise its land records. Officials said the digitisation of more than 15 lakh land documents, including texts and maps, across the 8,970 sq. km BTR was completed a few weeks ago, ending...

Kolkata Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the ongoing teacher recruitment crisis would be resolved soon, adding that ‘tainted’ teachers could be accommodated in alternative roles. Her remarks, made ahead of Teacher’s Day, have drawn sharp criticism from groups representing ‘untainted’ teachers. Speaking at the Shiksha Ratna programme at the Dhono Dhanyo auditorium in...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay), have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that enables machines to interpret satellite and drone images using everyday language prompts, potentially transforming applications in disaster response, surveillance, urban planning, and agriculture. The model, called Adaptive Modality-guided Visual Grounding (AMVG), has been designed by a team...

Keralites thronged markets, malls, and textile shops on Thursday in a feverish last-minute hunt for must-have items and bargains on the eve of Thiru Onam, the State’s most important festival. The holiday spirit was particularly evident at the iconic Chalai Market in Thiruvananthapuram, Broadway in Kochi, and S.M. Street in Kozhikode. The tradition of Uthrada...

The Indian Railways has invited bids for about 15,000 km, covering the Golden Quadrilateral, Golden Diagonal, and other high-density routes, of which contracts for 14,954 km have been awarded for implementing the latest version of the indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system – Kavach version 4.0. South Central Railway (SCR), which had earlier deployed...

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) declined to answer whether Congress leader Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct, would attend the Assembly session commencing on September 15. Mr. Satheesan told a press conference that the United Democratic Front (UDF) would take the “appropriate decision at the appropriate...

Seven slaughterhouses are operational in Haryana’s Nuh, with the maximum five situated in the district’s Nagina block. Another two dozen are likely to be set up soon with the land having been purchased and their buildings under construction, making Nuh the hub of slaugtherhouses.  Though these slaughterhouses have created job opportunities for the youth in...

The tragic collapse of the Mujpur-Ghambira bridge in Vadodara, Gujarat, which claimed 20 lives, has cast a harsh light on the state’s crumbling infrastructure and official negligence. Despite repeated warnings from locals and even internal assessments acknowledging structural risks, no action was taken until disaster struck. This in-depth ground report by The Hindu’s Abhinay Deshpande...