In yet another episode of violence over the burial rights of Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a mob in Kanker district vandalised a prayer hall on Thursday (December 18, 2025). Several people, including police personnel, sustained injuries in intermittent clashes over the past three days. According to eyewitnesses, tensions had been building over the past...
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Severe Winter Weather Alerts in North India: What You Need to Know
IMD Issues Severe Winter Weather Alerts Across North India The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued widespread weather warnings as winter conditions intensify across northern and parts of central and eastern India. Residents, commuters, and authorities are being urged to stay alert as the season brings dense fog, cold wave conditions and snowfall in many...
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IndiGo Cancels 50 Flights Amid Dense Fog in Northern India
New Delhi | December 16 Air travel across northern India was severely disrupted on Tuesday morning after dense fog and poor visibility led IndiGo Airlines to cancel more than 50 domestic flights, causing inconvenience to thousands of passengers. According to airline officials, visibility levels dropped sharply at major northern airports, including Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow,...
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Cambodia–Thailand Border Clashes Escalate Despite Claimed Ceasefire
Heavy fighting continues along the disputed Cambodia–Thailand border, with both sides trading accusations of violating a ceasefire that was recently announced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Cambodia’s Defence Ministry has accused **Thai forces — including F-16 fighter jets — of continuing to bomb targets inside Cambodian territory hours after the truce was declared, including strikes...
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Almost 60% of India’s elephants are in Karnataka, Assam, T.N.
Karnataka, Assam, and Tamil Nadu account for 59.29% of the estimated 22,466 elephants in India, a report released by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) has revealed. Seven north-eastern States and a part of West Bengal support 6,559 elephants, underscoring the region’s critical role as an elephant stronghold,...
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Special squads formed to expose single digit lottery trade in Kozhikode
The police have come up with stringent enforcement actions against the illegal single digit lottery business by deploying dedicated squads for flash inspections in Kozhikode district of Kerala. This move follows confidential reports from the State Lottery Department and licensed lottery agents, who raised protests against the growing number of unregulated lottery activities in the...
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Odisha government to provide assistance to Durga Puja committees up to ₹ 1.10 lakh each
215 heritage Durga Pujas will receive ₹ 1.10 lakh each, the ones in the second and third categories will get ₹ 75,000 and ₹ 50,000, said the Culture Minister The BJP government in Odisha announced that it will provide financial assistance to Durga Puja committees up to ₹ 1.10 lakh each. Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj...
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Two drown during idol immersion in Agra, CM Yogi expresses grief
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...
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75 years of Vishnuvardhan: Dream roles and unfulfilled projects of the Kannada actor
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...
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Assam’s Bodoland becomes first tribal council to digitise land records
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...
