NEW DELHI: Violent protests over alleged illegal non tribal settlement in Assam’s constitutionally protected Karbi Anglong hill region entered the third day on Wednesday, leaving two people dead, dozens injured, and prompting the state government to impose curfew-like restrictions and suspend mobile internet services in two districts.The violence erupted in West Karbi Anglong and adjoining...

Video grab of ISRO launching the LVM3-M6 rocket with the BlueBird Block-2 mission The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) morning, with the BlueBird Block-2 satellite, lifted off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The LVM3-M6 is expected to...

The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police has begun proceedings to confiscate properties linked to organised land and sand mafia networks across the state, after identifying assets worth over Rs 54 crore allegedly acquired through land grabbing, illegal mining and money laundering. EOU Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Manjit Singh Dhillon said proposals have...

Police in Karnataka’s Udupi have arrested a third individual in the ongoing Indian Navy secret information leakage case, in which sensitive naval details were allegedly shared with Pakistan. The arrest was made by Malpe police as part of the ongoing investigation. The arrested accused has been identified as Hirendra Kumar alias Bharat Kumar Khadayat (34),...

Bangladeshi journalists say they are facing death threats, targeted surveillance, and intimidation in the run-up to Feb 2026 national elections — a crisis that deepened after mobs attacked and set fire to offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star on Dec 19, trapping more than two dozen media personnel inside. No journalists were killed,...

An outer view of Bombay High Court. | Photo Credit: The Hindu   The Kolhapur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) directed the Maharashtra government to grant the ₹50 lakh ex gratia insurance benefit to the family of a contractual data entry operator who died of COVID-19 after serving on...

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has stepped up its action in the alleged misuse of government funds involving the Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, filing a chargesheet seeking confiscation of assets worth Rs 45.92 lakh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said on Tuesday. The chargesheet was filed on August 11, against the...

NEW DELHI: India and New Zealand have committed to collaborate on developing domestic payments interoperability and supporting real-time cross-border remittances and merchant payments through the integrated Fast Payment Systems (FPS) as part of the trade pact agreed between the two countries.This move strengthens India’s digital payments ecosystem and fintech sector, enhances remittance flows from the...

Over 3.22 lakh names were removed from the draft electoral roll of Ernakulam district published after the Special Intense Revision (SIR) on Tuesday (December 23). District Collector G. Priyanka handed over the draft electoral roll prepared after the SIR to representatives of political parties. According to the draft roll, the district has a total of...