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Snowfall in Himachal, severe cold alert issued

HIMACHAL Pradesh experienced its second light snowfall of the season on Monday, bringing joy to both locals and tourists.

UP plans crash course on RTI Act at Sangam during Mahakumbh 2025

INTRODUCING new features to the Mahakumbh, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to sensitize the visitors about the Right to Information on the sands of Sangam.

Manipur govt announces to make 1,946 new police recruits peace messengers

THE Manipur govt will make an endeavour towards restoring peace in the ethnic violence-hit state by not disintegrating a team of 1,946 newly-inducted India Reserve Battalion personnel from Meitei, Kuki, Naga and other communities who were trained together in Assam.

Kerala finishes removal of waste dumped in Nellai border villages

A total of 30 truck-load of waste were taken back; TN local body officials disinfect dumpsites

Three Khalistani terrorists killed in Pilibhit encounter

Three suspected Khalistani terrorists allegedly involved in the grenade attack in Gurdaspur were killed in an encounter with police in Pilibhit early on Monday.

College students locked up inside hostel for hours

AS many as 90 students of Government Polytechnic College in Saraikela were allegedly locked inside the hostel for at least two hours on the behest of the principal for failing to pay the contribution money for the fresher's party being charged forcefully by them.

Parbhani youth killed for being Dalit: Rahul

CONGRESS MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday met the family members of Somnath Suryawanshi, who allegedly died in police custody in Parbhani and alleged he was killed because he was a Dalit.

Protests erupt after idol of Ambedkar vandalised

A statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was vandalised in Ahmedabad's Khokhra area on Monday morning, sparking outrage amid the ongoing controversy over a contentious statement by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament about the Dalit icon.

E-forensics platform to connect 117 labs: MHA

KEEPING in view the special importance given to forensic evidence after implementation of revamped criminal laws, Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bhartiya Sakshya Sanhita (BSS), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has developed and operationalised an e-Forensics IT platform, which is connected with 117 forensic science laboratories across the country, officials said on Monday.

Army's equine, canine unit falls short on training, animal transport use: CAG

THE Indian Army's Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) fell short of achieving half of its training objectives and failed to fully utilise its Animal Transport (AT) Units, revealed a recent audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on the defence services.

PMO steps in, asks health ministry to act against misleading adverts

THE Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has directed the Health Ministry to take \"appropriate action\" to amend the draft Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954, which aimed to take stringent action against misleading advertisements, including Ayush medicines.

200 Vande Bharat sleeper trains in line

THE Indian Railways is preparing to launch 200 Vande Bharat sleeper trains following the success of its chair car trains, which have reportedly received positive feedbacks in the regions they are running through.

Building young talent key for New India: Modi

Distributes over 71K appointment letters to new recruits in govt depts under Rozgar Mela

Should Evaluate ONOE in National Interest

P Chaudhary, former Union Minister of State for Law and now Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, shares his insights on the One Nation One Election (ONOE) concept and its implications for India.

RELIGION IN THE TIME OF UNCERTAINTIES

Apart from other motivations, he said 'woke' was a virus and he would not rest till he destroyed it.

INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR: ALGORITHM

Algorithms affect most parts of our lives today. With quantum computing set to be unleashed, the future looks loaded in favour of the abilities of instructions coded in machines

Factories pay less for leaves, Kundha tea planters protest

CONDEMNING tea factories for paying ₹3 less per kg than the committee-fixed price of ₹24.59 for green tea leaves, small plantation owners in Kundha launched a strike on Monday. The planters also did not send leaves that have already been plucked to eight tea factories.

17 Delhi women achievers felicitated with Devi Awards

IT was an all-women show without any pink bows.

HC flays KL for dumping waste in TN

Govt secy directed to furnish report on agencies involved in collecting, disposing waste

Loco pilot's swift action averts major accident

A potential train crash was averted near Tindivanam in Villupuram district on Monday after a crack was spotted on the railway tracks by the loco pilot of a passenger train.

3 arrested for gun trade in Kovai

COIMBATORE District Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), in coordination with Peelamedu police, arrested three individuals for illegal firearm trade on Sunday.

MLA joins stir against 'school closure', kneels before HM

PARENTS along with PMK MLA R Arul from Salem West constituency on Monday staged a protest at Old Suramangalam in Salem urging the administration of an aided higher secondary school against closing it allegedly as the school land had been sold.

NHRC takes up electrocution of EB workers case suo motu

THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the electrocution of two Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) workers while repairing power lines on Olaiyur Ring Road in KK Nagar, Tiruchy, on December 18.

Prima facie evidence of laundering exists against Sadiq, says spl CBI court

A special CBI court in Chennai rejected the bail petitions moved by alleged drug kingpin Jaffer Sadiq and his brother Mohammed Saleem, stating that there were sufficient documents available to show that they were prima facie guilty of charges levelled against them.

3 students feared drowned in Cauvery

THREE school students were washed away in the Cauvery river at Ayyalamman Padithurai at Kudamurutti in Tiruchy on Monday.

Asset details of govt employees can't be shielded from public: HC

SETTING aside an order of the State Information Commission denying information on the assets and liabilities of a government officer, the Madras High Court has held that such details cannot be shielded from public scrutiny.

VCK to chant Ambedkar's name 1K times in Chennai stir

VIDUTHALAI Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) will hold a large-scale protest on December 28 in Chennai over the recent remarks on social reformer and Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Party leader Thol Thirumavalavan announced the protest here on Monday.

VCK chief: 25 seats in DMK bloc is Vanniyarasu's opinion

A day after VCK deputy general secretary Vanniyarasu said the cadre working at the grassroots level wish the party to contest in 25 assembly seats in the 2026 assembly elections, party president Thol Thirumavalavan clarified this was Vanniyarasu's personal opinion.

One lorry carrying human excreta, 4 with food waste detained in Kumari

Police seized four vehicles loaded with food and fish wastes and a lorry loaded with human excreta from Kerala across Kanniyakumari on Monday.

Kerala finishes removal of waste dumped in Nellai border villages

A total of 30 truck-load of waste were taken back; TN local body officials disinfect dumpsites