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Mamata Banerjee's Seat Saw 4X Voter Deletions Than Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram
- Dec 13, 2025 10:39 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhabanipur constituency has recorded one of the highest voter deletions in West Bengal, logging nearly four times more removals than Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram, according to data.
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Life Convict Found Disguised As Sadhu. He Had Jumped Bail 37 Years Ago
- Dec 13, 2025 10:19 am IST
- Press Trust of India
A man, sentenced to life imprisonment in an 1986 acid attack case, and absconding ever since he was released on bail around 37 years ago, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh while living under the guise of a 'sadhu', police said on Friday.
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Pankaj Chaudhary, 7-Time MP And OBC Leader, Likely To Be New UP BJP Chief: Sources
- Dec 13, 2025 10:15 am IST
- Reported by: Akhilesh Sharma
- Edited by: Manjiri Chitre
The BJP is planning to appoint an OBC leader as the state president, considering the 2027 Assembly elections and trying to consolidate non-Yadav votes.
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Scammer Told Her She Was Named In Terror Case. Then Defrauded Rs 30 Lakh
- Dec 13, 2025 10:06 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Unidentified fraudsters extorted Rs 30 lakh from a 67-year-old woman in Indore by claiming that her name had surfaced in a terror case investigation and putting her under so-called digital arrest, police said on Friday.
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Fake IAS Officer Who Drove In Government Vehicles, Hired Gunmen, Arrested
- Dec 13, 2025 09:58 am IST
- Press Trust of India
A man posing as an IAS officer for the past six months was arrested here, police said on Thursday. They said they nabbed Lalit Kishor of Sitamarhi (Bihar), who posed as IAS officer 'Gaurav Kumar' on Wednesday.
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SBI Loans To Be Cheaper As It Passes RBI Rate Cut Benefit To Borrowers
- Dec 13, 2025 09:26 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has reduced its lending rate by 25 basis points, following the Reserve Bank's policy rate cut, making loans cheaper for existing and new borrowers.
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IndiGo Will Pay Over Rs 500 Crore To Customers Who Were "Severely Stranded"
- Dec 13, 2025 09:08 am IST
- Asian News International
IndiGo said on Friday that it has estimated the compensation amount will exceed Rs 500 crore for customers whose flights were cancelled within 24 hours of departure and who were left severely stranded at certain airports across the country.
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Thane Man Steals Rs 2.23 Lakh From Employer, Tries To Stage It As Robbery
- Dec 13, 2025 08:50 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Sushant Dashrath Mohite claimed that two men in khaki uniform stopped him, checked his vehicle documents and forcibly took Rs 2.23 lakh.
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After Settlement, Court Quashes FIR Against Hospital In Cotton Mop Case
- Dec 13, 2025 08:06 am IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a private hospital and one of its senior doctors after noting that the medical negligence dispute had been "amicably resolved" between the parties.
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Heavy Smog Grips Delhi As Air Quality Nears 'Severe,' Airport Issues Advisory
- Dec 13, 2025 08:02 am IST
- Edited by: Harshit Sabarwal
Residents of Delhi woke up to smog on Saturday, with the air quality nearing the 'severe' category. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 390, which falls under the "very poor" categor
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Delhi Notifies New Legislation To Regulate Fees In Private Schools
- Dec 13, 2025 07:25 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The Delhi government has notified the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fee) Act, 2025, bringing into effect a new framework for regulating fees in private schools.
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PM Modi To Address Rally In West Bengal On December 20 Amid SIR Row
- Dec 13, 2025 05:24 am IST
- Reported by: Rittick Mondal
With the 2026 Assembly elections approaching, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit West Bengal On December 20. During his visit to Bengal, PM Modi will be addressing a rally in Taherpur, Nadia.
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P Chidambaram Slams Karnataka Home Minister's Bulldozer Remark
- Dec 13, 2025 03:37 am IST
- Reported by: Deepak Bopanna
G Parameshwara had said the state government was considering "razing down" the homes of the drug peddlers.
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On Manipur's 'Nupi Lan Day' To Honour Anti-Colonial Revolt, A Women Power Run In Delhi
- Dec 13, 2025 00:41 am IST
- NDTV News Desk
Women from Manipur including senior citizens participated in a run in honour of the 86th Nupi Lan (Women's War) Day, in memory of revolts by the women of Manipur against British rule in 1904 and 1939.
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Illegal Detention, Local Bodies Polls: Court Setbacks For Punjab Government
- Dec 13, 2025 00:28 am IST
- Reported by: Mohammed Ghazali
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has been hit by two sharp setbacks in a span of days.
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Ratle Power Project In J&K May Get Stalled, Builder Alleges Local Interference
- Dec 12, 2025 23:52 pm IST
- Reported by: Nazir Masoodi
A multi-billion dollar hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir is facing threat of closure. The construction company alleges political interference and attempts to mobilise workers to stall work.
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Assam Woman Arrested Over Pak Link, Unexplained Fund Transfers
- Dec 12, 2025 23:44 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
A woman from Assam's Sonitpur district has been arrested after the police found suspicious foreign-linked financial transactions. She was purportedly married to a Pakistani national in Dubai.
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Haryana Man Drove 800 Km To Get Son To School For Exam During IndiGo Chaos
- Dec 12, 2025 23:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Gurpreet Singh Chhina
- Edited by: Akash Majumder
Rajnath Panghal had to drive hundreds of kilometres to make sure his son reaches his school in time ahead of exams.
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Years After Woman's Death, Husband Arrested For Murder Using Venomous Snake In Maharashtra
- Dec 12, 2025 23:09 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
After nearly three years of investigation, Badlapur police in the district has arrested a man and three others for allegedly murdering his wife using a poisonous snake.
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Red Letter Day For Andhra As Cognizant, 8 Other IT Firms Put Down Roots
- Dec 12, 2025 23:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Uma Sudhir
In a massive boost to Andhra Pradesh's IT ecosystem, global technology major Cognizant performed the groundbreaking ceremony for its permanent campus in Visakhapatnam (Vizag) today, putting in place a landmark.