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In This Bihar District, A Crematorium And A School Coexist
- Dec 26, 2025 21:03 pm IST
- Reported by: Prabhakar Kumar
Pyres burn on one side while, just a few meters away, children study in a school located within a crematorium in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Despite the surroundings, the students say they feel no fear and attend classes regularly.
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"He Kept Smiling": Bengaluru Woman Says She Was Harassed In Metro
- Dec 26, 2025 20:55 pm IST
- Reported by: Reethu Rajpurohit
A 25-year-old woman has alleged that she was inappropriately touched and subjected to obscene behaviour by a fellow passenger while travelling on a Namma Metro train in central Bengaluru.
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Petition Filed To Stop Festival At Dargah At Centre Of Tamil Nadu Deepam Row
- Dec 26, 2025 20:41 pm IST
- Reported by: Vijayagopal Muralidharan
A writ petition has been filed before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking directions not to permit the 'Kanthuri' festival at a dargah located atop the Thiruparankundram hill in the district on January 6 over animal sacrifice.
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"Probe Into Pahalgam Terror Attack Will Put Pak In The Dock": Amit Shah
- Dec 26, 2025 20:13 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The people of India have given a strong and befitting reply to "Pakistan's terrorist masters" through its security forces by carrying out a successful investigation of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Home Minister Amit Shah said Friday.
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Hoteliers In Bengal's Darjeeling, Malda Close Doors For Bangladesh Tourists
- Dec 26, 2025 19:53 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Hoteliers' associations in two districts of West Bengal, on Friday, have decided to close the doors of their hotels and lodges as a mark of protest against the recent lynching of Dipu Chandra Das.
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Delhi High Court Asks Centre Why GST On Air Purifiers Can't Be Lowered
- Dec 26, 2025 19:53 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre why it cannot reduce the GST charged on air purifiers to make it affordable for the common man in view of the worsening air quality in the national capital and nearby areas.
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1 Killed, Another Injured After Fire At Four-Storey Building In Delhi
- Dec 26, 2025 19:52 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A 20-year-old man died and another person sustained injuries after a fire broke in a four-storey building in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad area on Friday morning
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"Flagged Concerns": India's Response To US Cancelling H1B Visa Interviews
- Dec 26, 2025 19:06 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
India said Friday it had spoken to the US over thousands of cancelled H1B visa interviews, which were scheduled from December 15 onwards and then postponed abruptly by months, as late as May 2026 in some cases.
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Stray Dogs To Aravallis: Supreme Court's 10 Big Rulings In 2025
- Dec 26, 2025 18:55 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
From stray dogs to executive powers, the Supreme Court delivered some impactful judgments in 2025 that influenced law, governance, and public life across India.
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Blog | Rahul vs Priyanka? Not Really
- Dec 26, 2025 17:49 pm IST
- Written by: Manoranjan Bharati
The rumours about apower struggle within the Congress may just be that: rumours. For now, there is no vacancy in the Congress.
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UP Official Threatens To Jump Off Bridge If Contractor Misses Deadline
- Dec 26, 2025 17:26 pm IST
- Reported by: Ranveer Singh
The video of an overbridge inspection in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur has gone viral after a senior official was seen threatening to jump off the bridge if the contractor failed to complete the construction by mid-January.
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Boy, 10, Delivered Tea, Lassi To Soldiers During Op Sindoor, Gets Bal Puraskar
- Dec 26, 2025 17:17 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
He is 10 years old, but showed a big heart. Shravan Singh, amidst the risks associated with war during Operation Sindoor, regularly delivered water, milk, and lassi to the Indian soldiers stationed at the border near his home in Punjab's Ferozepur.
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Video: Wild Boar Mauls Forest Officer, Strikes With Sticks Don't Help
- Dec 26, 2025 17:15 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A forest department officer was injured after a wild boar attacked him during a rescue operation in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district on Friday.
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India's "Commitment" On Lalit Modi, Vijay Mallya's "Biggest Fugitives" Video
- Dec 26, 2025 16:59 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Responding tangentially to the taunt by Lalit Modi, who said he and Vijay Mallya were the "two biggest fugitives" of India, the MEA has said anyone wanted by the law will be brought back to the country so that they can "face trial".
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Congress Slams Assam Government Over Nalbari Christmas Market Vandalism
- Dec 26, 2025 15:41 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly and senior Congress leader Debabrata Saikia on Friday strongly condemned the vandalism of Christmas markets in Nalbari allegedly by Bajrang Dal members.
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NCP's Sharad, Ajit 'Pawar-ing' Up For Family Reunion Before BMC Election
- Dec 26, 2025 15:33 pm IST
- Reported by: Anuj Sahebrao Rayate
Squeezed out, it seems by their respective alliance bosses, Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar's NCPs are drifting toward a big familial and political realignment in Maharashtra, weeks before the next round of federal and state polls - in 2029.
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How Rs 1 Lakh Crore RDI Fund Will Boost Innovation In India
- Dec 26, 2025 15:07 pm IST
- Reported by: Pallava Bagla
For the first time in India's history, the government has extended a Rs 1 lakh crore ($12 billion) interest-free loan to the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to turbocharge private-sector research and development.