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Man Who Shot Punjab Kabaddi Player Killed In Police Encounter
- Dec 17, 2025 16:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Gurpreet Singh Chhina
Two days after a 30-year-old kabaddi player was shot dead in the middle of a tournament in Punjab's Mohali, the main accused, Harwinder alias Middu, was killed in a police encounter.
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7.6% Voters Removed From West Bengal Draft Roll, 1.6 Crore Under Scanner
- Dec 17, 2025 16:36 pm IST
- Reported by: Sreyashi Dey
- Edited by: Srishti Kapoor
About 58 lakh voters, amounting to 7.6 per cent, were removed from the voter list because they have died, moved away, were absent or were registered more than once.
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'Md Salim Awasthi': CPM Leader, A Muslim, Becomes Brahmin In SIR Draft Roll
- Dec 17, 2025 16:35 pm IST
- Reported by: Sreyashi Dey
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
In an epic error during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in West Bengal, CPM's state general secretary and former MP, Mohammed Salim, and his son, Atish Aziz, have been given a Brahmin last name -- Awasthi -- in the draft roll
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Blog | "It Was A Shell From My Tank": When A Father Met The Pak Soldier Who Killed His Son
- Dec 17, 2025 16:21 pm IST
- Rohit Khanna
"He stood like a rock before our Patton tanks," Brigadier Naser (retd) told Mukesh Khetarpal, almost three decades after his son was killed in battle.
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"Why Can't 9 Tolls Be Shut Till Jan?" Supreme Court On Delhi Air Pollution
- Dec 17, 2025 16:07 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a sharp notice to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and came down heavily on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over the operation of toll plazas at key entry points to the national capital.
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"Only BS-4 And Above": Supreme Court Tweaks Order On Older Vehicles In Delhi
- Dec 17, 2025 16:03 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
"BS-4 And Above": Supreme Court Modifies Order On Exemption For Older Vehicles In Delhi
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Aadhaar Has Several Levels Of Protection, No Data Breach So Far: Centre
- Dec 17, 2025 15:13 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
There has been no breach of Aadhaar card holders' data from the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) database till date, Ministry of Electronics & IT said on Wednesday.
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Before Abdul Kalam, BJP Floated Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Name For President: Book
- Dec 17, 2025 15:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Ashok Tandon, who served as Vajpayee's media advisor, related the episode in his book Atal Smaran, published by Prabhat Prakashan.
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"Voter List Clean-up Necessary": Bengal Governor Jabs Trinamool Before Poll
- Dec 17, 2025 15:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
A "clean up" of electoral rolls is necessary ahead of an Assembly election less than six months away, Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose told NDTV Wednesday in an exclusive interview.
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Delhi To Get Bharat Taxis On January 1, An Alternative To Ola, Uber, Rapido
- Dec 17, 2025 14:33 pm IST
- Reported by: Akhilesh Sharma
The Bharat Taxi app model will also be based on a driver-owned cooperative system, providing drivers with higher income and better working conditions.
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Bombay High Court Allows Activist Gautam Navlakha To Relocate To Delhi
- Dec 17, 2025 14:31 pm IST
- Reported by: Radhika Ramaswamy
In a development in the long-running Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday relaxed bail conditions for activist and accused Gautam Navlakha, permitting him to relocate from Mumbai to his home in Delhi.
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"Proud Of Indian Engineering": Rahul Gandhi Explores TVS-BMW Bike In Germany
- Dec 17, 2025 14:24 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited the BMW Welt and the BMW Plant in Munich, Germany, this week.
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"Covered In Blood, I Pleaded, None Helped": Bengaluru Woman Recounts Tragedy
- Dec 17, 2025 13:54 pm IST
- Reported by: Reethu Rajpurohit
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Bengaluru was witness to a heart-wrenching event yesterday that would put humanity to shame. A 34-year-old man was faced with complete indifference from a hospital and passersby and eventually met with an accident.
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Video: Ethiopian Singers Perform Vande Mataram, PM Modi Breaks Into Applause
- Dec 17, 2025 13:33 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
PM Modi arrived in Addis Ababa from Jordan and received a ceremonial welcome at the National Palace ahead of the talks.
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'Banned 'Beef' Because Of Title': Shashi Tharoor On Kerala Film Fest Row
- Dec 17, 2025 13:21 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has slammed the Centre's decision to block the screening of 19 films at the International Film Festival of Kerala, saying the list suggests "extraordinary degree of cinematic illiteracy"
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Video: Lamborghini Urus Driven At 250 kmph On Mumbai Sea Link, Car Seized
- Dec 17, 2025 13:14 pm IST
- Reported by: Puja Bhardwaj
- Edited by: Manjiri Chitre
The investigation revealed that the luxury car is registered in the name of 'Super Well Comtrade Private Limited', and its owner is reportedly Nirav Patel, a resident of Ahmedabad.
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"Rebirth For Me": Odisha Man Taken Hostage In Sudan Returns After 45 Days
- Dec 17, 2025 13:04 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
After remaining hostage for 45 days in Sudan, 36-year-old Adarsh Behera from Odisha returned to the state on Wednesday, bringing relief and cheer to his family and well-wishers.
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"China, India Know The Struggle": Offer Of Help As Delhi Battles AQI Crisis
- Dec 17, 2025 13:04 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
As Delhi and swathes of northern India choke under a blanket of toxic smog the AQI in the national capital was 437 at 4 pm Tuesday and 370 8 am Wednesday the Chinese embassy posted a note on X to underline relative success in Beijing's AQI fight.
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"The 2 Gandhis Are Fighting": BJP Minister's Wild Rahul-Priyanka Rift Claim
- Dec 17, 2025 12:52 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu has claimed a rift between Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, and his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra