Satya Niketan PG operator's anticipatory bail plea rejected by Delhi court days after 7 killed in building collapse

The Andhra Pradesh high court sought data and the rationale behind the state government’s decision to provide 34% OBC reservation in local bodies.

The viral 80s AI trend is a social media craze in which users are using ChatGPT and Gemini to reimagine their modern selfies as retro portraits from the 1980s.

Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) poses with wife Olga Bobrovsky and the Stanley Cup following game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers on Monday, June 24, 2024 at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla. (Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari attacked Jadavpur University teachers, saying it was time to “uproot the seeds of Naxalism” in the state.

Of the 42 people on board, 17 were were evacuated, CCTV reports.

Twenty-five people have been killed in a fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at a port in eastern China, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Of the 42 people on board, 17 were were evacuated of which five are in hospital in stable condition, CCTV reports. The vessel was undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in the city of Qingdao when the blaze erupted at around 11:15 local time (03:15 GMT). It was put out just over three hours later, according to CCTV. Photos released by state media showed the vessel to be the Ocean Melody, a 190m (623ft) long Liberia-flagged carrier which arrived in Qingdao on 31 August, according to tracking site MarineTraffic.

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Scientists have found evidence that early human foragers in Indonesia were using the betel nut as a drug.

Galagodaatte Gnanasara was sentenced in 2018 to six years for contempt of court and intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist.

Three people were arrested over the shooting targeting Goa casino director Shrinivas Nayak, but police said the actual shooters remain at large.

India’s rice, wheat and maize yields have risen, but China continues to produce more than twice India’s total cereal output, BRICS data shows.

An Assam government official allegedly hired mimicry artists to impersonate the CM and top bureaucrats to cheat businessmen in a jobs-and-contracts racket.

Following the hearing, Das said on X that he and Ranka had voluntarily agreed to delete the posts.

August was the joint hottest month on record globally, with average surface air temperature 1.65°C above pre-industrial baseline, C3S said.