The State Government is closely monitoring the developments in Bangladesh, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. File | Photo Credit: PTI Assam is on a ‘high alert’ in the wake of the fresh wave of unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday (December 22, 2025). Mr. Sarma, speaking to … Read more
Delhi choked under a thick blanket of smog on Monday, December 15, 2025, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) settling at 498, which falls in the higher spectrum of ‘severe’ category. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Opposition parties sharpened their attack on the Rekha Gupta-led government over the continuing public health crisis after … Read more
Shannen HeadleyWest Midlands BBC The school will be shut on Wednesday and Thursday, said a letter to staff and parents A secondary school in Cheshire has been shut to deep clean the building after high levels of pupil sickness. Congleton High School told parents and staff it contacted the UK Health Security Agency and infection … Read more
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (November 13, 2025) disqualified senior political leader Mukul Roy from membership of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly following his defection to the Trinamool Congress after winning the Assembly polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket over four years ago. A Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice … Read more
The Supreme Court of India | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) said High Courts should put it out in the public domain, for the world to see, how long their judges take to pronounce judgments in pending cases. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was … Read more
A council has won a High Court battle to vaccinate a baby against her mother’s wishes. Islington Council faced a legal challenge by one of its residents after it arranged for her eight-month-old daughter to receive routine vaccinations while the child was in its care. The mother, known only as Ms S, had refused the … Read more
Getty Images Some high-street clinics are putting lives at risk by allowing unqualified non-specialists to carry out baby scans, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union says its members have seen examples of pregnant women being incorrectly diagnosed with serious health conditions and given dangerous advice. Other expectant mums have been sent … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy In an attempt to rid the Western Ghats of harmful plastics, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to convene a meeting with all stakeholders, including brand owners who sell eatables, drinking water, and other such products in plastic packets, sachets, and PET … Read more
Air quality deteriorated in most parts of Chennai on Monday evening because of the continuous bursting of firecrackers. A scene at Guindy. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ A mostly dry afternoon and evening with light rain here and there kept the city noisy and smoke-filled on Deepavali day on Monday. However, a timely spell of … Read more
Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Corruption cases involving sitting as well as former Ministers, other legislators, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, and such other individuals must not be allowed to get “ambushed” by long-drawn procedures and instead, they must be dealt with as expeditiously as possible to gain public confidence on … Read more