More than one lakh compoundable cases were settled across Telangana during the National Lok Adalat held on December 21, providing relief to litigants and facilitating refunds to victims of cyber fraud. The Lok Adalat, fixed by the Supreme Court, aimed at amicable settlement of disputes through compounding. In preparation, the police identified eligible cases and … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fifth national conference of chief secretaries in the national capital starting from December 26. The three-day summit, which will conclude on December 28, will be a significant step towards further strengthening the partnership between the Centre and states, focusing on administrative reforms and the seamless implementation of national … Read more
A view of the Pamuleru stream in Papikonda National Park in which six Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire on November 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: T. Appala Naidu Six Maoists have been killed reportedly in an exchange of fire between Maoists and security forces on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) along the Pamuleru … Read more
New Delhi: An artificial intelligence tool deployed by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in 2022 may have helped issue more than 5,000 alerts of infectious outbreaks to health authorities in real-time since installation, according to a study. Developed by WadhwaniAI, a New Delhi-based healthcare AI solutions provider, the ‘Health Sentinel‘ tool could have … Read more
SP Tushar Dudi felicitating constable Raghuraman, who received national recognition for his exemplary work in crime investigation from Delhi police, in Chittoor on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Police constable Raghuraman from Chittoor district won national recognition for his exemplary work in crime investigation at the All India Crime Meeting organised by the National … Read more
Andy GiddingsShropshire and Victoria ScheerLeeds Getty Images The “rapid review” is now focusing on 12 English NHS trusts, with a report due by December Two NHS trusts have been removed from a review of maternity failings across England. Trusts in Shropshire and Leeds have been dropped from the government’s rapid reviews of “failures in the … Read more
People perform rituals at the bank of the Ganga river in Kolkata, West Bengal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a detailed report with primary data on the water quality monitoring of the West Bengal … Read more
The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday. Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be called up. He did not specify when or where they would be deployed, but President Donald Trump has long … Read more
Several thousand residents of Washington DC marched on Saturday to demand US President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops patrolling the city’s streets. Participants in the “We Are All DC” march included undocumented immigrants and supporters of Palestine. Protesters shouted slogans criticising Trump and carried signs with messages such as “Trump … Read more
Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Essex Getty Images The centre is expected to open fully in 2038 A new science centre is being built which aims to help protect the UK from future pandemics. The government has pledged a “multi-billion-pound” investment to make the National Biosecurity Centre (NBC) in Harlow, Essex, the largest of its kind … Read more