Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday set up a high-powered task force led by Infosys co-founder and Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekani to overhaul India's examination system and the National Testing Agency after repeated paper-leak scandals. Members include former ISRO chief S. Somanath, ex-IB director Tapan Deka, IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti and former Education Secretary Anita Karwal, with a focus on technology.
Pralhad Joshi formally assumed charge of India's Education Ministry at Kartavya Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday, a day after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned amid nationwide student protests over the NEET paper leak. Joshi, who retains his existing Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and New and Renewable Energy portfolios, was handed the education brief following the Cockroach Janata Party-led agitation.
India's foreign ministry on Sunday branded as misleading a viral social media post that falsely quoted spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal as saying intelligence found no foreign funding behind recent CJP protests. The MEA Fact Check unit said Jaiswal had actually told Friday's briefing he had no information to share on such allegations. The weeks-long protest ended Saturday after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.
Veteran Congress leader Siddaramaiah, recently replaced as Karnataka chief minister by DK Shivakumar, said on Sunday he will not contest the 2028 Assembly elections or any future polls. The 79-year-old cited failing health, his age and what he called thoroughly corrupted politics that now demands paying voters. After nearly 50 years in politics, he vowed to remain a people's voice.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, addressing a Kargil Vijay Diwas gathering in Dras, warned that any Pakistani misadventure would draw a response beyond imagination. He ruled out talks with Islamabad except over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, calling it illegally seized Indian territory. Citing Operation Sindoor, Singh said it had shown the fate awaiting those who back terrorism, as India marked its 1999 war victory.
Haryana has finished the first phase of its Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with 33,84,568 voters left off after permanent relocation, absence, death or duplicate entries, the state's Chief Electoral Officer A. Sreenivas said. Some 20,629 booth-level officers handed enumeration forms to over two crore electors, digitising more than one crore. The draft roll will be published on July 31.
Vijayanagara district in Karnataka has got its own District Legal Services Authority, which began operations on Saturday to provide free, speedy legal aid, especially to economically weaker and marginalised people. Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur of the Karnataka High Court, the district's administrative judge, inaugurated the office at the district court complex in Hosapete, calling it a step toward quicker access to justice.
India's Army began two days of ceremonies in Dras to mark the 27th anniversary of Operation Vijay, the 1999 Kargil war victory. On a rainy Saturday evening, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh joined a Shaurya Sandhya at the Kargil War Memorial, handing ceremonial kalashes to fallen soldiers' families. Earlier events featured combat drone displays, robotic mules and tributes to 40 bravehearts.
Karnataka's government has proposed adding Kambala, the coastal slush-track buffalo race, to this year's Mysuru Dasara for the first time, triggering controversy. Organisers have begun preparing a slush track, gallery and facilities. Critics call the water-intensive sport unsuited to Dasara's heritage amid a severe drought, while backers argue the centuries-old folk tradition deserves a stage at the State festival, or Nada Habba.
The Indian Coast Guard has rescued 170 people over three days during flood-relief operations across South Gujarat and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, after heavy rain triggered flooding from July 22. Combining helicopter sorties and ground teams, it airlifted 63 stranded residents from Navsari's Mendar village and evacuated 60 from a Welspun industrial area.
The IMD forecasts widespread rain across India on Sunday, with Maharashtra and Odisha set for heavy to very heavy showers and Delhi expecting light rain. It has warned of flash-flood risk over 24 hours in parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch, and in Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Gujarat's Santalpur recorded 390mm in a day, amid an active monsoon trough.
A special court in Bhopal rejected the bail plea of retired judge Giribala Singh on Saturday, citing the gravity of charges in the dowry-death case of model and actor Twisha Sharma. Singh, Twisha's mother-in-law, and her son Samarth Singh were arrested over alleged dowry harassment, mental abuse and domestic violence after Twisha was found dead at her marital home on May 12.
Five people were killed in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district on Saturday when their car skidded off the road and plunged into a dam reservoir, police said. The crash happened around noon near Bhilkhedi junction, on the boundary of Pachore and Khujner police stations, when the vehicle lost control approaching a culvert. Police suspect they were trying to avoid an animal or vehicle.
Aneesh Mohan, 43, a geologist killed in a landslide at a tunnel construction site in Sikkim, was cremated at his home in Pampady near Kottayam on Saturday evening. Members of the public paid their respects, and Kerala Water Resources Minister Mons Joseph paid homage for the state government. His body was flown from Sikkim via Kolkata and Kochi with government help.
Contract workers of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams protested outside the TTD Administrative Building in Tirupati on Saturday, demanding the minimum monthly wage be raised to ₹26,000. CITU state vice-president Kandarapu Murali said the temple body must improve pay for staff serving thousands of daily pilgrims. The union also sought darshan access, prasadam entitlement and job security, warning of a stronger agitation.
India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has busted two gold-smuggling syndicates at Mumbai airport, seizing 15.764 kg of foreign-origin gold worth ₹23.63 crore and arresting eight. In 'Operation Sky Vault', officers recovered 12 kg of gold bars hidden aboard a flight from Addis Ababa. 'Operation Midas Mop' netted 3.76 kg of gold dust from a Dubai flight, with cleaning staff among the accused.
Bengaluru's Sampigehalli police have registered a sexual harassment case and are searching for an unidentified man after a viral video showed a woman passenger and a BMTC bus driver confronting him over alleged molestation on a moving bus on Friday. The clip claimed the man had been boarding buses on the Hebbal-Manyata route and inappropriately touching women. An FIR has been filed.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, submitting his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a month of student protests over alleged NEET paper leaks. The Cockroach Janta Party-led agitation at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, boosted by activist Sonam Wangchuk's 26-day hunger strike, had demanded accountability. Announcing his exit, Pradhan invoked 'youth power' and warned against 'anti-national forces' exploiting the unrest.
Authorities in Lucknow demolished a three-storey building on Saturday, 32 days after a June 22 fire killed 15 people. Bulldozers razed the structure, which housed a coaching centre and shops, amid sealed roads and heavy police. Approved for residential use, it was allegedly run commercially without fire safety. A 2016 demolition order over unauthorised construction had been withdrawn; owners face legal action.
West Bengal Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta on Saturday tabled the CAG reports in the state Assembly, saying they had not been presented for some years. He called that omission a 'constitutional lapse' and said the reports would expose the reasons behind West Bengal's debt of over ₹8 lakh crore. Dasgupta said the government wants a special Assembly session to discuss them.
Canadian police have charged Ritish Kumar, 22, with second-degree murder over the death of his partner Damanpreet Kaur, 23, from Samrala in Punjab's Ludhiana district. Edmonton Police found Kaur unresponsive with suspicious injuries on July 9; she died in hospital on July 12. Police called it an intimate-partner homicide and later said she was strangled. Kumar was arrested on July 22.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet was discussing moving Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to another ministry amid protests over the NEET-UG paper leak. At a Delhi press conference, Gandhi called that unacceptable, branded Pradhan 'corrupt and incompetent' and said the education system had been hijacked. He backed protesting students and demanded an apology from Modi.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the state government will table a Uniform Civil Code bill in the upcoming Winter Session of the Assembly. Speaking to reporters at Raipur airport on Friday, he reaffirmed the government's commitment to implementing the UCC. The announcement comes nearly a month after Chhattisgarh began the process by appointing a five-member committee to guide implementation.
A 20-year-old, Yashvendra, son of an Indian Army officer, died on Friday after the car he was driving skidded and fell into a drain in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj. Police said he lost control on a slippery stretch while taking a sharp turn near the Nangal Dewat signal. His friend, the car's owner, survived. A case was registered and a probe underway.
The student group AISA has called a Bihar bandh to protest police action against students agitating over the alleged NEET paper leak. Marches and sit-ins swept districts including Vaishali, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga, demanding Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation; effigies of Modi and Pradhan were burnt. In Jehanabad, police fired 20 to 30 rounds after protesters stoned the magistrate's residence.
India's Union Cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill toughening penalties for exam paper leaks, proposing up to 10 years' jail and fines of up to ₹10 crore, with a five-year minimum for individuals. Amending the 2024 anti-cheating law, it will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The government also plans statutory fast-track courts to rule within three months.
The Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra to assess a proposal for the symbolic immersion of large Plaster of Paris Ganesh idols. Under the plan, floated by PoP artisans, the feet of giant idols would be touched to natural water before civic bodies take them for recycling or eco-friendly storage. Smaller idols under six feet would continue going to artificial tanks.
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday urged the Centre to introduce and pass a bill restoring Jammu and Kashmir's statehood during the ongoing monsoon session. He said the government must honour its repeated commitments, calling statehood a constitutional and democratic imperative. The appeal followed a July 20 protest he led at Delhi's Jantar Mantar with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and legislators.
Jammu and Kashmir leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and MPs Engineer Rashid and Aga Syed Ruhullah have criticised mass arrests and the demolition of militants' family homes after the Anantnag attack that killed a policeman two days ago. At Friday's Jama Masjid Srinagar congregation, the Mirwaiz alleged over 2,000 young men had been detained as suspected 'over-ground workers' amid widespread harassment.
India's Supreme Court will hear two fresh petitions on Monday alleging police excesses during the July 20 crackdown on student protesters in Delhi. Chief Justice Surya Kant said in open court on Friday that no plea had previously been filed, criticising 'reckless' reports that the court had refused to list one. The CRPF said it is verifying media reports of pellet injuries.
Activist Sonam Wangchuk released a video from Delhi's Medanta Hospital on Friday denying he 'cut any deal' with the government by ending his hunger strike. He said he stopped fearing a crackdown on students protesting at Jantar Mantar. Wangchuk broke the fast around 12:30 am Friday as Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh looked on, with Nadda serving him soup.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Union ministers at Friday's Cabinet meeting to boost their Instagram presence and create reels to engage young people, CNN-News18 sources said. He asked how many actively used the platform, saying youth are the citizens the government must continuously reach. Modi himself posted a midnight reel opening with 'Friends,' as Gen Z-led Jantar Mantar protests dominate social media.
Kerala's opposition LDF has escalated its campaign against the ruling UDF government over an alleged cut in development funds for local self-government bodies. The Kannur district panchayat says ₹12.73 crore was slashed from its allocation, disrupting welfare schemes and projects. The LDF district committee has announced protest marches to local body offices on August 1 and 3 over the reduced Plan funds.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that a quarter of the flood-hit areas in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts remained cut off almost a week into an unprecedented deluge that has killed 61 people. He said nearly 11 lakh people across more than 2,000 villages have been affected, with heavy rain continuing to waterlog parts of Guwahati and other areas.
Nisarga Adhikary, the 19-year-old security researcher who exposed flaws in CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal, joined the Cockroach Janta Party protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Friday, its seventh week. He had reported authentication gaps, including a hard-coded master password bypassing two-factor authentication, to CERT-In; IIT Kanpur's C3iHub later hired him. Friday's two-hour government-CJP talks agreed some measures but deadlocked over resignations.
West Bengal's new BJP government under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is reopening cases from the previous TMC era. Police have launched 458 fresh inquiries, filed 181 FIRs and reopened 59 cases over the 2021 post-poll violence, with 170-plus in Birbhum. The 2022 Bogtui massacre and 2024 RG Kar rape-murder are also under review, with three IPS officers suspended. TMC alleges political targeting.
The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered the State Police Chief to set up special squads in every district to trace and arrest offenders in hit-and-run cases. The Kochi court told the police force to coordinate and alert squads while tracking vehicles and drivers involved. It voiced concern that a growing number of such cases remain unsolved due to inadequate police attention.
Bihar's BJP-led NDA government has sparked a political row by deciding to repaint 551 model schools saffron and rename them 'Saraswati Vidya Niketan'. Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary inaugurated the schools in Begusarai on Sunday. Opposition RJD and AIMIM leaders alleged 'saffronisation' of education, while Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari said the colour honours Goddess Saraswati. Ally JD(U) distanced itself from the colour debate.
A 24-year-old, Kartik Dalal, suffered three spinal fractures when a basketball pole collapsed on him at Antriksh Heights in Gurgaon's Sector 84 on Sunday evening. CCTV footage shows a player hanging from the structure before it toppled onto Dalal, who stood beneath the basket. He is being treated in Sector 90. His family and the residents' association alleged maintenance negligence.
Three masked, armed men robbed Lakshmi Jewellers on Irani Road in Dahanu town, Maharashtra's Palghar district, around 4.30pm on Monday. Police said the trio held staff and customers at gunpoint, seized gold ornaments and cash, then fired several shots while escaping by motorcycle through the crowded market. CCTV went viral online. The stolen value is unconfirmed and no arrests have been made.
Rajasthan's BJP government told the High Court on Monday it will complete the delayed panchayat and urban local body elections by November 15, once the OBC Political Representation Commission submits its report in August to set seat reservations. The court had earlier ordered delimitation finished by December 31 and polls held by April 15, a deadline the state missed.
A landslide sealed the under-construction Samardung tunnel at Mamring in South Sikkim on Monday afternoon, and the NDRF said one body had been recovered with 27 workers still feared trapped. A methane leak released by the slide has slowed the rescue, with some responders reported dizzy or unconscious. The tunnel is being built by Patel Engineering for NHPC's Teesta Stage VI hydro project.
Floods and rain-triggered landslips killed six people in Assam and Meghalaya over 48 hours, taking the northeast's toll to at least 25 since late June. Assam's disaster authority said five died in Jorhat and Karbi Anglong. Flooding worsened on Monday, affecting 3.63 lakh people across 16 districts, and railways cancelled, diverted or short-terminated several passenger trains in the state.
Aston Villa signed Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes, 25, from relegated Wolverhampton on Monday, using part of the proceeds from selling Morgan Rogers to Chelsea in a British transfer record deal. Villa did not disclose the Gomes fee, reported at 35 million pounds. He follows the club's record buy Johan Manzambi, who cost over 50 million pounds from Freiburg.
The Supreme Court on Monday suggested a Special Investigation Team of senior police officers look into alleged embezzlement of donations to the Ram temple trust, while warning petitioners against turning a straightforward criminal complaint into politics. The complainants want a CBI inquiry and publication of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust's full finances, including foreign contributions. The bench will pass orders on July 27.
Thousands of largely young, student protesters pushed through barricades and reached within about 100 metres of Parliament on Monday before being tear-gassed and baton-charged, The Hindu reported from the scene. A senior official said roughly 3,000 personnel were outnumbered despite an internet shutdown. The leaderless crowd, marching from Jantar Mantar over NEET exam grievances, was finally blocked by buses near the complex.
A senior Indian official told journalists on Monday that the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty needs review and renegotiation and will not function again in its present form, saying any revival of river-sharing provisions must take a different shape. India suspended the treaty after the April 2025 Pahalgam attack. The official also argued the move sets no precedent for China's Brahmaputra dam.
Delhi Police said more than 118 personnel were hurt during Monday's CJP protest, among them a Special Commissioner, a Joint Commissioner and several women officers, and that around 60 protesters were also injured. The force said demonstrators pelted stones, breached barricades and damaged 15 to 20 government vehicles. About 70 people were detained and an FIR is being registered.
Four Indian seafarers died and one was left critically ill when the commercial vessel MV Golden Leo came under attack while departing the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Seventeen crew were aboard, five of them Indian. The ministry condemned the targeting of commercial shipping and said its mission in Ukraine is assisting those affected.
Two brothers in Karnataka's Davangere district exhumed their mother's body 79 days after burial and were carrying it by motorcycle towards a district hospital when they were stopped. Eeramma, 58, died at home on April 29 and an initial post-mortem concluded suicide, which her sons dispute, alleging injuries indicate foul play. Police have filed an FIR over the unauthorised exhumation.
Suresh Battini, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, said in Visakhapatnam on Monday that direct tax collections across the two states grew 19.47% in the opening quarter of 2026-27. Net collections reached Rs 41,568 crore by 17 July, with Andhra Pradesh contributing Rs 6,607 crore, a rise of 17%. He credited wider taxpayer participation and compliance.
Delhi Police say more than 70 people have been detained and several FIRs registered after violence at the Jantar Mantar protest, with CCTV and phone recordings being examined to identify those involved. Unnamed police sources claim some posts about the unrest trace to Pakistani accounts, including a false report of seven deaths. Officers say over 50 personnel were injured by stone-pelting.
The National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance on Monday of reports that two teachers at a government school in Liwali village, Sawai Madhopur, searched Class 9 and 11 girls after one said Rs 1,000 had gone missing. The students were allegedly beaten and made to remove clothing; no money was found. The panel has sought a state report.
Droupadi Murmu arrived in Chisinau on Monday, the first visit to Moldova by an Indian head of state, opening a three-nation European tour focused on trade, technology and tourism. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi received her at the airport. She is due to hold delegation-level talks with President Maia Sandu, address a business forum and meet the Indian community.
Sonam Wangchuk called off his 23-day hunger strike on Monday after Union Minister JP Nadda met protesters at Jantar Mantar. He had been moved to Safdarjung Hospital on July 18 with dehydration, low potassium and rising ketone levels. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke also broke his fast, urged on by Wangchuk and a bereaved father, saying the education reform campaign continues.
Telangana launched its Indiramma Indlu housing scheme for Hyderabad's Core Urban Region on Monday, with ministers unveiling the online application form at the state secretariat. Unlike the rural version, these will be 582 sq ft flats in high-rise towers. The government will contribute a Rs 5 lakh subsidy, with beneficiaries expected to put in around Rs 6 lakh.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar warned Karnataka officials against negligence in handling the drought, naming drinking water, cattle fodder, crop-loss insurance and new borewells in rural areas as the priorities. He pressed them to make field visits instead of relying on paperwork and data, and to be ready with facts and figures for inspection teams arriving shortly from the Centre.
Security checks ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's march to Parliament brought Delhi-NCR traffic to a crawl on Monday, with jams on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, DND Flyway, Ghazipur border and Sarai Kale Khan. Some commuters reported journeys of over two hours. The Metro shut Rajiv Chowk, Janpath, Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat and Seva Teerth stations, stranding passengers.
After Vikram-1 reached a 450km orbit on July 18, Skyroot has become India's first spacetech unicorn at a $1.1 billion valuation, pricing launches at $5-10 million and targeting quarterly flights this year rising to monthly by 2027. India's space economy is projected to climb from $8.4 billion to $44 billion by 2033, with Agnikul, Pixxel and Bellatrix chasing commercial contracts.
Candidates have alleged score and OMR discrepancies following the NEET UG 2026 re-test. Kanpur aspirant Arya Singh says her total showed 540 before dropping to 167 within hours, against the 609 her answer sheet suggested. The NTA counters that many sheets circulating online are fake or AI-generated and has warned of legal action. The re-test followed the exam's cancellation over a leak.
Santosh Mitra Square, whose Operation Sindoor pandal drew crowds last year and was inaugurated by Amit Shah, has chosen Vande Mataram as its 2026 Durga Puja theme, marking the song's 150th anniversary. Committee president and BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh said the pandal will trace its role in the freedom movement through lighting, sound and installations.
The Reserve Bank has invited global expressions of interest for polymer substrate sheets, signalling a pilot for Rs 10 and Rs 20 notes, the denominations that circulate hardest and wear out fastest. Polymer lasts two to four times longer than cotton paper and allows transparent windows that resist forgery. Earlier trials in 2013 and 2015 never reached nationwide circulation.
With blood banks struggling to find willing donors, Chennai families are proving a quiet answer. Shaikh Shamsudeen, 29, of George Town first gave blood in 2016 after an urgent call for AB Negative reached his New College classroom, following his father Shaikh Sadaqathullah. He now donates through the Madras Voluntary Blood Bureau, which marked its golden jubilee in April.
Gitanjali Angmo said the petition was wrongly interpreted after the Delhi High Court on Sunday declined to interfere with Sonam Wangchuk's treatment at Safdarjung Hospital. She questioned why the government could not have intervened democratically, with the family's trust. Wangchuk was taken there forcibly by Delhi Police on the 21st day of his hunger strike, and a fresh petition is due on July 20.
A Pran Pratishtha ceremony was held at Srinagar's historic Vichar Nag temple on Sunday, drawing scores of Kashmiri Pandits back to an area whose Pandit families fled during the militancy of the 1990s. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inspected the renovation and called the site's revival a bridge between past and present. Devotees performed yajna and havan after a long hiatus.
Protesters kept streaming into the Cockroach Janta Party's designated site at Jantar Mantar through the day, settling in for a night vigil ahead of Monday's planned march to Parliament. Organisers pressed on with preparations as the crowd swelled, turning the demonstration into an overnight occupation on the eve of the Monsoon Session's opening day in Delhi.
An organised supply chain is moving undocumented Bangladeshi migrants into India, with touts arranging their entry and transport to worksites nationwide. Employers tap the network for cheap unskilled labour in textiles and construction, while forged documents let migrants work and even enrol as voters. Assam is now seeking legal accountability for the Indian employers involved.
Police have stepped up security across Delhi before the start of the Parliament session and the Cockroach Janta Party's planned rally, with prohibitory orders in force until August 22. Officers noted the CJP had not sought permission for its march to Parliament, setting up a potential confrontation as protesters gather in the capital.
Andy Burnham has dropped a digital ID scheme to prioritise cost-of-living measures, allies say. The Greater Manchester mayor, nicknamed the 'King of the North' for his work in northwestern England, is set to replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister on July 20, when he has said he will also unveil his cabinet.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to seek parliamentary approval for extra expenditure, driven by higher outgo on fertiliser subsidies and electronics manufacturing schemes. GST and direct tax collections remain on track, and DIPAM is pushing for further disinvestment receipts. Completing the IDBI Bank transaction could provide meaningful fiscal comfort.
The Cockroach Janta Party's protest site at Jantar Mantar overflowed as crowds swelled to unprecedented levels following activist Sonam Wangchuk's forced hospitalisation. The turnout came ahead of the party's planned march to Parliament, with Wangchuk's removal from his hunger strike galvanising demonstrators and sharpening the confrontation with authorities.
The government will move a bill in the Rajya Sabha to make insulting Vande Mataram a criminal offence, amending legislation dating to 1971. In parallel, the Lok Sabha is due to take up a separate bill increasing the number of Supreme Court judges, as the Monsoon Session opens with a heavy legislative agenda.
Kerala's forest department has flagged 23 Google Maps listings located inside reserve forests in Kozhikode as misleading. Officials say unauthorised map pins and user-uploaded photographs are encouraging people to enter protected areas illegally. The divisional forest officer has sought removal of the listings, citing trespassing, public safety risks and human-wildlife conflict.
Bihar's Chief Minister inaugurated a Rs 130.88-crore link that will divert floodwaters and improve farm productivity. Part of a wider river-interlinking project, it is expected to reduce flood intensity across northern Bihar, Choudhary said. He also inaugurated 551 schools and outlined further measures to strengthen education infrastructure in the state.
At least eight people died and 15 were injured after landslides triggered by incessant rain and a cloudburst caused widespread destruction in and around Mon town in Nagaland. The state announced ex-gratia payments of Rs 4 lakh for each victim's family and Rs 74,000 for those injured as rescue work continued.
Kerala Minister Bindu Krishna called on students to form a united front against narcotics while presiding over the 'Focus Kollam' Minister's Excellence Award-2026 ceremony. The event recognised high-achieving students from the Kollam constituency, with the minister linking academic achievement to resisting substance abuse among young people.
Residents near Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai are opposing a proposed stone quarry and crusher unit, warning it could contaminate groundwater and nearby waterbodies. They say the operation would also disrupt agricultural activity in the area, and have pressed authorities to reconsider clearances for the project.
Locomotive pilots have demanded that disciplinary action against a motorman be dropped, arguing he averted a potential disaster caused by a signal failure. They contend he cannot reasonably be held blameworthy for an incident rooted in equipment malfunction rather than operator error.
Two complaints alleging illegal diversion of forest land and an irregular timber auction in the Chalakudy forest division, along with the Plantation Corporation of Kerala's continued use of reserved forest land, will come before the Central Empowered Committee in New Delhi on July 20.
The PMK has organised a signature campaign urging the Tamil Nadu government to formally notify the extent of the Pallikaranai marshland. Speaking at the campaign, the party president criticised former DMK minister P.K. Sekarbabu, who headed the CMDA, for failing to act as a watchdog over real estate development in the state.
A first-of-its-kind UNFPA survey of adults aged 18 to 39 across 73 countries, including India, finds that young people are not turning away from relationships or family life even as marriage rates decline and fertility hits historic lows. Marriage remains a common ideal, though respondents say their decisions are increasingly shaped by constraints.
An analysis by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative found that fewer than half of 483 Lok Sabha MPs attended 90 to 100 percent of sittings in the budget session that ended in April. Just 101 MPs signed the register for all 31 sittings. Smaller parties recorded the highest average attendance.
India has issued a fresh advisory asking nationals to postpone travel to Iran amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington. The Indian embassy in Tehran said those intending to travel should defer plans until the security environment improves, and advised Indians already in the country to consider leaving temporarily using available flight options.
West Bengal has declared a holiday for school students on Monday so they can watch the Argentina-Spain World Cup final, which kicks off after midnight at 12:30am IST. The Directorate of School Education directed morning schools to relax attendance requirements or shut, following similar moves by Mizoram and Kerala.
The All India Students' Association's national president and two colleagues are continuing a hunger strike demanding reforms in education, keeping Neha among the most visible faces of the CJP protests. She vowed to press on, saying she wants to remind people that divisive politics is not their legacy.
A proposal to resume dredging at Korapuzha has prompted an environmental organisation to demand a scientific assessment first. It has called for an expert committee including a marine ecologist and a representative of local residents to evaluate the plan to deepen the estuary before any further decision is taken.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the BJP government in West Bengal is delivering on its promise of 'Sonar Bangla' as he virtually laid the foundation stone for a Rs 700-crore Amul dairy project at Sankrail in Howrah.
Activist Sonam Wangchuk will end his hunger strike if the issue of education accountability is raised during Parliament's Monsoon Session, his wife Gitanjali conveyed at the Jantar Mantar protest. She relayed his appeal that Monday's march be conducted peacefully and that the protest not be misused.
The INL has alleged that the Kerala Chief Minister conspired with the Waqf Minister and the IUML to reconstitute the state Waqf Board after the existing board refused to compromise on the Munambam land issue, framing the move as politically motivated.
At least 11 people have died and several remain missing after flash floods triggered by heavy rain struck Jammu and Kashmir, with rescue operations continuing. Home Minister Amit Shah assured the Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister of all possible central assistance for the safety of those affected.
Ahead of the Monsoon Session, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh urged the DMK and TDP to defend their record on delimitation and keep the 1971 Census as the basis for Lok Sabha seats, favouring a freeze until 2051. He dismissed talk of a uniform 50% seat rise as meaningless under Article 81(2)(a), noting the 131st Amendment Bill fell in April.
The Central Information Commission has directed the IITs to constitute high-level committees recommending measures to prevent student suicides, and to publish details of those panels on their official websites. The order came while disposing of RTI appeals by Dheeraj Kumar Singh, an IIT-Kanpur alumnus running a student mental health NGO, who sought figures for such deaths at four IITs since 2005.
Delhi Traffic Police told commuters to avoid Rafi Marg, Raisina Road, Parliament Street, Ashoka Road and other central stretches from Monday as the Monsoon Session opens, suggesting Janpath, Akbar Road and Shanti Path instead. Police separately said no permission was sought or granted for the proposed march to Parliament, with Section 163 prohibitory orders covering New Delhi district except Jantar Mantar.