In a display of selfless courage and compassion, residents of Nirmal Jote village of the district turned a festive Eid al-Adha into a day of rescue and sacrifice following the tragic railway accident near Rangapani station, where the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express collided with a goods train, resulting in at least 9 fatalities and injuries to 50 passengers.

The goods train that rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal on Monday was allowed to cross all red signals as the automatic signalling had "failed", internal documents show.

A video of JDU MP Devesh Chandra Thakur expressing his displeasure towards the Yadav and Muslim communities of his constituency at Sitamarhi in Bihar has gone viral on Monday. In the controversial video, Thakur is seen openly stating that he wouldn’t work for people from the two communities, reported ABP Live.

A MESCOM lineman was electrocuted while working on an electric pole at Parla near Alekkadi on Monday.

The Indian Navy has thanked the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for timely medical evacuation of a crew member of INS Shivalik on Monday despite inclement weather conditions in the western Pacific Ocean.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar should be stopped from taking oath as the Lok Sabha member, amid a controversy after he won the Mumbai North West seat by a thin margin of 48 votes.

The world's nine nuclear-armed states continue to modernise their nuclear weapons as the countries deepened their reliance on such deterrence in 2023, a Swedish think tank said on Monday.

Forced into a short break to mend a niggle, Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will return to competitive action at the Paavo Nurmi Games here on Tuesday against a stellar field, hoping to continue his build-up to Paris Games with renewed vigour.