Union Heavy Industries and Steel Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to consider introducing a Vande Bharat Express service between Bengaluru and Madgaon in Goa via coastal Karnataka.

 A court in Surajpur refused the Uttar Pradesh government’s request to withdraw prosecution in the 2015 lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq and directed that the case be taken up for expedited trial with daily hearings.

In an effort to strengthen security in prisons, AI-based camera surveillance systems are being tested on a pilot basis at Parappana Agrahara prison in Bengaluru and the Mysuru prison. Once the system proves successful, similar arrangements will be implemented in other prisons, including Mangaluru, said Alok Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in charge of the State Prisons Department.

The Reserve Bank of India has invited applications for lateral recruitment of professionals across multiple specialised roles, including data scientists, analysts and technology experts, to fill 93 vacancies. Interested candidates can apply through the central bank’s official website, rbi.org.in, with the application window closing on January 6, 2026.

Scroll.in, India’s trusted digital magazine, was launched in 2014 when the mainstream media seemed to be shying away from its primary responsibilities in a democracy. At that time, social media, especially Facebook, was expanding rapidly in India.

Four engineering students were allegedly held captive and robbed of Rs 1.5 lakh while returning after having biryani at a popular food joint on the outskirts of the city, police said on Tuesday.

Nearly 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order as part of Delhi Police’s robust security arrangements for Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations, an official said on Tuesday.

Qatar Museums and the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) have entered into a five-year strategic agreement aimed at developing Museum-in-Residence educational initiatives in India and Qatar, with a focus on children’s cultural learning.