President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said that Naxalites across the country have been giving up the path of violence and joining the mainstream.

A 51-year-old Yakshagana artiste died of heart attack before he could return to the green room and take off his costume after his performance during a show in Souda of Kundapura taluk on Wednesday night.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called for a collective effort to make Bengaluru plastic-free by 2030, revealing that the city produces 900 tonnes of plastic waste daily.

More than 50,000 children in conflict with the law remain stuck in a slow-moving justice system where over half the cases are pending at 362 Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs), according to a new India Justice Report (IJR) study released on Thursday. 

 A group of students of a government-run primary school in Maharashtra's Palghar district fled to a jungle after teachers allegedly beat them for failing to fetch water on time, an official said on Thursday.

The US has approved the sale of Excalibur Projectiles, Javelin Missile System and related equipment totalling over 90 million dollars to India, which Washington described as an “important force” for political stability and peace in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia regions.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday slammed the BJP-led Union government for rejecting the state's request to relax moisture norms for paddy procurement and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately intervene to protect the state's farmers.

Social media influencer Orhan Awatramani, popularly known as Orry, has been summoned by the Mumbai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) in connection with the high-profile Rs 252-crore drug trafficking and manufacturing case.