A recent ballistic missile strike by Iran on Israel has heightened fears of a broader Middle Eastern conflict, driving crude oil prices up by 4% overnight due to concerns over potential supply disruptions. As oil prices continue to rise, experts are cautioning that India, heavily dependent on energy imports, could face significant economic challenges.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed disappointment over the lack of special assistance from the central government following the devastating landslides in Wayanad. He stated that despite requesting an emergency relief fund of Rs 291 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund, only Rs 145.6 crore, which was previously sanctioned, has been provided. "This is a routine procedure and not specific disaster-related aid," Vijayan emphasised.

JD(S) social media Vice President Vijay Tata has filed a police complaint against party leader and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and MLC Ramesh Gowda, alleging that they demanded Rs 50 crore from him and issued death threats.

Fifty-six years after his death in an Indian Air Force plane crash, the body of soldier Narayan Singh will be returned to his ancestral village in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, on Thursday, where it will be received by his extended family.

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has claimed that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar used to eat meat and was not against cow slaughter.

In a setback to the BJP, its senior leader and former MP Ashok Tanwar joined the Congress at a rally of Rahul Gandhi in Mahendragarh district in Haryana on Thursday, two days before the state goes to polls.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, facing probe into the MUDA 'scam' case, on Thursday asserted that he is conducting himself in accordance with his conscience and confident that truth would prevail as he once again rejected opposition calls for his scalp.

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and several others from Ladakh paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial Rajghat on Wednesday evening and later said they have been released from police detention and ended their fast.