Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and folk singer Maithili Thakur has sparked controversy after stating during her campaign that she would rename Alinagar constituency in Bihar’s Darbhanga district to Sitanagar if elected.

The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi.

Former Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Saturday lauded the people of Dakshina Kannada district for their remarkable contribution to India’s economy and their achievements in banking, hospitality, art, literature, music, and cinema.

As Bihar prepares for the upcoming Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday announced a series of welfare measures for members of the state’s panchayati raj system, including plans to double their allowances, offer pension benefits, and provide enhanced insurance coverage, if the INDIA bloc is elected to power in the state.

In an incident reported from Tilaknagar Main Road on Saturday evening, a 35-year-old woman was found dead with injuries to her head and neck on the back seat of a parked autorickshaw.

A Customs officer was injured when a mob allegedly barged into his residence and beat him up, following a reported altercation with an autorickshaw driver over rash driving in Rajpur area near Kolkata, police said.

Close to 8,000 schools across the country had zero enrolments during the 2024-25 academic session, with West Bengal accounting for most such schools, followed by Telangana, according to official data.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the national song 'Vande Mataram' depicted a vibrant and magnificent image of India, and urged citizens to make the 150th year of the song memorable by carrying forward its values for future generations.