An explosion at the Vyasa Vidya Peethom primary school in Vadakanthara, Palakkad, has triggered panic and a political controversy in Kerala. The blast occurred on Wednesday evening when a 10-year-old student unknowingly threw an object that turned out to be a country bomb. The child sustained minor injuries, while an elderly woman nearby was also slightly hurt.

The Supreme Court on Friday modified its August 11 direction prohibiting release of stray dogs from dog shelters in Delhi-NCR, and said the picked up canines be sterilised, vaccinated and released back in the same area.

The Guwahati Crime Branch on Thursday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma on the basis of a complaint filed by a local resident alleging that he had uploaded a video ridiculing both the Assam and the Union governments, a senior police officer said.

Thrissur: The Swami Shaswatheekananda Cultural Centre has selected Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar for the first-ever Sree Narayana Guru Sahodarya Award.

Saharanpur (UP): Four friends travelling from Meerut to Ambala to visit a temple had a narrow escape after their car, guided by Google Maps, plunged into a pond in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said on Thursday.

New Delhi: China fully opposes the US move of imposing tariffs of up to 50 per cent on India and Washington's threat to increase it, Chinese envoy Xu Feihong said here on Thursday.

Greater Noida / El Dorado Hills, August 21, 2025 — Blackstone portfolio company R Systems International Limited, a global leader in digital product engineering, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Novigo Solutions, a Mangaluru-headquartered specialist in low-code/no-code (LCNC) development and intelligent automation services.

Jaisalmer: Fossil-like remains, including a large bone-shaped structure and petrified wood, have been discovered during the excavation of a pond near a village in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, raising the possibility of the site being linked to the prehistoric dinosaur era.