Karnataka government on Wednesday sought Kerala’s cooperation to ensure the safety and smooth movement of devotees from the state undertaking the annual Sabarimala pilgrimage from November to January, amid reports of heavy crowds.

New Delhi: A new report by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has said that Pakistan’s military success during its four-day clash with India in May 2025 widely referred to as Operation Sindoor was significantly driven by the deployment of advanced Chinese weaponry. The findings, published in the Commission’s 2025 Annual Report and reported by The Wire, state that Beijing used the conflict not only as a real-world testing ground for its next-generation military systems but also as a platform to push defence exports globally.

Fifty CPI (Maoist) cadres were arrested across five districts in Andhra Pradesh in a coordinated, intelligence-led operations, poliec said on Wednesday.

Months after the government increased renewal charges for older vehicles, the transport ministry has raised the fitness test fee for motor vehicles older than 20 years to discourage people from keeping them.

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said the Delhi blast has put a "very serious question mark" on the government's security policy and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should soon answer in Parliament on the "lapse".

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said one of the main reasons for the success of the tiger conservation project in the country is the continuous monitoring by a centralised authority.

The Maharashtra State Election Commission on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that the use of VVPAT machines was not mandatory for local body polls, and it was also not technically feasible.

In a concerning development, Kashmiri students studying outside the Union Territory are reporting increasing harassment, social isolation and suspicion following the arrests linked to “white-collar terror module” and the recent Red Fort blast.