The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the state government’s newly-launched “Priyadarshini Scheme, which provides free travel to all women and transgender persons in ordinary KSRTC buses.
Bihar Police arrested Rajesh Sah, the main accused in the life-threatening attack on Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother, Bijendra Nath Tiwari. The weapon allegedly used in the crime and blood-stained clothes have also been recovered.
As many as eight women who underwent cesarean sections at Jodhpur’s Paota District Hospital developed worrisome postoperative complications, alerting doctors and higher authorities following maternal deaths in Bikaner and Kota in similar situations.
Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta has announced plans to convert the abandoned Charra airstrip into a regional connectivity airport under the UDAN scheme.
The Opposition CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) staged a walkout in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday after Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan rejected its notice for an adjournment motion on the alleged failure of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government to prevent the spread of diseases like Nipah, Shigella, Monkeypox, and Dengue.
Suvendu Adhikari alleged that corruption, including the “cut-money culture” and extortion, had adversely affected industrialisation in West Bengal over the years.
Indian Railways has approved additional stoppages for four trains at Patuwas Mehrana, Hansi, and Bijainagar stations to enhance passenger convenience across Haryana and Rajasthan.
Sleuths of the Military Intelligence and the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have detained a woman allegedly linked to the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a sleeper cell operative.
The Bihar Police uncovered a major cheating racket during the NEET UG 2026 re-examination in the state with the arrest of 30 people for allegedly helping candidates clear the medical entrance test through impersonation.
BJP MP Raju Bista said the state budget focuses on employment generation, women’s empowerment, education, healthcare and regional development despite inheriting a substantial debt burden.
