At the 11th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren sought to frame a larger debate that extends beyond funding demands and development schemes. His message was that resource-rich states such as Jharkhand should no longer be viewed merely as suppliers of minerals but as equal stakeholders in India’s growth story.
India’s long-term planning for the 2027 ODI World Cup begins with the three-match series against Afghanistan, starting in Dharamsala on Saturday. While the immediate focus will be on winning the series, the team management will also use the opportunity to assess players and combinations for the future.
According to officials, the explosion occurred in the forward area along the LoC during a training exercise.
Opposition parties demand action against police officials and local administrators.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday presented his government’s two-year report card, highlighting achievements in welfare, education, healthcare, infrastructure, industry and governance while reaffirming the goal of building a “Prosperous Odisha” by 2036.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday directed the Jammu and Kashmir Police, CAPFs, and other security agencies to establish a multi-layered security grid along the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra route.
The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday described the alleged harassment, assault and public humiliation of Chameli Ojha, Sarpanch of Tikhiri Panchayat in Kendrapara district, as an assault on grassroots democracy and a grave affront to the dignity of elected women representatives.
A woman police officer sustained head injuries, while three other police personnel were also injured after enraged villagers pelted stones at police and administrative officials during an encroachment removal drive in Palsodi village of Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district on Friday.
The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the District and Sessions Judge, Ernakulam, to transmit the memory card and pen drive containing the visuals of the assault in the 2017 actress assault case in a sealed cover to the Registrar General of the High Court.
Hockney spent 88 years looking at the world more carefully than the rest of us. He painted what he saw. He drew it on iPads. He argued with cameras about how eyes actually work. On 11 June 2026, he stopped looking.
