Month: September 2026

Paper Leak: NTA debars Latur coaching centre owner’s son from NEET-UG for two years

September 24, 2026 admin

Image used for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos The National Testing Agency (NTA) has debarred the son of a Latur-based coaching centre owner and paper leak case accused Shivraj Motegaonkar from appearing for the NEET-UG examination for two years. Motegaonkar, arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in this year’s NEET-UG paper leak…

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Engineering student’s ‘suicide’ turns out to be murder; two arrested

September 24, 2026 admin

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos What initially appeared to be the ‘death by suicide’ of a 21-year-old engineering student after consuming pesticide turned into a murder case after Peddpalli police found that she had allegedly been forced to consume it and that a note was part of an attempt to make…

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At least nine killed as sleeper bus catches fire on Yamuna Expressway; driver, conductor arrested for culpable homicide

September 24, 2026 admin

A passenger bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway. Photo credit @ANI/X At least nine passengers, including a woman, were killed after a sleeper bus carrying around 35–40 people caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway near the 33-km marker late on Wednesday night (September 23, 2026), triggering a massive rescue operation. The bus was travelling…

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Ukraine sent two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, Zelenskyy says

September 24, 2026 admin

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 23, 2026, in New York City. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Ukraine has transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on ‌Wednesday (September 23,…

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Xi says China, U.S. should be ‘partners rather than rivals’: state media

September 24, 2026 admin

China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan disembark upon their arrival ahead of a state visit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping urged cooperation with the United States, Beijing’s state media reported, hours after being greeted in Washington on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) evening local…

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Residents complain about irregular water supply

September 24, 2026 admin

Residents of Melachokkanathapuram laying a siege to the town panchayat office in Theni district on Wednesday. Residents of Melachokkanathapuram near Bodinayakanur in Theni district on Wednesday staged a protest at the Town Panchayat office complaining about the irregular water supply to the village. The residents said the water supply to the village had been disrupted…

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‘Super El Niño’ projected to cause 15,800 additional heat deaths in India, says report

September 24, 2026 admin

India could see an estimated 15,800 additional heat-related deaths, give or take 1,600, between September 2026 and February 2027, as the current ‘Super El Niño’ drives unusually high temperatures, according to a report made public on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) by the Climate Impact Lab. The estimate is relative to average conditions during the corresponding…

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One year of Leh violence that killed four: What happened in 2025?

September 24, 2026 admin

Vehicles torched by demonstrators is pictured along a street in Ladakh. | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar As Ladakh marks one year of the Leh violence that killed four people, climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk has slammed the delay in making public the judicial panel report on the September 2025 police action. The Ladakhi activist…

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Veeramani sex abuse case: Tamil Nadu Congress leader says he told Chennai Police about scandal two years ago

September 24, 2026 admin

In a twist to the sensational child sexual abuse case allegedly involving Gem Granites owner R. Veeramani, a Congress leader on Wednesday (September 23, 2026) said he had informed the Chennai Police about the crime as early as in November 2024. The following month, he had also shared with the police a video clip in…

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Sagar hooch tragedy: Two more key accused held after encounter; 39 arrested so far

September 23, 2026 admin

Two prime accused in the hooch tragedy that has claimed 20 lives so far in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district were held after a brief encounter on Wednesday (September 23, 2026), officers said. According to the police, Manish Lodhi alias Yashwant Thakur and his accomplice Ashish Sahu were held after a brief encounter around 3 a.m….

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