Sharad Navratri 2025: Are Maha Ashtami and Maha Navami falling on same day?
Navratri 2025 begins on September 23 and ends on October 1. Maha Ashtami falls on September 30, while Maha Navami is on October 1. Both days have distinct rituals like Sandhi Puja, Kanya Pujan, and Saraswati Puja, making them spiritually significant and celebrated separately across India.
UP govt takes BIG step, bans caste-based reference in police records, public spaces, political rallies; check details
However, the government has clarified that exemptions will apply in cases filed under the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, where identifying caste remains a necessary legal requirement.
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Air India plane crash report: ‘Privacy and dignity must…’
On June 12, an Air India plane scheduled for London crashed shortly after taking off from the Ahmedabad international airport, killing 241 people on board and many others on the ground. Only one passenger survived the crash. Read on to know more on this.
Capabilities like BrahMos, 1000 km range: India to soon test a new ITCM missile; details inside
This test is a significant step towards providing India with a versatile and long-range subsonic cruise missile.
Supreme Court issues BIG remark on defamation law: ‘Time has come to…’
A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma made the comment as it agreed to hear pleas filed by news portal The Wire seeking to quash summons in a defamation case. The SC’s comment marks a major shift from a 2016 judgment. Read on to know more on this.
New Expressway to reduce travel time between Ayodhya and Varanasi by…, check details
The NHAI is building a 200-kilometre expressway between Ayodhya and Varanasi, which will reduce the travel time between them from five hours to just two. The expressway will also connect to the Purvanchal Expressway.
India’s plan to tap Myanmar’s rare earth elements at risk? Know here
Myanmar’s Kachin is under the control of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of Myanmar’s most powerful armed ethnic groups.
While praising Charlie Kirk’s commitment to free speech, Texas leaders move to punish students celebrating his death
Gov. Greg Abbott called for a student to be expelled for celebrating Kirk’s death. Legal experts say the student’s speech is likely constitutionally protected.
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