‘I just could not believe…’: Indian chess star Vantika Agarwal on meeting with PM Modi

Vantika Agarwal, India’s chess Olympiads gold medalist, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and recalled being felicitated by him as a nine-year-old.
Paracetamol, Antacid, Pan D among 53 drugs to fail regulator’s quality test

Among the medicines flagged as NSQ are paracetamol tablets (500 mg), the anti-diabetic drug Glimepiride, high blood pressure medication Telma H (Telmisartan 40 mg), acid reflux medication Pan D, and calcium supplements Shelcal C and D3.
‘Why should I resign?’, asks Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah amid protests by BJP leaders

The CM said that there were allegations against Union Minister and former Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy, yet he hasn’t resigned, so why should he.
After UP, Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh makes it mandatory for…

The action was taken after some Hindu groups in Himachal Pradesh protested against the…
Mumbai court sentences Sanjay Raut to 15 days imprisonment in defamation case

Medha Somaiya, in her complaint filed through advocate Vivekanand Gupta, had alleged that Raut made baseless and completely defamatory allegations against her and her husband.
Jharkhand: Two wagons of goods train carrying steel derail near Bokaro’s Tupkadih station; 15 trains diverted

The goods train was carrying a steel consignment from Bokaro Steel Plant and overturned on the main line between Tupkadih and Bokaro stations. The incident occurred near the northern cabin yard of Tupkadih station and affected train movement on the Bokaro-Gomo section.
Mumbai rains: Schools, colleges in Mumbai to remain closed today due to heavy rains, IMD issues ‘red’ alert till…

Pune District Collector Dr Suhas Diwase announced public holiday for all schools and colleges in Pune city and Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday in view of incessant rainfall as predicted by IMD.
‘She was under…’: Lucknow woman dies after falling off chair in office due to…

A Lucknow woman, working with HDFC Bank, has died after falling off a chair in her office. As per a media report, she was reportedly under work stress.
Does India have peace plan for ending Russia-Ukraine conflict? EAM S Jaishankar says…

Responding to a question on what is India going to do to help solve the conflict, Jaishankar said, “We think at some point there will be a negotiation, and such a negotiation has to obviously include the parties. It cannot be a one-sided negotiation.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Court denies bail to Sandip Ghosh, says ‘there might be capital punishment if…’

A Special court in Kolkata has denied bail to ex-Principal of RG Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh and suspended police officer Abhijit Mondal — the two accused in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at the medical facility.