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.

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.

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.