Industrialist Gautam Adani’s Adani Group will now have a major role in organising one of India’s most prestigious religious festivals – the Rath Yatra in Puri, Odisha, after the huge success of Maha Kumbh Mela. The group started a massive effort which will provide free food and drinks to all.

Security forces on Thursday “neutralised” one terrorist during an encounter in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Suspension of the IWT was one of the key decisions made by the centre after the April 22 Pahalgam tragedy which had claimed 26 lives. The Indus Waters Treaty – between a India and Pakistan – governs the use of the rivers under the Indus water system.