West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee met Bangladesh High Commissioner M Riaz Hamidullah at the state secretariat Nabanna for the first time in 9 years. The courtesy meeting was held to discuss motives behind incidents like the vandalism of a site linked to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh.

Dhubri, a Muslim majority district in Assam bordering Bangladesh, descended into chaos as communal violence took root. The cause— suspected cattle remains near a Hanuman temple right around Eid Al Adha.

What was a popular picnic spot, turned into a nightmare for tourists when an aging iron footbridge over the Indrayani River in Kundmala collapsed in Pune’s Maval taluka. Although eye witness accounts claim higher numbers, at least four casualties have been reported with over 30 injured, among which 6 critical.

The government of Kerala is pressing the central government to amend the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 to allow controlled culling of wild animals that have been threatening human lives and livelihoods in the state.

Bihar seems to have a penchant of being in the news be it owing to JP’s call of total revolution or the Bhagalpur blindings or the fodder scam. The state may.find itself in the news again soon post a  new leader whose political party is part of the NDA coalition has thrown his hat in the ring for the chief minister’s post  even as   the state inches closer to election.

The Maharashtra government has announced it’s intention to integrate basic military training for students in state run schools from class 1. School Education Minister Dadaji Bhuse aims to instill love for the nation, discipline and physical fitness in young learners from the very beginning of their formative years.