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Painted blue and yellow, private buses in Kolkata are often seen racing down the city thoroughfares even as the commuters inside the vehicles send up silent prayers while trying to keep themselves somehow perched on the edges of their seats. These buses are seldom seen as identification markers of the city as trams or yellow taxies.
A very unsettling debate that concerns the whole West Bengal has been stirred by a fresh disclosure of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Data to the state Election Commission reveal that nearly 34 Lakh (3.4 million) Aadhaar card holders in the state have been marked as deceased. Just the sheer magnitude of the figure has been enough to make people stand and stare. As a matter of fact, the public outrage mainly revolves around the date of the occurrence, i.e. the day when revising the voter list in the state is in full swing.
Winning the mayoral election of New York, Zohran Mamdani has charted a remarkable course. As the first Muslim and South Asian mayor, he will be the first immigrant to ascend the City Hall in nearly 50 years.
The investigation into the Mahadev Online Book betting app has taken a dramatic turn, with fresh claims that a senior IPS officer may have played a part in protecting the illegal network. The news has left many people wondering how deep corruption might run in the system meant to uphold the law.
Philippines president Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. accompanied by First Lady Madame Louise Araneta Marcos arrive in Delhi for a five-day visit to India for strengthening India-Philippines relations and establish a path for future bilateral co-operation.
The four astronauts arrive at International Space Station via SpaceX capsule on August 2, 2025, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
On Wednesday, 127 years after they were removed during colonial rule, jewels that made up a portion of the Buddha’s revered Piprahwa relics—which had just been put up for auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong—were returned to India.
More than half of all tiger deaths in India since 2021 have happened outside of protected tiger reserves, according to data shared by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). From January 2021 to mid-2025, India recorded 667 tiger deaths, and 341 of them (around 51%) occurred outside reserves.
A thousand years after his reign, Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I (1014–1044 CE) has become a central figure in politics, drawing the attention of both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who are celebrating his legacy through parallel celebrations.
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