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A special anti-corruption court in Ayodhya has extended the judicial custody of eight accused in the Ram temple donation theft case until September 18. The accused, mostly bank employees involved in counting donations, were arrested in June after an SIT probe.

Two people lost their lives and over 200 ‘Govindas’ were injured during Dahi Handi celebrations in Maharashtra. A seven-year-old boy died in Mumbai after a brick column collapsed, while a woman in Pune was killed when an iron frame fell on her.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing students at Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce centenary celebrations, contrasted India’s current economic and social strength with the crises of 2008 and 2013. He expressed confidence in the youth, envisioning India as a hub of research, space exploration, and even hosting the Olympics in the future.

Panic broke out at Patna University on Teachers’ Day after a crude sutli bomb was allegedly hurled into the campus from the Ashok Rajpath double-decker bridge. The blast caused loud noise and smoke but no casualties.

Did Narendra Modi make India perform better than it would otherwise have? A new study reconstructs the India that might have been and draws a stark conclusion: his era represents a “tale of broken promises”

India thrashed Pakistan by seven wickets in the Women’s Asia Cup, with young spinners Shree Charani and Prema Rawat taking three wickets each to bowl Pakistan out for 55. Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma completed the chase comfortably

Population enumeration for Census 2027 will be conducted in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and non-snow-bound Uttarakhand from December 1, 2026, to January 4, 2027. Self-enumeration will run from November 16 to 30, with a revisional round following the exercise

A Delhi court has sent Sheshrao Bajrang Suryavanshi, the 14th accused arrested by the CBI in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, to 14 days of judicial custody. The court also allowed the agency to investigate additional suspects identified during its probe

Kangana Ranaut has backed the establishment of RSS-run schools in Himachal Pradesh if the BJP comes to power in the state. Her comments followed West Bengal's proposal for 1,000 Vidya Bharati institutions and criticism from opposition parties

YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s government of suppressing questions over alleged DSC 2025 recruitment irregularities by restricting social media content. He demanded a CBI probe and Education Minister Nara Lokesh’s resignation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended Shri Ram College of Commerce’s centenary celebrations in Delhi, praising its contribution to academic excellence and leadership. He arrived by metro, interacted with children and released a commemorative Rs 100 coin marking the institution’s 100th anniversary

A court in Ayodhya extended until September 18 the judicial custody of eight accused arrested in an alleged Ram temple donation theft case. The accused were associated with the donation-counting process, while investigators have reportedly recovered cash and valuables worth Rs 79.85 lakh

India’s metro rail network is expected to surpass the US in length within two years, Union Minister Manohar Lal said. India’s network has reached 1,170 km across 26 cities after the Indore extension, compared with America’s 1,386 km network

Gurugram police arrested a man for allegedly abducting and extorting a victim near Rajiv Chowk, forcing him into a car, obtaining his ATM PIN and withdrawing Rs 10,000. Police recovered the Swift car and are searching for the other accused

A 38-year-old Nagpur woman died after she was allegedly assaulted by her husband during an argument over cooking and her decision to attend a dance class. Police initially treated the death as accidental but later arrested her husband following post-mortem findings

The Supreme Court will launch a monthly lecture series on law, justice and legal education in September 2026, Chief Justice Surya Kant announced on Teachers’ Day. The initiative will promote dialogue among legal stakeholders and include an annual honour for distinguished legal educators

The Delhi High Court imposed Rs 1 lakh costs on DTC for pursuing a 32-year-old dispute over 17 months’ back wages owed to a bus conductor. The court called the prolonged litigation an abuse of process and avoidable expenditure of public money

IIT-Mandi researchers have identified nine rapidly expanding glacial lakes in Himachal Pradesh and warned of a growing risk of glacial lake outburst floods. The study found a significant rise in both the number and cumulative area of glacial lakes

A Bengaluru prison warden was allegedly assaulted and nearly strangled by five undertrial prisoners accused in the murder of former Bajrang Dal activist Suhas Shetty. Police booked the inmates for attempt to murder, while Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge called for prison reforms

TCS subsidiary HyperVault has secured 264 acres in Hyderabad to develop a 1 GW AI data centre campus with an investment of up to Rs 70,000 crore. The project will use liquid-cooled infrastructure, green energy and create thousands of jobs

The global billionaire population reached a record 3,795 in 2025, with combined wealth rising 12.8 per cent to $15.1 trillion, according to Altrata. The AI boom and technology stocks drove much of the growth, while wealth concentration intensified

Authorities demolished an alleged illegal mosque on government land inside Saharanpur Collectorate after a court rejected the mosque committee’s appeal. The action triggered political tensions, with opposition leaders questioning the demolition and announcing plans to challenge the matter before higher courts

Manipur Congress Legislature Party leader Keisham Meghachandra Singh accused the BJP government of lacking a concrete roadmap to restore peace in the violence-hit state. His remarks followed Assembly data stating that the ethnic conflict has claimed 306 lives, with 49 missing

Dahi Handi celebrations tuned tragic in Maharashtra, with a 45-year-old woman crushed to death after an iron structure collapsed during dismantling in Pune. In Mumbai, 22 govindas sustained injuries while forming human pyramids, with 21 later discharged.