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India is modernising rapidly, says US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth amid growing strategic ties

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth described India as a powerful nation undergoing major military modernisation, highlighting deepening defence cooperation between New Delhi and Washington.

CNG gets costlier in Mumbai region as prices rise ₹2 per kg again

Kerala to give schoolgirls 3 days menstrual leave every month

Congress set to pick Siddaramaiah’s successor as Shivakumar emerges frontrunner

‘10 minutes if there’s a gap’: Bangladeshis reveal illegal entry routes into India

Migrants returning to the border describe midnight crossings, forged documents, welfare access and the middleman networks that allegedly helped them settle across Indian states.

‘Aadhaar useless now’: Fear drives undocumented migrants to Bengal border

Families living in India for years gather near Bengal’s Hakimpur border as document checks, detention fears and holding centres push them towards Bangladesh.

Bengal drops 30 lakh women from new cash scheme after voter roll scrutiny

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari says beneficiaries removed from Mamata Banerjee-era Lakshmir Bhandar were found ineligible after verification drive linked to electoral roll revision.

Why the Centre has formed a committee on ‘unnatural demographic change’ and why it matters

The newly announced panel will study demographic shifts linked to illegal immigration and “abnormal population changes”, a move that has already triggered debate over national security, migration, census politics and communal polarisation.

Fire breaks out near Kasauli Air Force Station, aerial operations launched

Helicopters were deployed to control a forest fire near the Kasauli Air Force Station in Himachal Pradesh as authorities battled flames spreading through dry vegetation in the hilly region.

Uganda returnee isolated in Bengaluru amid Ebola concerns, no case confirmed yet

A 28-year-old woman who recently arrived from Uganda has been isolated at a Bengaluru hospital after showing mild symptoms, as India strengthens Ebola surveillance following fresh outbreaks in parts of Africa.