Deepa Kumari

India's deepa kumari has been accorded an international outdoor umpire status by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

In a commendable operation, Railway Protection Force officers intercepted a distress call from Ashray NGO, leading to the safe recovery of five people, four of whom are minors, aboard the Jasidih – SMVT Bengaluru Express. Originating from Dumka and Godda regions, these teenagers were misled with promises of daily-wage labor in Bengaluru.

Election fever has gripped Maharani's College, one of the most prestigious institutions in the city, as over 20 candidates are in the fray for the post of president.

In a direct contest, Shobha got the support of 24 of the 46 members of the zila parishad.

Indian women pugilists Shashi Chopra and G Niharika began their Ahmed Comert International Boxing Championship on a promising note, posting comprehensive victories to progress to next round.

On a gloomy overcast Sunday morning, while most Bangaloreans took a post Diwali break at home, a few civil society activists and heritage lovers hit the streets to save the city’s vanishing heritage.

Project Udaan To Counsel Students Will Begin Soon

In a tragic incident in Rajgir, Nalanda district, four members of a family allegedly died by suicide after consuming poison. The deceased include Soni Devi, her two daughters, Deepa and Arika, and son Shivam. The incident occurred near Pawapuri Jalmandir. Dharmendra Kumar, Soni's husband, is critically ill and receiving treatment.

Bihar's assembly elections are highlighting dynastic politics as party chiefs openly favor family members. Leaders like Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi, and Chirag Paswan have nominated wives, daughters-in-law, and nephews. This trend persists across various parties, including new entrants, with prominent figures like Lalu Prasad also having multiple family members in politics.

Students of IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) have launched a mission to educate schoolchildren in rural areas and make them conversant with modern technology.

Former junior world champion Mandeep Kaur (57kg) stood just one step away from the title after the Punjab pugilist defeated Chattisgarh's Rajbala in the semifinal of the Youth National Championship on Saturday.

The prison staff of the state won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in different category of sports events at the 6th All India Prison Duty Meet which concluded at Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Former world champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Asian silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg) advanced to the semi-finals after clinching facile quarter-final wins at the National Women's Boxing Championships, on Wednesday.

The National Democratic Alliance secured victory in all four Bihar assembly by-elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party won two seats, while Janata Dal (United) and Hindustani Awam Morcha won one seat each. Jan Suraaj, contesting its first election, failed to secure any seats. This victory strengthens the NDA's position ahead of the 2025 assembly elections.

Decathlete K Dileep Kumar of Andhra Pradesh sizzled on a day when six national records were set in the 28th National Junior Track & Field championship at the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College.

A 35-year-old man from Meerut has been held for allegedly selling his newborn boy for Rs 1 lakh even when the mother was admitted at the gynaecology ward of LLRM Medical College in Meerut. A police team later recovered the child from a woman in Ghaziabad and handed the baby back to his mother at Meerut hospital on Tuesday.

Toppers of as many as 14 different technical and professional courses in the last examinations of Aryabhatta Knowledge University (AKU) will be awarded gold medals at the 6th annual convocation scheduled to be held here on September 14.