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Stories beyond the screen that crossed the desk: weather, policy, sport, business and the rest of the day.
At a Bhopal seminar organised by Free Press, ministers and a top narcotics officer laid out numbers on India's expanding war on synthetic drugs and the 2029 deadline attached to it.
Day 12 of the Asian Games brings cricket and hockey semi-finals, an India-Pakistan volleyball quarter-final and medal shots in shooting, archery, squash and wrestling, with India sitting eighth on the table.
Mumbai's road concretisation work restarts October 1 after the monsoon pause, with the BMC prioritising partially completed stretches before tackling fresh roads, just as the city's festive event calendar kicks into gear.
India’s Saptak Talwar opened the Asian Games golf with a crisp 66 at Kasugai Country Club, tying third place. Teammates Ahlawat and Sandhu each carded 71, positioning the men’s team in a fifth‑place tie after round one.
Amir Jangoo’s rapid hundred against India in Guwahati saw him drop to the ground in a prayerful pose, marking the second‑fastest West Indian ton against the hosts and adding a rare spiritual moment to the match.
A protest against the Chief Election Commissioner outside Kerala University's hostel turned violent on Wednesday evening, with SFI and Youth Congress workers trading blame as police used lathis and tear gas to break up the crowd.
The judicial inquiry into Indore's Bhagirathpura water contamination has held executive engineer Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava responsible for maintenance lapses and flagged missing records for sewer and water networks built in the 1990s and 2000s.
Sunil Kumar beat the Philippines' Callum Johnston Roberts 9-0 to win Greco-Roman 87kg bronze at the Asian Games 2026, while Indian shooters and archers claimed two golds on the same day in Japan.
In Guwahati, India chased down 405 against West Indies with Gill's 223 not out, creating the third‑largest run total in a one‑day international and marking a historic chase for the team.
India has collected 56 medals at the 2026 Asian Games, with athletics contributing 24 podium finishes but only one gold. A women's 4x400m relay triumph and shooting successes keep the nation in the top ten as the event winds down.
Following the fatal shooting of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Pradip Purnekar, his relatives and supporters staged a standoff outside Thane's Kapurbawdi police station, demanding swift arrests before funeral ceremonies can proceed.
During a recent President’s Trophy fixture in Islamabad, Babar Azam was caught on camera pushing a fan away and throwing another's phone, igniting a storm of criticism across social media platforms.
Mumbai Crime Branch arrested a 28-year-old Uttar Pradesh man in Cotton Green with an unlicensed pistol, an extra magazine and 14 live cartridges after a tip-off that he'd come to sell the weapon.
Hetansh Agarwal, Aryaman Valia and Prithiv Shah, students at three separate Mumbai schools, won gold at the World Robo Olympiad Asia Pacific Open Championship after posting the only perfect score in their category.
Following a chaotic start to the monsoon session, the Telangana High Court ordered the police chief to identify officers accused of roughing up BRS women legislators, including former minister Sabitha Indra Reddy.
Justin Greaves suffered a calf strain during his maiden ODI century against India, ruling him out of the next game in Guwahati. West Indies now eye a reshuffle, while India celebrate Virat Kohli's 139‑run blitz and his 15,000‑run milestone.
Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, ex‑Group MD of Reliance Communications, was bailed out by a Mumbai special CBI court on health grounds, even as investigators allege a ₹2,929‑crore loan scam.
First-year students at Indore's MGM Medical College have filed a fresh ragging complaint against seniors, and the National Medical Commission has asked the college for a report within 24 hours.
India's women's compound archery trio beat China 238-234 in the Asian Games final at Aichi-Nagoya, equalling a 2014 world record and handing debutants Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep their first Asiad gold.
A snake entered the new OPD of Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital in Indore, sparking panic among staff and patients. The incident was filmed, went viral, and ended without injuries, prompting calls for better monsoon‑season safeguards.
An argument captured on a Mumbai local train between a Marathi‑speaking commuter and a woman believed to be from Uttar Pradesh has gone viral, prompting a flurry of online commentary on language politics in the city.
At the Nagoya Asian Games, Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh each earned silver medals in squash after straight‑set defeats to Malaysian opponents, extending India's medal tally to 63.
Madhya Pradesh's School Education Department has begun training teachers on new NCERT-based Class 7 textbooks, months after the syllabus rollout and just weeks before half-yearly exams begin.
Thane's Anti-Human Trafficking Cell has arrested a Mumbai-based actress and rescued two women in a prostitution racket bust, with police now probing her phone records for other links.
Bhopal's draft Development Plan 2047 promises wider roads and new land-use rules citywide, but residents and planners warn Arera Colony's parking crunch and leased-property disputes remain untouched.
BMC has proposed hiring former Joint Law Officer Preeti Purandare as legal retainer for the Coastal Road North project at Rs 1 lakh a month, to handle CRZ, land and contractor disputes.
A Tamil Nadu head constable climbed onto the roof of a fleeing car and held on for 40 km during a police chase in Coimbatore. Three men were detained and around 200 kg of gutkha seized from the vehicle.
A woman's video of a man allegedly making lewd gestures at Assam's Kamakhya railway station has gone viral, sparking calls for railway police to identify and act against him.
NHSRCL has launched Maharashtra's first steel bridge for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor, a 100-metre structure fabricated in Tamil Nadu and installed over NH-3 near Bhiwandi.
Delhi minister Parvesh Verma has responded to a viral video of him allegedly slapping a man in Tilak Nagar, saying the confrontation began after the man insulted his family during a road inspection.