News Archive

A major change has just come to how food and drink items are labeled in India. After years of concern about misleading claims, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has taken a firm stand: no product can use the label “Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)” unless it meets the standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

On 14th October, the “Russian-Chinese Commission for the Preparation of Regular Meetings of Heads of Government” held its second session of the “Sub-Commission for Cooperation on the Northern Sea Route (NSR)” in Harbin, People’s Republic of China. After careful deliberation, the parties adopted an action plan to deepen shipping cooperation between the two nations along the Northern Sea Route.

In a sharp twist in the Durgapur sexual assault case, the West Bengal Police on 14 October arrested Wasif Ali, the 23-year-old friend of the victim, with whom she had gone out on the evening in question. The police have claimed that, contrary to earlier reports of a gangrape, the evidence now suggests that only one person was involved in the assault.

Ashley Tellis, a senior adviser to the U.S. State Department, has been accused of illegally removing classified documents from secure government facilities. Tellis, a well-known foreign policy expert and defense strategist of Indian origin, is also accused of holding meetings with Chinese officials dating back to 2023 — a matter that has drawn serious attention in Washington.

Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has sparked uproar within his own party by questioning the handling of Operation Blue Star under the Indira Gandhi government. Speaking at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, on Sunday (12 October), Chidambaram expressed a harsh assessment of that chapter in history.

In a public gathering in Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal, a senior figure of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) raised alarm across political circles by issuing a direct challenge to her opponents—particularly the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—with a warning of a “terrifying game” in the forthcoming 2026 Assembly elections.

The West Bengal police on Sunday, 12 October, arrested three individuals in connection with the gang rape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district. The case has provoked widespread outrage across the state.

On 11th October, police officials in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, uncovered an organized Christian religious conversion racket operating in Ghunuwa village, under the jurisdiction of Raipura police station. The investigation began after activists from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal alerted local authorities about forced conversions taking place among poor Hindu families.

A shocking incident has surfaced in Saligrama town, Mysuru district. Locals say that “a portion of a government school building was allegedly demolished by Islamists using a JCB and tractor to create a road.”