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New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has lately taken to visiting Hindu temples — but these visits are shadowed by his prior record of harsh statements toward Hindus.

In a development that has raised alarm within India’s security circles, at least 75 Indian Army personnel stationed in Jammu and Kashmir and Mathura were contacted by operatives of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

In yet another case of judicial overreach dressed as social concern, the Supreme Court on October 8 decided to play curriculum advisor, declaring that sex education should be included in schools from a younger age, not restricted to Classes IX to XII. The bench solemnly observed, “we are of the opinion that sex education should be provided to the children from a younger age and not class IX onwards.”

A 75-year-old owner of a pharmaceutical firm, G Ranganathan, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday (9th October) from his apartment in Kodambakkam, Chennai. He is now held in connection with the deaths of several children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, who reportedly died after consuming a contaminated cough syrup produced by his company.

A recent police report from the Superintendent of Police in Dakshina Kannada District has unmasked a disturbing network of people impersonating Human Rights Commission officers, all in the name of meddling with the Dharmasthala temple controversy.

It is often said that India’s outrage economy has a short memory and an even shorter attention span. But when a shoe was flung toward CJI B.R. Gavai, presumably over his remarks in a plea concerning the restoration of Lord Vishnu’s idol, it was enough to set the social media circus ablaze.

The political temperature in Bihar is rising fast as election season begins. Both dominant alliances — the Mahagathbandhan and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) — are already mobilizing their resources for an intense contest. Into this crowded field steps Prashant Kishor, once India’s most sought-after election strategist, now attempting to build a third political front through his new outfit, Jan Suraaj.

On 8 October, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer touched down in Mumbai for his first formal visit to India. The UK government calls this its largest ever trade mission to India, and Starmer is accompanied by a delegation of 125 CEOs, entrepreneurs, university leaders, and cultural representatives.

When Surat resident Jitendra Patel said goodbye to his brother-in-law, Rakesh Patel, in August, he never imagined it would be the final farewell. They believed he would return to India again — but fate proved otherwise.