The Citizens’ March is scheduled for 3pm, followed by the Indian Youth Congress march at 5pm. The protests against the Election Commission are entering their third consecutive day
Sukhveer Singh Maiserkhana was suspended by the AAP after he publicly questioned teacher shortages in Punjab government schools, including those attended by his two children
The decentralised app uses Bluetooth mesh networking to relay messages between nearby phones without mobile data, Wi-Fi, phone numbers or a central server
From confrontations over clothes and social-media reels to threats and violence, a series of cases has raised questions over self-styled moral policing, the use of Nihang identity and who has the authority to regulate public behaviour
Amritsar-based makeup artist and social media influencer Mad Sandhu, was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne attackers, with police investigating the motive and following leads to identify the assailants
Uddhav and Raj Thackeray joined forces for a Mumbai protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over Opposition allegations concerning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with Congress and NCP (SP) leaders also participating
Israel’s Transportation Ministry has acknowledged that it does not conduct background checks on foreign pilots flying into the country, prompting fresh scrutiny of aviation-security procedures after an Omani Flydubai co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain of an Israel-bound flight
A journalist alleged that an assistant commissioner of police sexually assaulted her while she was recording the police action. She said the officer touched her inappropriately and pushed her away
Noel Tata has questioned the process followed by the Tata Sons board in reappointing N Chandrasekaran and sought records of the September 17 meeting
National
BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri apologised at the Akal Takht for attending Sajjan Kumar’s condolence gathering, acknowledging that his visit was a mistake given Kumar’s conviction in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Cricket
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs at Korakuen Stadium in Nisshin, Japan, on Saturday to win the Asian Games 2026 men’s cricket gold and retain their title. BCCI president Mithun Manhas praised India’s composure, hailed them as the best team, and took a swipe at Pakistan’s recent standard
National
Priyanka Gandhi demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to address allegations and ensure the safety of women in public places
Elections
The October 16 polls include biennial elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and one in Uttarakhand, along with a by-election to a seat in West Bengal
Art & Entertainment
The singer will perform in Delhi-NCR, Indore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh, with the India leg set to span November and December. Here is everything fans need to know about dates and tickets.
Cricket
Rest of India secured a dominant 167-run victory over Ranji champions Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar to lift the Irani Cup, powered by Smaran Ravichandran's brilliant century and a stellar first-innings spell from Mukesh Choudhary
Art & Entertainment
The actor’s request comes as concerns around manipulated celebrity images grow, while she prepares for her next theatrical release.
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SubscribeYour food may not be safe. The system knows it. Yet the food chain keeps moving. From five-star kitchens to roadside dhabas, food passes through a chain where contamination, adulteration and poor hygiene can enter at every stage, with consequences ranging from diarrhoea and jaundice to typhoid and hepatitis. Into this maze has stepped Tukaram Mundhe. Since taking charge as Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner in May, Mundhe has overseen more than 12,000 inspections and raids, cancelled or suspended around 600 licences and sealed more than 300 eateries. But raids cannot fix a broken system. India has the laws, standards and regulators. Yet violations persist, enforcement remains uneven and corruption finds its way through the gaps. Mundhe can keep cracking the whip. But can one man change the system? In this issue, Outlook examines India’s food-safety maze, where it fails and why one Tukaram is not enough.
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SubscribeClimate change is making the Himalayas even more vulnerable. Glaciers are melting twice as quickly as in 2000.Rising temperatures are accelerating glacier retreat and altering snow and ice conditions, increasing the potential for landslides, avalanches and glacial floods. But there is another reason for the degradation of the Himalayas. China. Our northern neighbour's insatiable hunger to build humongous infrastructure on ecologically fragile systems has caused harm to the subcontinent as well as the larger Southeast Asia region. The calamity in Nepal offers a stark warning of the risks of China's large, opaque projects, delayed information and environmental disruption. The country is putting millions of lives and billions of dollars of economic activity in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar at stake.
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SubscribeMore than five crore Indians use cannabis and opioids—roughly the population of Spain. Drugs are no longer confined to the margins of society. They are moving from affluent neighbourhoods to small towns and villages, feeding a rapidly expanding illicit market that is becoming more organised, more sophisticated and harder for law enforcement to contain. India’s geography makes the crisis even more dangerous. Wedged between the Golden Crescent in the west and the Golden Triangle in the east, the country sits between two of the world’s major narcotics hubs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Independence Day speech underlined the urgency of the challenge.The stakes could hardly be higher. Nearly one crore young Indians are estimated to be addicted to synthetic drugs, at a time when 27 per cent of the country’s population is aged 15-29. Every addiction carries a cost, not just to families, but to productivity, healthcare, the criminal-justice system and national security. India’s drug problem is a crisis capable of eating into the country’s demographic dividend and undermining its economic ambitions. In this issue of Outlook, we travelled to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana to understand how deep the crisis runs, and to tell the stories of people whose lives have been shattered by drugs.
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Asian Games 2026 Closing Ceremony LIVE Updates: Follow all the latest updates as Aichi-Nagoya Games draw to a close, with India’s medal-winning athletes joining the grand finale in Nagoya
India's surge to 21 gold medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games was powered by historic breakthroughs in boxing, wrestling, and golf alongside record-breaking shooting and archery performances. While traditional powerhouses like athletics faced hurdles, unexpected triumphs and clean sweeps in team sports secured a memorable fourth-place finish overall
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