CJP Protest LIVE Updates: Cockroach Janta Party founder began the movement's protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar from Shivaji Park in Mumbai
Delhi Traffic Police's survey identified locations where two three-lane streams converge into a single three-lane corridor. This forces traffic arriving across six lanes to fit into half that number, creating bottlenecks as vehicles compete for space
CJP will launch its Jail Bharo Andolan at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park today against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, despite police denial of permission, with founder Abhijeet Dipke
Syrian officials and Hezbollah representatives held secret talks in Türkiye in September to ease tensions, but Türkiye and Syria have denied that the meeting took place; the reported contact comes as Damascus seeks tighter control over armed activity and weapons movements on Syrian territory.
India is considering an aviation security advisory for airlines after Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar was injured during an alleged cockpit attack that triggered emergency signals and a rapid descent
The Dharamkot deputy superintendent of police (DSP) had previously received oral complaints accusing her of demanding and accepting bribes while performing official duties and misbehaving with members of the public
An IIT-Kanpur graduate and former Kerala cadre bureaucrat, Gyanesh Kumar rose through key government positions before becoming Chief Election Commissioner amid political controversy and internal poll panel differences
Mohammad Deepak, who confronted Bajrang Dal members over a Muslim shopkeeper in January, was arrested in Uttarakhand after a businessman’s complaint, police said
Parveen Hooda won Asian Games 2026 gold in women’s 65kg boxing, defeating Chen Nien-chin 3-2. Know about her background, achievements, comeback and remarkable journey
National
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has called for Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation as supporters gather at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, while residents and businesses raise concerns over repeated public demonstrations
National
The Union government is likely to launch a ₹600 crore NCR industry pollution subsidy scheme, Swacch Pawan Neel Gagan, offering 30-40% support for air pollution control devices ahead of winter.
International
BAPS says a Paris investigation found it never requested the exclusion of women during its Eiffel Tower visit, while the tower's own probe found operational failures that led to female staff being sidelined
National
By PTI
Protesting campus wide, students escalate pressure on the administration following the tragic death of the BTech student, demanding systemic reforms and transparency
International
Students are demanding more teachers, better-maintained schools and improved learning conditions as clashes with police spread across France
National
An FIR was registered at Anandpur Sahib on August 21 on a woman’s complaint, accusing Chawla of rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation
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Ankush Panghal won gold in the men’s 80kg boxing final, beating South Korea’s Kim Minseong 4-0. He became India’s first male Asian Games boxing champion since Amit Panghal in 2018
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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 LIVE Updates, Day 14 (October 2): Follow Asian Games 2026 Day 14 live updates, including India’s hockey final against China, boxing gold-medal bouts, archery, wrestling, cycling, schedules, results, timings and medal updates
India vs China Live Score, Women's Hockey, Asian Games 2026 Final: Catch all the play-by-play updates from the Asian Games 2026 women's hockey final between India and China on Friday, October 2, at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium, also known as the Kawasaki Juko Stadium
Sujeet Kalkal staged a stunning comeback from 2-9 down to defeat Abdulmazhid Kudiev 10-9 and win wrestling gold in the men’s freestyle 65kg final
Ankush Panghal won gold in the men’s 80kg boxing final, beating South Korea’s Kim Minseong 4-0. He became India’s first male Asian Games boxing champion since Amit Panghal in 2018
Parveen Hooda won women's 65kg boxing gold at the Asian Games 2026, beating Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-chin 3-2 in a split decision. She became only the third Indian woman boxer to win Asiad gold, after Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain
By Himanshu Ojha
Ambanis, Adanis And Tatas, And The Battle For India’s New Energy Future
Urban Spending Falls 4 Per Cent As Rural Households Drive Consumer Spending Growth
10 Places Across India That Offer A Deeper Look At Gandhi’s Life
The Oberoi Sukoonvilas To Open In Saudi Arabia’s Wadi Safar In 2027
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As Drishyam: The Conclusion hits cinemas on Gandhi Jayanti, a look at the garage of the man who has spent three films convincing audiences he's just an ordinary cable operator
By Aaron Jacob
Among Mahatma Gandhi's handful of possessions was a silver Zenith pocket watch, a gift from Jawaharlal Nehru that accompanied him daily, was stolen, and remarkably, returned
By Sonali Mukherjee
Sharvari has been named H&M Beauty’s first-ever India ambassador. The partnership arrives with a festive beauty assortment featuring the actor’s picks across makeup and fragrance, including blush, highlighter, kajal, liquid eyeshadow, lip gloss and perfume
By Sonali Mukherjee
On Gandhi Jayanti, explore how khadi evolved from Mahatma Gandhi’s symbol of self-reliance and the Swadeshi movement into a sophisticated textile embraced by designers including Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Rajesh Pratap Singh and Abraham & Thakore
