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IMAGO/ANI News : The welfare board has been tasked with the responsibility to advise the government on matters of animal welfare, including the framing of laws and also oversee the enforcement of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

J&K LG’s Order To Form Animal Welfare Board Draws Mixed Reactions

The BJP has welcomed decision to constitute an animal welfare board with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as its patron. But the PDP has remarked that the issue of animal cruelty was a contentious one

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Misogyny, Misrule, Murder: Inside the world of Khap Councils
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Christmas Celebrations Marred By Vandalism And Attacks As PM Attends Festive Service
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Congress Alleges Corruption And Administrative Failure In BMC
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Woman Shot Inside Gurugram Club After Rejecting Marriage Proposal, Two Arrested
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| Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary : Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials during a rehearsal ahead of the Republic Day, at Kartavya Path in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: January 01, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Security personnel at the site after a loco train collided with a goods train on Tuesday night inside Pipalkoti tunnel of the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project tunnel in Gopeshwar area, Chamoli district. Atleast 60 people were injured in the incident.

Day In Pics: December 31, 2025

Year-Ender 2025: Moments Captured In Time, Through The Outlook Lens

Year-Ender 2025: Moments Captured In Time, Through The Outlook Lens

| Photo: PTI : A dense layer of fog shrouds the city area on a cold winter morning, in Ranchi.

Day In Pics: December 30, 2025

Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary : Victim in the Unnao rape case, centre, at Supreme Court in New Delhi. Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court's order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.

Day In Pics: December 29, 2025

| Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary : Students walk along a road on their way to school amid dense fog on a winter morning, in New Delhi.

In Photos: Zero Visibility Morning As Delhi Chokes Under Severe Smog

| Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav : Members of various organisations raise slogans during a protest seeking justice for the Unnao rape case survivor, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: December 28, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Doctors raise slogans during an indefinite strike against the termination of services of a fellow doctor who entered into a brawl with a patient, at Indira Gandhi Medical College, in Shimla. Medical services, barring emergency services, were severely affected across several hospitals in Himachal Pradesh due to the strike.

Day In Pics: December 27, 2025

| Photo: AICC via PTI : LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to former prime minister Manmohan Singh on his first death anniversary, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: December 26, 2025

| Photo: PTI/R SenthilKumar : Christian devotees offer prayers during the Christmas morning service at Santhome Cathedral Basilica church, in Chennai.

Day In Pics: December 25, 2025

| Photo: @isroofficial5866/Yt via PTI : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches the BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of AST SpaceMobile, USA, onboard its launch vehicle LVM3-M6 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Day In Pics: December 24, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Security officials keep vigil during a search and cordon operation, in Salia village of Anantnag district.

Day In Pics: December 23, 2025

| Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav : Indian Navy officials during a rehearsal ahead of Republic Day, at Kartavya Path in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: December 22, 2025

| Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary : School children brave dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. Visibility plunged across parts of Delhi on Saturday morning, with buildings and flyovers fading into a grey blur amid dense fog, as the capital’s AQI edged closer to the ‘severe’ category at 384.

Dense Fog Blankets Delhi, Visibility Falls Across City

| Photo: PTI : Passengers arrive at the Ranchi railway station amid train delays and cancellations caused by fog on a winter morning, in Ranchi.

Day In Pics: December 21, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Eight elephants are killed after a herd is struck by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, in Nagaon district, Assam.

Day In Pics: December 20, 2025

| Photo: AP/Mahmud Hossain Opu : A protester reacts to the camera near the premises of the Prothom Alo daily newspaper which was set on fire by angry protesters after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sharif Osman Hadi Death: Bangladesh Erupts In Violent Protests

| Photo: PTI/Shiva Sharma : Devotees sit near the 'Amrit Sarovar' at Golden Temple amid dense fog, in Amritsar.

Day In Pics: December 19, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Congress party workers hold a protest over the proposed renaming of MGNREGA under the VB-G Ram G Bill, in Prayagraj.

Day In Pics: December 18, 2025

Labani Jangi : The last two decades have revealed that images no longer merely document events; they actively produce political meaning.

Images Against Darkness: 100 Years Of The Indian Communist Movement And The Culture Of Rebellion, In Photos

| Photo: PTI : Commuters on a foggy winter morning near the Charminar, in the Old City of Hyderabad, Telangana.

Day In Pics: December 17, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Cranes clear the charred remains of buses after a fog-hit pile-up involving several buses and cars triggered fires on the Yamuna Expressway, in Mathura.

Fog Triggers Deadly Multi-Vehicle Pile-Up on Yamuna Expressway

| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other opposition MPs participate in a protest march against the VB-G RAM G Bill, introduced by the union government to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: December 16, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Kavita Chand, a native of Almora in Uttarakhand, poses with the Tricolour after successfully summiting Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica.

Day In Pics: December 15, 2025

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee : The Old-world Charm: A CPI(M) comrade working at the party’s office in Kamarpurkar in Hoogly district of West Bengal

The Ruins Of An Idea: Capturing Shades Of The Left Across The Country

| Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan : A view of the Parliament House complex on a foggy winter morning, in New Delhi.

Delhi Air Pollution: Delhi’s Dystopian Morning As AQI Plunges To ‘Severe Plus’

| Photo: AP/Shahbaz Khan : People have tea at a roadside stall during a cold and smoggy winter morning, in New Delhi. Delhi battled toxic fumes on Sunday as the air quality slipped into the 'severe' category with a reading of 459, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

Day In Pics: December 14, 2025

| Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan : Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the martyrs of the 2001 Parliament attack during a ceremony to mark its 24th anniversary, at Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi. Vice President CP Radhakrishnan and LoP in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi are also seen.

Day In Pics: December 13, 2025

| Photo: @INCIndia/X via PTI : In this image, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi chairs a review meeting of the party's Lok Sabha MPs, at Parliament House Annexe, in New Delhi. Congress MPs KC Venugopal, Gaurav Gogoi and K Suresh are also seen.

Day In Pics: December 12, 2025

| Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary : In this file photo, activist Umar Khalid speaks during a demonstration against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. Delhi court has granted interim bail to 2020 riots accused Umar Khalid to attend his sister's wedding.

Day In Pics: December 11, 2025

| Photo: PTI : Police personnel patrol the Banbhoolpura area ahead of the Supreme Court order in the railway land encroachment case, in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.

Day In Pics: December 10, 2025

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Ashwani Sharma : Scheduled to open on January 3 at Shimla’s Ridge Maidan, the festival will provide a platform for small entrepreneurs, artisans, traditional weavers, start-up leaders and innovators from across the state to showcase their products, forge strategic collaborations and explore opportunities for diversification.

HIM MSME Fest 2026 To Propel Himachal’s ‘Atmanirbhar’ Industrial Push: Sukhu

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Opposition leaders have demanded compensation for the families of the deceased and a criminal case against officials found guilty of lapses. (Representative Image)

Six-Month-Old Among 8 Dead After Consuming Contaminated Water

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PTI : The exchange was carried out simultaneously through diplomatic channels in New Delhi and Islamabad.

India, Pakistan Exchange Nuclear Installations Lists Amid Strained Ties

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Bihar Deputy CM Hints Probe Into Alleged Illegal Land Holdings Of Lalu Prasad

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The revelations came during court proceedings, where the SIT disclosed that discrepancies were found while examining records related to the storage, transfer, and accounting of gold offerings.

SIT Finds Gold Missing From Multiple Sabarimala Temple Artefacts

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PTI : Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh

Congress Flags EU Carbon Tax Impact, Urges India-EU FTA To Address Export Costs

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CCTV Mandate, Higher Excise Duties For Chewing Tobacco And Gutkha From February 1

CCTV Mandate, Higher Excise Duties For Chewing Tobacco And Gutkha From February 1

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Wildlife experts have pointed to increasing pressure on tiger habitats due to infrastructure projects, shrinking corridors, human encroachment, and conflict with local communities.

India Records 166 Tiger Deaths In 2025 – 40 More Than Last Year, Madhya Pradesh Tops With 55

BY Outlook News Desk

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Farooq Abdullah Says Attacks On Kashmiris Follow ‘Hitler’s Path’, Calls For Peace

BY Outlook News Desk

My BMC Facebook page : As many as 29 municipal corporations, including the BMC, are scheduled to go to the polls on January 15, 2026. Under the seat-sharing formula, the VBA will contest 62 of the 227 BMC seats, while the Congress will field candidates in the remaining wards.

Thane Civic Polls Row: Opposition Alleges Bias As Dozens Of Nomination Papers Rejected

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AP : Jemimah Rodrigues, centre, reacts after helping India win the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final against Australia in Navi Mumbai.

Outlook Year-Ender 2025: Women who resisted and broke the mould

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File : National Sports Governance Act Comes Into Effect

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| Photo: PTI : Charred remains at the nightclub where a fire broke out due to a cylinder blast, in North Goa district. At least 25 persons were killed and six others suffered injuries in the incident, according to officials.

Fire-Hit Goa Nightclub Was Built Illegally On Salt Pan: Probe Report

BY Outlook News Desk

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PTI : Protest against Anjel Chakma's Killing

Belonging Without Shelter: What Karbi Anglong And Anjel Chakma’s Death Reveal About The Northeast

BY Sangmuan Hangsing

File photo : With Himachal Pradesh getting ready to host the three-day HIM MSME Fest 2026 to accelerate its industrial and economic growth, the upcoming defence production facility will put the small northern hill state firmly on India’s defence manufacturing map. (representative picture)

SMPP Ammunition Plant At Nalagarh To Be Operational By March 2026

BY Ashwani Sharma

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Indore Water Contamination: MP Minister Admits Lapses As Seven Die In Bhagirathpura

BY Outlook News Desk

File Photo; Representative image : The agency has alleged that Kasliwal defrauded a consortium of Indian banks of around Rs 1,400 crore.

ED Attaches Rs 150 Crore Property Near Buckingham Palace In S Kumars Bank Fraud Case

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Source: IMAGO / NurPhoto : App based food delivery persons from Zomato and Swiggy delivering food in Kolkata, India

Consumers, Riders Say ‘Ban 10-Minute Delivery’ As Gig Workers Go On Strike

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File Photo; Representative image : On Monday evening, she had visited a friend’s house in Sector 23.

Faridabad: Woman Allegedly Gang-Raped In Moving Van, Thrown onto Road; Two Arrested

BY Outlook News Desk

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PTI : Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

Congress Flags China’s Mediation Claim on India-Pak Tensions

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File Photo : Md Kamruj Zaman, also known as Kamaruddin, was handed three separate sentences under provisions of anti-terror legislation, with the maximum punishment being life imprisonment.

Assam: Man Sentenced To Life For Raising Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Module, Says NIA

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File Photo : Residents of Bhagirathpura allege eight deaths due to contaminated water

Indore Water Contamination Deaths: Locals Claim 8, Govt Confirms 3

BY Outlook News Desk

IMAGO / ANI News : Chief Minister Omar Abdullah

Power Promise Unmet: J&K Grapples With Outages as Omar Faces Opposition Flak

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