August 2025

GUWAHATI: A four-day-old baby girl undergoing phototherapy at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital’s neonatal ICU died Monday. The incident happened after the girl fell off a steel cot and got entangled in equipment cables while a nurse on duty was preparing milk nearby for the infants in the ward, officials said, reports Kangkan Kalita.The state-run…

NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry on Monday informed Lok Sabha that at least 79 elephants have died in train collisions across the country in the last five years.In his written response to a Parliament question, MoS for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said the figure is based on reports from state govt and UT administrations…

SURAT: In one of the biggest diamond thefts in recent memory, rough and polished stones worth over Rs 32 crore were stolen from a unit in the Kapodra area in the city in Gujarat, after thieves cut open an iron safe. Police suspect the burglary took place sometime between Aug 15 and 17, when most…

Union minister Piyush Goyal introducing the bill NEW DELHI: The govt Monday introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, in Lok Sabha to decriminalise 288 provisions relating to minor offences under different central laws, in its bid to expand the reform agenda of ease of living and doing business. In several cases, it…