Nepal flood death toll 1,127; authorities have hard time returning bodies of glacier collapse victims to grieving families

Recovering bodies is only part of the challenge. Post-mortem and legal identification procedures have been completed for 1,113 of the recovered bodies, but only 95 have actually been returned to grieving families. To speed the process, authorities have published details of 911 unidentified bodies on the Nepal Police website.

Nepal Flood: Hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels; 1,000 people dead so far; 4,000 missing

More than 11,000 people have been pulled to safety so far in flood-hit Nepal. Only 279 workers have been pulled out of hydropower project sites in the ongoing rescue and relief operations. As many as 639 people are said to be still stuck at those sites.

‘3 Idiots’ redux: Ladakh’s own Phunsukh Wangdu hits back at Aamir Khan with a witty Ghajini jab

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Nepal floods: 28 Indian tourists saved from death by a brief tea break, delayed visa; toll hits 734

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Nepal: Pulled out from 170 m underground after 9 days, hydropower worker says mahamantra helped him survive

The two men were among hundreds of workers who vanished after the glacial collapse wreaked havoc in Nepal along its border with China on August 26. The disaster has so far claimed at least 1,280 lives, with more than 5,500 people still missing.

Nepal flood: Behind casualty figures (1,269) and rescue statistics lie painful stories of isolation and despair

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‘3 Idiots’ redux: Ladakh’s own Phunsukh Wangdu hits back at Aamir Khan with a witty Ghajini jab

Engineer-turned-education reformer Sonam Wangchuk, whose real-life innovations in Ladakh became the emotional backbone of Rajkumar Hirani’s superhit Bollywood film ‘3 Idiots’, finally breaks his silence and rebuts Aamir Khan’s claim with a joke.

‘Pull down their pants to see if they’re Muslims?’: Attack on book reading session in Ahmedabad has racist bias at roots

The attack on youths reading books at a park in Ahmedabad was the sequel to Bajrang Dal and VHP members earlier protesting the presence of books by Malala Yousafzai and Annie Frank in a school library and asking, “Why are there non-Hindu teachers in a Hindu school?”

Can’t one be a Muslim and take part in a Hindu festival? Actress Faria Abdullah answers hate with grace

After trolls targeted actress Faria Abdullah’s Muslim background, questioned her faith, and went as far as labeling her a "kafir" (infidel), she said her family is deeply secular and that her father is a converted Muslim who chose Islam out of personal conviction, while her mother found inspiration in Hindu spirituality.

FIR filed against Mamata Banerjee over alleged violation of Calcutta HC order on students’ wing event

At the rally for which the FIR has been filed, Mamata Banerjee had hit out at what she called “political atrocities” being inflicted on her party’s supporters in West Bengal, alleging these were being orchestrated “at the initiative of the BJP.”

Tied up and set ablaze, Chandigarh influencer Manjeet Kaur dies after 54 days of suffering

Immediately after regaining consciousness at the hospital, 28-year-old Manjeet Kaur asked for her statement to be recorded, but police did not come to do so. Now, after her death, the case would go to court on her mother’s statement to police.

Neither a dress nor a dog was behind the bralette dispute; it was a needless holier-than-thou dogma

When we strip away the noise raised by Kangana Ranaut’s outbursts and Kriti Sanon’s rebuttal, all the brouhaha over the latter’s bralette is about framing. It was a private, lived moment and will always remain so.

After top publisher backs out of Sonia Gandhi’s memoirs, questions arise about political climate impacting publishing decisions

Routine editorial disagreement, or outcome of hidden political pressures? With a previous Penguin-commissioned project—the unpublished memoir of former Army Chief General MM Naravane—being surrounded by controversy, the current row over Sonia Gandhi’s memoirs leaves much to be probed into.

Maharashtra’s ‘Good Food Man’ Tukaram Mundhe has built reputation for his strict no-compromise approach to work

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TMC’s office in Kolkata attacked; Mamata says will demonstrate outside BJP leaders’ residences in Delhi

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Nepal flood death toll 1,127; authorities have hard time returning bodies of glacier collapse victims to grieving families

Recovering bodies is only part of the challenge. Post-mortem and legal identification procedures have been completed for 1,113 of the recovered bodies, but only 95 have actually been returned to grieving families. To speed the process, authorities have published details of 911 unidentified bodies on the Nepal Police website.

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More than 11,000 people have been pulled to safety so far in flood-hit Nepal. Only 279 workers have been pulled out of hydropower project sites in the ongoing rescue and relief operations. As many as 639 people are said to be still stuck at those sites.

Mamata Banerjee’s niece Bristy Mukherjee ends life in depression after job loss and divorce

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If India could speak to herself: A letter from 1947 to the India of 2026

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FIR filed against Mamata Banerjee over alleged violation of Calcutta HC order on students’ wing event

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5-member panel headed by former SC judge will now probe charges of police violence on student protesters

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Who is Deepak Mhaske, the quiet Chhattisgarh ex-professor who is now BJP’s new IT Cell chief?

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Cockroach Janta Party faces Bengal hurdles, says its meeting venues are cancelled due to “BJP pressure”

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At an ‘Illish Festival’ in Cuttack, Bengalis of Odisha cook up a new layer on delectable memories

The Illish Festival, organised for the first time by Bengalis in Odisha, was not only about savouring dishes like bhapa ilish and ilisher jhol; it was also about the artistry of cooking itself. Each preparation carried the imprint of a family’s memory.

Good news on Mahanadi water sharing dispute is due during Diwali, says Odisha CM Mohan Majhi

Resolution of the decade-long dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over sharing the water of the Mahanadi, if it happens around Diwali, will be a big relief for farmers and industry in both the states.

SIR in Odisha: Final voter list will be published on Sept 6; notices issued to 58 lakh voters

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Rath Yatra in Odisha’s Puri witnesses ancient outpouring of faith despite downpour

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‘Pull down their pants to see if they’re Muslims?’: Attack on book reading session in Ahmedabad has racist bias at roots

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