Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, presented the Maharashtra Bhushan Award to sculptor Ram V Sutar in Noida on Friday. Sutar is famous for designing the Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue at 182 metres.
Buoyed by a decisive victory in the Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday congratulated the entire Congress cadre for securing a clear mandate, underlining the People's government's performance over the past two years
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday distributed the first instalments of Rs 10,000 each to 32,860 SHG members under the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyan in Sissiborgaon Legislative Assembly Constituency in Dhemaji.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday blamed "vote chori" for Mahagathbandhan's defeat in the Bihar Assembly election, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Election Commission "masterminds" behind it.
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the Bihar Assembly election was "unfair from the beginning" after the party failed to hit double digits despite contesting on 61 seats.
An earthquake of magnitude 2.9 hit Nagaon district of Assam on Friday at 11:04 IST, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km.
In a major breakthrough against organised crime, SAS Nagar Police on Friday busted an interstate fake currency module and recovered nearly Rs 10 crore in fake and demonetised notes.
Slovenia made a strong start to their Billie Jean King Cup Play-off campaign in Bangalore on Friday, taking a 2-0 lead over the Netherlands after hard-fought singles wins from Tamara Zidansek and Kaja Juvan.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of development projects worth Rs 53.96 crore in Rampur Bushehar, district Shimla.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday inaugurated the historic Jauljibi Fair, held at the confluence of the Kali and Gori rivers on the India-Nepal border in Jauljibi, Pithoragarh
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi's efforts to break through GM Levon Aronian's defence did not bear fruit. At the same time, GM P. Harikrishna played out a quick draw in the opening game of Round 5 at the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Friday.