-Newsclick.in The demolition of houses and displacement of about 5,000 people stem from the BJP government’s plan to start an ‘agricultural project’ in Gorukhuti. As we publish this article, there are reports that the eviction of Muslim families in Gorukhuti in Darrang District by Assam Police took an ugly turn on Thursday with reports of police firing claiming at least three lives. Unconfirmed reports said the death toll could be higher. The...

-The Hindu No sample was found COVID-19 positive, but most of the patients had influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus. Kolkata: Hundreds of children across several districts of north Bengal have been hospitalised with symptoms of viral infection. Reports that at least six children have died in the past few days — three in Jalpaiguri, two in Malda and one in Uttar Dinjapur — have spread fear and panic in the State. Chief...

-The Hindu CM M.K. Stalin, who made the announcement in the Assembly on Monday, also said cases registered by the previous government against those who protested against NEET and TASMAC shops, would be withdrawn Chennai: Seven hundred life convicts, who have been serving their term for long in prisons across the State, will be released on the occasion of the birth anniversary of late former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai on September 15,...

-Hindustan Times Thousands of farmers surrounded a key government building in Haryana Chief Minister’s bastion of Karnal on Tuesday evening, holding a massive show of strength and intensifying their protest over controversial police action on agitating cultivators last month Karnal/ Chandigarh: Farmers gathered at a mahapanchayat venue in Karnal, and later marched on foot to the mini secretariat building five kilometers away. They jumped over some barricades but didn’t face any serious...

-Newsclick.in Among 540 FIRs, over 73% were pertaining to desi liquor involving alcohol within the 1–10 litre range, the report says. Bhopal: Tulsiram Kanjar (29) and Ummead Singh Kanjar (45), who belong to the nomadic tribe from Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, were called to the Chief Minister’s event on August 31 to take part in the Vimukta Jati Sammelan 2021. When they returned home, both were booked under section 34 (2) of...