The ongoing controversy on Saturday surrounding Madhya Gujarat Vij Corporation Limited's (MGVCL) installation of smart electricity meters has ignited fresh protests in Vadodara. The installation of 25,000 smart meters has led to widespread dissatisfaction among consumers, who claim that their prepaid Rs 2,000 is being consumed within a week of installation. Consumers have reported that the smart meter app issues frequent reminders to recharge their accounts, cutting off power when the balance falls below minus Rs 300.

A retired Superintendent of Police (SP) was arrested under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) here on Friday night. Officials said that Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, a retired SP, was arrested for publishing "some FIRs and sensitive information" in a book. Aslam retired a few years ago. He was appointed as an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI) in 1986 and he got out-of-turn promotions to become SP.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal reached the Tis Hazari court in Delhi on Friday to get her statement recorded before the magistrate in connection with the alleged assault on her at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence.

 In secluded Himalayan hamlets nestled close to the icy heights adjoining Tibet, political intrigue seems to be a world away. Among the stark, rugged and landlocked landscapes here, the inhabitants, mostly the Buddhists, devote themselves to the season’s harvest of peas, barley, and potatoes, weaving their lives around the cycles of the Earth rather than the clamour of distant power plays.

Assam has been reeling under conditions of a heat wave as several cities record temperatures at least five notches above normal. According to weather department data, Guwahati recorded a temperature of 37.2 degree Celcius on Wednesday, which is a departure of 5.4 degrees from normal. Tezpur witnessed a departure of 7.2 degrees and the city recorded 38.1 degree Celcius on Wednesday.

Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s wife Anita Goyal passed away on Thursday morning after suffering from the final stage of cancer. Anita Goyal is survived by her husband and two children, Namrata and Nivaan Goyal. According to reports, she passed away around 3 a.m. and Naresh Goyal was at their Mumbai residence.

Six members of a family were killed in a road accident on the National Highway-520 at Champua in Odisha's Keonjhar district, said officials on Thursday. The accident happened late Wednesday evening when the car lost control and rammed into a stationary truck.

Four people were killed and many injured when a bus collided with a lorry on the Chennai-Tiruchi national highway in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. According to the local police, the bus lost control while trying to overtake a lorry and collided with it leading to the death of four people and injuries to several people. The injured were admitted to the Chengalpattu government hospital.

Women’s internet adoption on mobile phones has reached 37 per cent in India, while adoption among men remains stable, narrowing the gender gap from 40 per cent to 30 per cent, a global report showed on Wednesday. In 2023, an additional 120 million women connected to the internet via mobile globally.

Six people were injured on Wednesday in a leopard attack in J&K’s Budgam district after which the animal was killed. Officials said that the leopard attacked people in the Nasrullahpora area of the district while they were working on the agricultural land. “After the attack, the locals rushed to the spot and immediately took all the injured to a nearby hospital where doctors referred the injured to Srinagar for specialised treatment," officials said.