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October 22, 2025

Lighting the path to a self-reliant India: PM Modi's Diwali message

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, extending greetings to the nation on the occasion of Diwali, on Tuesday, termed this year’s celebrations as a powerful symbol of India’s resilience, progress, and unity.

1 mins

Delhi's air worst among metros a day after Diwali

Delhi’s air quality plunged to ‘very poor’ category on Tuesday, the day after Diwali, owing to widespread use of firecrackers and a few incidents of stubble burning.

1 mins

India upgrades Technical Mission in Kabul to Embassy

India on Tuesday restored the status of the Technical Mission of India in Kabul to that of the Embassy of India inAfghanistan withimmediate effect, underscoring New Delhis resolve to deepenits bilateral engagement with Kabul.\"This decision underscores India’s resolve to deepen its bilateral engagement with the Afghan side in all spheres of mutual interest,\" the MEA said in a statement on Tuesday.

1 mins

Bihar polls: INDIA bloc faces internal clashes as multiple candidates contest same seats

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1 mins

US govt clarifies: $100,000 H-1B fee won’t apply to status change or extension cases

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1 mins

Ex-Punjab DGP, wife booked for murder in35-yr-oldson’s death

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Left-Wing Extremism will end by March next year: Rajnath

Noting that areas that were once known as \"Red Corridors\" have now been transformed into 'Growth Corridors’, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday exuded confidence that the problem of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) will end by March next year.

1 mins

War of words erupts over Centre’s interlocutor for Gorkha talks

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3 mins

Assault on woman doctor: Two, including home guard, arrested

Tension gripped Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital in Uluberia after a junior woman doctor was allegedly assaulted and threatened with rape by a traffic home guard and his neighbour inside the hospital premises on Monday evening.

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Bengal BJP’s advice to BLAs: Be careful about seats with massive rise in voter count

Amid the possibilities of announcement for Special Intensive Review (SIR), the West Bengal unit of BJP has cautioned its booth-level agents (BLAs) to be extra cautious about those Assembly constituencies which have witnessed a massive increase in voters’ numbers over a period.

1 mins

8 arrested for beating woman to death on suspicion of witchcraft in Purulia

The police on Tuesday arrested 8 people in connection with the murder ofatribal woman on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.

1 mins

SER taking steps to clear festive passenger rush: GM

The South Eastern Railway is taking adequate steps so that extra rush of passengers can be taken care of during festival season, said Anil Kumar Mishra, general manager, South Eastern Railway during a Media briefing at SER Headquarters, Garden Reach on Tuesday.

1 mins

Mystery shrouds death of RG Kar rape-murder convict’s niece

The niece of RG Kar rape and murder convict Sanjay Roy died a day after she was found in a cupboard in a house in Kolkata's Alipore area in an unconscious state, the police said on Tuesday.

1 mins

Abhishek visits Boro Ma Kalitemple

On Tuesday morning, the Diamond Harbour MP visited Boro Maa Kali Pujain Naihati and offered puja and conducted aarati.

1 mins

Children, elderly at risk as Midnapore’s air turns hazardous post-Diwali

The festive glow of lights and lamps in Midnapore this Diwali came veiled in a thick haze of smoke and suspended dust.

2 mins

Fireworks fallout: Noise and air pollution the day after

An undeniable aftermath of Diwali and Kali Puja celebrations is the noise and atmospheric pollution that burning fireworks cause. Rules and restrictions notwithstanding, the lighting of combustible items in the widespread pyrotechnics is an inevitable fallout of the festivals.

1 mins

Mass violation of PCB directives during Diwali, Kali Puja

Despite strict directives from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and the Calcutta High Court, there were large-scale violations of sound and air pollution norms across Hooghly district during Kali Puja and Diwali.

1 mins

Pollution levels 'significantly better' than last year: City police chief

Despite restrictions and time limits imposed by the administration, the city reverberated with the deafening sound of firecrackers well past midnight on Diwali night, defying the law and repeated appeals for restraint.

2 mins

CM Stalin reviews situation as heavy rain lashes TN; areas inundated

With the northeast monsoon intensifying and widespread rainfall affecting several districts, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday conducted a high-level review meeting via video conference with District Collectors of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, and Thanjavur to assess ongoing relief efforts and overall monsoon preparedness.

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Second edition of biannual Naval Commanders' conference commences today

The three-day second edition of the Indian Navy's biannual Commanders’ Conference 2025 will begin here on Wednesday.

1 mins

Australia lifts ban on Indian prawns: Nara Lokesh

In a huge relief to the aqua farmers of Andhra Pradesh, state industry minister Nara Lokesh today announced that the Australian government has granted approval to the firstimport of unpeeled Indian prawns.

1 mins

BRS slams Cong for neglecting public health

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1 mins

Indian Coast Guard ship reaches Tanzania as part of India’s SAGAR vision

Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Sachet, an indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), entered Zanzibar, Tanzania on Monday, marking another milestone in the naval force’s overseas deployment to Africa.

1 mins

Sabarimala heist: HC orders probe into conspiracy angle

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to thoroughly investigate the aspect of criminal conspiracy in the Sabarimala gold theft.

1 mins

Telangana SHRC takes suo motu cognisance of encounter killing by police

Telangana State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) hastaken suo motu cognisance of the killing of an accused in the murder of a policeman in an alleged encounter by the police at a hospital in Nizamabad townand directed the Director General of Police to submit a report.

1 mins

JMM questions Cong silence, reminds RJD of ‘pastfavours’ as alliancecrumbles

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2 mins

ECI imposes restrictions on print media political ads ahead of Bihar polls

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1 mins

Rajasthan to get ₹1,200 cr e-bus plant, boosting green mobility and jobs

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1 mins

Kishor: BJP intimidating Jan Suraaj candidates

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1 mins

Remembering Asrani: Evergreen comic genius who enchanted generations

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1 mins

Remove bogus voters, Maha Oppn demands, plans protest

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1 mins

MP: CM launches water screen projection, fountain show at Mahakal Lok Complex

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1 mins

Maharashtra: Four killed in car crash in Dharashiv district

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1 mins

Cong slams govt over Trump's claim on India's Russian oil imports

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1 mins

Debt Trap Inflation

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2 mins

Vanishing Audience

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2 mins

Building Hà Nội into leading cultural industry centre in Asia

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2 mins

Education at Crossroads

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6 mins

A man who made us laugh

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3 mins

Gandhi's struggle in Noakhali

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3 mins

Fire destroys 21 shops in Arunachal's Tirapon Diwalinight; nocasualties

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1 mins

UPCM flags off1,000 quintals of wheat seeds for flood-affected farmersin Punjab

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday sent 1,000 quintals of wheat seeds as aid to flood-affected farmers in Punjab.

1 mins

Lucknow air turns toxic with AQI at 419 on Diwali night

The Lucknow air, has become toxic after Diwali night with Air Quality Index (AQI) being recorded at 419 on Monday-Tuesday night, falling in the “hazardous zone”.

1 mins

Tension eases at Assam-Meghalaya border after peace talks

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1 mins

Zubeen Garg death case: Assam SIT to meet Singapore Police for details of singer’s last moments

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1 mins

Mizoram: 43 pc of 31,300 Myanmar refugees biometrically logged

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2 mins

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1 mins

Akhilesh Yadav turns spotlight on dumping of chemicals in Yamuna

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1 mins

Ukraine, EU leaders accuse Putin of stalling

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1 mins

Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female PM

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1 mins

Why prolonging conflict benefits Putin, Zelenskyy, Netanyahu, Hamas & Trump

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2 mins

US Vice President JD Vanceis in Israel to shore up the fragile ceasefirein Gaza

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1 mins

Apple eyes $4 trillion market valuation amid robust iPhone 17 series sales

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1 mins

Eight core industries clock 3 pc growth in Sept

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1 mins

India, with 6 pc of global rare earth reserves, poised to become a credible alternative in the billion-dollar clean energy race

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2 mins

Gold, silver prices cool after record highs

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1 mins

Economy resilient amid global uncertainty, corporate sales rebounded sharply: RBI

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1 mins

Reliance Kutch mega project to begin solar power generation in H1 FY'27

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1 mins

Stock market settles flat in Muhurat trading; metal, pharma stocks shine

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1 mins

A virtual twintoguard brain health

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3 mins

Scientists create quantum entanglement in silicon chips

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4 mins

Shaheen Afridi replaces Mohammed Rizwan as Pakistan’s new ODI captain

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The Statesman is one of India’s oldest English newspapers. It was founded in Kolkata in 1875 and is directly descended from The Friend of India (founded 1818). The Englishman (founded 1821) was merged with The Statesman in 1934. The Delhi edition of The Statesman began publication in 1931. The Statesman Weekly is a compendium of news and views from the Kolkata, Bhuvneshwar, Siliguri and Delhi editions.

The Statesman prevailed, as the truth must prevail, and remains a favourite of readers in Kolkata and other parts of India.