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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Ballia

Three dead after drowning during Chhath puja festivities in UP’s Ballia

According to officials, the deaths were reported from Nagra, Bansdih, and Maniyar police station areas of the district Monday.

UP BJP leader sacked over obscene video, says clip fake, was served ‘intoxicant-laced’ cold drink

The video purportedly shows the 70-year-old inappropriately touching and kissing a female dancer sitting on his lap.

Woman found hanging from tree in UP’s Ballia

The deceased, identified as Pooja Chauhan, was found hanging from the tree on a rope. Her hands were tied from behind and her feet were nearly six feet above the ground.

‘Tughlaqi action’—BJP workers vow to rebuild camp office in Ballia bulldozed by district admin

BJP's Ballia V-P Surendra Singh led protest against demolition. SDM says administration wants to keep land free, says it belongs to Railways, which gave it to PWD.

How a hush-hush ops by plainclothed cops in unmarked vehicles busted Rs 5 lakh a day ‘extortion racket’

3 policemen & their dalaals were arrested by UP Police for allegedly collecting Rs 500 in bribes from each trucker crossing into UP from Bihar. SP says, this is 'tip of the iceberg'.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.