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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Purulia

Researchers tracking pangolins stunned by rare sight—a rusty-spotted cat in Purulia forest

Weighing a mere 900 grams, the rusty-spotted cat, which is world's smallest cat, appeared in front of one of 7 camera traps installed in a Purulia forest by a Kolkata NGO. 

12 arrested over ‘assault’ on monks in West Bengal’s Purulia, political row erupts

In the video, authenticity of which PTI could not independently verify, the monks, who were on their way to Gangasagar Mela, could be seen getting roughed up by a mob in Kashipur.

Amit Shah set for Purulia visit in bid to bolster Bengal outreach after BJP workers’ deaths

The visit, likely to take place at the end of June, is aimed at keeping up the pressure on the Mamata Banerjee government amid allegations of widespread political violence by her party.

Last laughs: Donald Trump pardons federal law violator and Indian media’s selective coverage

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.