Raised in August 2025, the Bhairav Battalion will participate in the Republic Day Parade in Kolkata this year before its formal induction.

The Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, was not awarded to any individual this year on the eve of the 77th Republic Day.

An auto driver has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a one-year-old boy from a creche by posing as his father and later strangling him to death in Haryana’s Panchkula, police said on Sunday.