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Chhattisgarh train accident: investigation confirms train overshot red signal A preliminary investigation into the train accident near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh that left 11 people dead and a few more injured on November 4, 2025, has found the crew had crossed the signal in red, resulting in the collision. While a loco pilots’ association claimed there were visibility issues as the accident took place in a curve with different lines and signals, leading to confusion under the glaring sunlight, a fact-finding report comprising senior railway officials drawn from various departments concluded that the accident came under the “Signal Passed At Danger” (SPAD) category. Assam government resumes eviction drive; 580 families, mostly Muslim, affected The Assam government resumed its eviction drive in western Assam’s Goalpara district, affecting about 580 families. District Commissioner Prodip Timung said there was no resistance to the exercise to clear 476 acres of encroached land in Dahikata Reserve Forest. The eviction drive will continue on Monday.“All the 580 families who occupied the forest were issued notices more than 15 days ago to vacate the area. Most of these settlers left after getting the notices,” he said. SC judge says transparency must in issues of religious oppression Supreme Court judge, Justice Sanjay Kumar, observed that the State must show obvious transparency and fairness while dealing with issues involving religious oppression and secularism. Though India’s brand of secularism means the State should remain neutral about all religions and faiths, the men and women who work the machinery of governance belong to different communities and religions, the judge said, indicating that the men and women who work the state machinery may ultimately owe allegiance to and work in the interest of their own particular faiths above all others. Registration not mandatory for RSS, we are recognised as a body of individuals, says chief Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat clarified and said that RSS does not require registration, as it is ‘recognised as a body of individuals’. Mr. Bhagwat was responding to repeated questions raised about the RSS not being registered, as discussed during an interaction in Bengaluru on Sunday (November 9, 2025). Britain’s BBC boss Tim Davie resigns following criticism over Trump documentary edit The Director General of Britain’s BBC, Tim Davie, and the Chief Executive of News, Deborah Turness, have resigned following criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC has been embroiled in a spate of allegations that it had failed to maintain political neutrality in its reporting, including in its coverage of Mr. Trump, the Israel-Hamas war and over trans issues. Aditya-L1 gets a close look at eruptions from the sun Using the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) payload onboard India’s first dedicated space-based solar mission, Aditya-L1, scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), along with NASA, have collaborated to estimate the crucial parameters of a coronal mass ejection (CME), very close to its lift-off from the Sun. SIR is a system to cover up, institutionalise vote chori: Rahul Gandhi The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission of India (ECI) is a system to “cover up the vote chori (theft) and institutionalise it”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday (November 9, 2025) in Madhya Pradesh’s Pachmarhi. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar are “jointly attacking” the democracy and the Constitution. Crackdown on terror operatives under way across Jammu The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday (November 9, 2025) extended the ongoing crackdown against terror operatives to different areas across Jammu, targeting local terrorists operating from Pakistan, and their overground workers (OGWs), officials said. A massive search and cordon operation is underway at dozens of places in Ramban, Kishtwar, Doda, Kathua, Reasi, Poonch, and Rajouri districts, they said. Climate change, imbalance in fertilizer use impacts soil’s organic carbon: ICAR study A detailed study conducted by eight scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), including its Director General Mangi Lal Jat, has found that the unscientific use of fertilisers and climate change are contributing to degradation of organic carbon in arable areas of the country. CRPF jawan injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was injured when a pressure Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoists went off in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday, a police officer said. The officer added that the blast caused serious injuries to the jawan’s legs. Trinamool Congress continues to blame SIR for unnatural deaths in West Bengal Almost a week after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress continues to blame the exercise for unnatural deaths in the State. The West Bengal ruling party cited two instances in the past two days of unnatural death and a suicide bid on the SIR. In a social media post, the Trinamool Congress said that Biman Pramanik, a resident of Hooghly, “suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after days of unbearable anxiety”. U.S. airlines’ daily cancellations top 2,000 for first time since shutdown cuts began U.S. airlines cancelled more than 2,100 flights on Sunday (November 9, 2025) as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic across the nation could “slow to a trickle” if the federal government shutdown lingers into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season.
