Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture at the beach in Puri, Odisha on September 9, 2025 congratulating Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan after he was elected Vice-President.
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C.P. Radhakrishnan wins V-P elections, says, ‘Victory of nationalist ideologyVice-President-elect C.P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) described his win as a victory of the “nationalistic ideology” and vowed to work towards making India a developed nation by 2047. He won by bagging 452 votes, while the Opposition candidate, B. Sudershan Reddy, polled 300 votes.Nepal Army to take charge of security after K.P. Sharma Oli resignsNepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) resigned amid continuing anti-corruption protests across the country. Eyewitnesses said that the public rage was not due to a ban on social media, but due to an alleged police firing on unarmed youth and children between the ages of 10 and 28 years as they protested peacefully on September 8 against corruption in the government and against the social media ban. “This is a national movement now. It is not just the Gen Z, but even their parents and others who have taken to the streets,” a health professional in Kathmandu said.700 Indian travellers stranded as Kathmandu airport shuts downNearly 700 Indian passengers were left stranded after the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu shut down for flights on Tuesday due to safety concerns following mounting protests across Nepal. “Four out of the six flights scheduled to bring back passengers from Kathmandu were cancelled after the airport was closed around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Nearly, 700 air travellers are stranded. We are seized of the matter and in touch with airlines and the Ministry of External Affairs,” a senior government official told The Hindu on condition of anonymity.Governors must act as true guides and philosophers to States: CJIChief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, heading a five-judge Presidential Reference Bench, observed on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) that Governors must act as “true guides and philosophers” to State governments. He agreed with the Kerala government that the working relationship between the two constitutional authorities must be “collaborative”.Explosions in Doha: Targeted Hamas leaders, says Israeli military; Qatar condemns ‘cowardly’ attackThe Israeli military said it targeted senior Hamas leaders on Tuesday (September 9, 2025), after AFP journalists in Doha reported explosions in the Qatari capital, where the Palestinian group’s political bureau is based. “The IDF (Israeli military) and ISA (security agency) conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organisation,” the military said, without specifying where the strike took place.Security tightened along Indo-Nepal border in wake of unrest in NepalThe Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which guards the 1,751-km-long unfenced international front with Nepal, has stepped up security across all its border posts and vulnerable points in the wake of unrest in Nepal, officials said on Tuesday (September 9, 2025).Manipur Naga body imposes ‘trade embargo’ to protest border fencingA “trade embargo” imposed by the United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of Nagas in Manipur, from midnight on September 8, affected the movement of goods-carrying vehicles in the Naga-dominated hilly areas of the State.Malegaon blast victims’ kin challenge acquittal of accused in Bombay High CourtSeventeen years after the Malegaon bomb blast that killed six people and injured more than a hundred, families of the victims have approached the Bombay High Court challenging the acquittal of former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, and five others in the case.Gaza aid flotilla says hit by drone, Tunisia says none detectedOrganisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Monday (September 9, 2025) that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off the coast of Tunisia, but authorities there said “no drones” had been detected.Atleast 60 people killed in overnight rebel attack in eastern CongoAtleast 60 people have been killed in an overnight attack by Islamic State-affiliated rebel group in eastern Congo, an official said. The attack was reportedly carried by the Allied Democratic Force in Ntoyo, North Kivu, after residents gathered at a burial. Published - September 10, 2025 06:41 am IST
