Truancy rates have risen faster in developed English-speaking countries since the COVID-19 pandemic than in non-English-speaking countries, according to a new working paper by UCL researchers.

Key accused in Vikarabad attack surrenders, bringing total arrests to 26; police seek custody for questioning.

Vikram Gowda, killed in an alleged encounter with the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) commandos late on Monday night, was a class 4 dropout from the tribal Malekudiya community, who grew to be a prominent Maoist leader. He was wanted by the security agencies for 22 years and has over 114 cases pending against him in Karnataka and Kerala. 

Pandalam police arrest 'Blackman' gang of thieves, including minors, who terrorized region with violent robberies.

Bannu DPO says officials recovered after building pressure through local elders and search operations.

A group of around eight known Maoists, six of them hailing from Karnataka, had moved back to the Karnataka earlier this year from the Wayanad-Kannur belt in Kerala, sources in the security establishment now suspect.