#OPINION | Mohan Bhagwat turned 76 on 9/11. Ominous or auspicious? I would say the latter. Because unlike RSS haters and baiters, he is so much closer to Swami Vivekananda than the Al Qaeda terrorists at the opposite end of the religious spectrum.

At 76, just past the pinnacle of success, Modi has little left to prove except how power should be exercised, shared, restrained, and eventually passed on.

That is where greatness must be tested.

Modi can still learn from Bhagwat, if not from history. For the finest legacy of a leader is not that people continue to worship him, but that the cause he served becomes strong enough to survive without him.

#Modi #RSS #MohanBhagwat

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/2026/Oct/18/the-tale-of-two-birthdays

Actor Tiger Shroff escaped unhurt after three rounds were fired at his car in Mumbai’s Juhu. Three unidentified assailants allegedly opened fire as Shroff returned home after playing football.

According to unconfirmed reports, two people, including his driver, were injured in the incident. Police said Shroff is safe and has not suffered any gunshot injuries in the incident.

Mumbai Police formed 12 teams to track down the attackers and cordoned off the area.

#TigerShroff

https://youtube.com/shorts/iLkRlGzI5tE

#OPINION | West Asia is confronting a paradox. Never has the region possessed such military capabilities, defence systems and security partnerships. Yet its sense of security has never seemed so fragile. The US-Iran war, renewed fighting in Yemen, attacks on Saudi Arabia and the unresolved Gaza question are not identical conflicts. But their effects overlap. The danger is that each clash is weakening the region's ability to contain the others.

✍️ Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd)

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinion/2026/Oct/18/a-region-that-can-no-longer-afford-endless-conflict

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday assured that those involved in the firing at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff’s car would be arrested soon, saying a thorough police investigation was underway.

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/maharashtra/2026/Oct/19/maharashtra-cm-vows-speedy-arrests-in-tiger-shroff-car-firing-fir-filed-against-three-unidentified-shooters

Three shooters allegedly involved in the firing at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff’s car have been apprehended at Rajasthan’s Kota railway station while travelling by train.

Two of the accused are from Haryana, and the third is from Maharashtra. All three are reportedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

#TigerShroff

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/maharashtra/2026/Oct/19/three-held-from-rajasthans-kota-over-firing-at-tiger-shroffs-car

India rejected an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, accusing the grouping of allowing itself to be "misused" by Pakistan for its "bigoted agenda".

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/19/mea-rejects-oics-anti-india-references-says-grouping-misused-by-pakistans-bigoted-agenda

#Karnataka | HD Kumaraswamy’s unexpected praise for Siddaramaiah has stirred Karnataka politics. Amid the alleged sting operation row, Kumaraswamy has accused Congress leaders of trying to undermine the Chief Minister, while the BJP has attacked the state government over alleged blackmail.

With D K Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah back in focus, is Karnataka Congress heading towards a deeper leadership crisis? Or is Kumaraswamy’s intervention part of a larger political game?

Watch this explainer by TNIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsWME5MfRZc

Out of three shooters allegedly involved in the assassination attempt on Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff two are from Haryana including a minor and other one was out on bail in an Arms Act case.

🔗 https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/19/tiger-shroff-firing-puts-anil-pandit-alleged-lawrence-bishnoi-gang-operative-under-focus

BREAKING | Judicial custody of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das extended for two days by Special Executive Magistrate: Officials

A saree can be more than something you wear. It can carry a memory, a family story, a craft and generations of knowledge.

In this episode of Expressions, Neha sits down with Pavithra Muddaya of Vimor to explore the world behind India's handloom traditions.

Pavithra talks about the weavers who created extraordinary mathematical and geometric techniques, the growing difficulty of recognising genuine handloom, and why so much of the knowledge behind our textiles risks being forgotten.


Watch the full conversation on Expressions by TNIE:
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVmq_37MIH4

#TNIEexplainer | Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff escaped serious injury after three motorcycle-borne men allegedly opened fire at his car in Mumbai’s Juhu on Oct 18. His driver and another person were injured in the incident, triggering an overnight police investigation.

Watch this timeline explainer for the key developments, the reported Lawrence Bishnoi gang claim, and what investigators are probing next.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFXJsCi5MJY

"He has not been living with me for nearly 10 years... He has been living with his mother in Devdu village. He was booked in a case related to a gun a few months ago and his mother, who works in a factory, arranged bail for him"

One of the three people arrested in Rajasthan for their alleged involvement in the firing at actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai was out on bail in an Arms Act case, PTI reported quoting his father.

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/19/tiger-shroff-firing-accused-was-out-on-bail-in-arms-act-case-says-father

Fraudsters are using deepfake videos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Nirmal Sitharaman and chief ministers in deceptive Facebook and Instagram political ads to dupe people with fake schemes and offers, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) warned.


🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/19/cybercrime-unit-flags-fake-welfare-scheme-ads-using-deepfake-videos-of-pm-modi-sitharaman

#TNIEexplainer | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched Surya, the first of five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy, at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) in Visakhapatnam on Oct 6. At the same ceremony, he laid the keel of the fifth ship and inaugurated an upgraded slipway that will allow HSL to build and launch ships of up to 45,000 deadweight tonnes.

A launch is not an induction. Surya has not yet entered operational service; it will now be fitted out and put through trials. The ship is expected to be inducted in mid-2027.

🔗https://newindianexpress.com/explainers/2026/Oct/19/fss-surya-launch-why-has-the-navy-waited-so-long-and-why-does-the-indian-ocean-demand-them

New CCTV footage has purportedly captured two suspects in the Tiger Shroff firing case rushing to board a Pune-Jaipur express train at Surat station in Gujarat, hours after the gun attack on the actor in Mumbai, a Railway Police officer has said.

🔗https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/20/tiger-shroff-firing-case-cctv-footage-shows-suspects-rushing-to-board-moving-train-at-surat-railway-station