A newborn elephant calf, swept away by the Teesta river's strong current, was rescued by fishermen in Jalpaiguri's Gajoldoba area and reunited with its mother. The five-day-old calf was separated from its herd on Monday morning while crossing the swollen river near the Saraswatipur tea garden in Baikunthapur forest. Fishermen spotted it floating near the barrage, trunk raised, sinking and resurfacing. They rowed to mid-river, pulled it onto their boat and alerted the forest department. Baikunthapur DFO Mudit Kumar said the calf was released into the forest in good health, and the herd accepted it. The mother was seen rushing to her calf, trumpeting with joy.

Three people have been arrested in Bihar's Jamui after a disturbing video showing two Class 10 students being harassed surfaced online. The action came hours after social media users tagged Bihar Police seeking action. The incident took place around 7 pm on Saturday on the Jamui-Lakhisarai road, when the teenagers were returning on a scooter from coaching classes. In the video, a group surrounds the couple, pulls the boy away and a masked man grabs the girl as she pleads to be let go. Rahul Gandhi condemned the incident and demanded action under the POCSO Act. Minister Sunil Kumar called it condemnable and said police will arrest all those guilty.

India won four more medals on Day 2 of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, lifting its tally to six. Three came from shooting. Himanshu Dhillon took silver and Rudrankksh Patil bronze in the men's 10m air rifle, after the trio of Dhillon, Patil and Parth Mane won team silver. Suchika Tariyal became India's first Asian Games MMA medallist, but her semifinal draw against Singapore's Teo Hui Hoon was settled on weight, with Teo 700 grams lighter, sending Tariyal to bronze. India is 12th in the table without a gold. Women's hockey beat Indonesia 17-1, and badminton and table tennis teams reached the quarter-finals. (PC: India Today)

A Supreme Court-appointed SIT has found 105 alleged cases of donation theft at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Investigators examined CCTV footage, witness statements and donation records. They also checked digital logs and bank records to trace the missing money. The findings were included in a report submitted to the Supreme Court on September 16. Eight temple employees were arrested earlier in the case. Police said around ₹79.85 lakh was recovered from them. A second SIT was formed in July to investigate the case. The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court that the charge sheet will be filed by September 25.  

3 people have been arrested in Bihar’s Jamui district after a video showing a Class 10 girl and a boy being harassed went viral. The incident reportedly took place on September 19. Jamui SP Bishwajeet Dayal said police identified around seven people from the video. An FIR has been filed under the POCSO Act and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A Special Investigation Team led by a woman officer is conducting raids to arrest the remaining suspects. Police also traced the victims after the video surfaced online. Authorities have started steps to remove the video from social media platforms.  

US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the Russia-Ukraine war. He accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of wanting the conflict to continue. Trump said he wants peace and does not support a war lasting another 10 years. He also claimed about 2,000 people died last week. Zelenskyy said his meeting with Trump created diplomatic momentum. He said Trump had agreed to meet him in New York. Zelenskyy added that peace remains Ukraine’s top priority. The two sides discussed de-escalation, energy security, food security and protecting civilians. Zelenskyy also thanked Trump for supporting Ukraine.  

India will study the details of a new US law targeting Russia before deciding its response, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. US President Donald Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law on September 18. The law allows the US President to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries that continue major purchases of Russian oil and gas. However, the tariff is not automatic. India is a major buyer of Russian crude oil. New Delhi and Washington are also negotiating a trade agreement. Goyal said India would discuss the matter after studying the law.  

Elavenil Valarivan won two silver medals on Day 1 of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday. She first won team silver in the 10m air rifle with Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod, India's first medal of these Games. Later, she led the individual final for most of the way but finished 0.6 behind Japan's Hinata Taichi, who set an Asian Games record with 253.0. Elavenil scored 252.4. The two-time Olympian said her approach has changed. "Lately I've started to enjoy the sport," she said. On her first Games medal, she added, "I'm going to cherish it to the core."

The death by suicide of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode at IIT Bombay has put student suicides across IITs back in focus. The institute has suspended a professor named in an FIR and apologised for its earlier statement. The student's father has alleged abetment on grounds of caste discrimination. Three days of protests followed on the Powai campus.   The Centre told Parliament that 39 students died by suicide across IITs between 2018 and 2023. A Supreme Court-appointed task force found that 90% of faculty lacked adequate training to support distressed students. Counselling drives, hostel changes and official inquiries are under way. (PC: HT)

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned of "significant changes" in its operations if the United States resumes military action.   IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi said on Sunday, "We will bring new weapons with new capabilities into the battlefield, and the world will be astonished." He added, "We have new targets that have not yet been struck."   Iran's armed forces also claimed Washington was preparing fresh action.   Separately, a US Defence Department watchdog reported "strategic inventory shortfalls" after over $22 billion was spent on munitions from February to June. President Donald Trump has called such reports "fake news." (PC: X)