TODAY NEWSV ON September 29, 2025

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Asia Cup trophy not awarded to champions India after they refuse to accept it from ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi

Asia Cup champions Indian team on Sunday (September 28, 2025) refused to accept the winners’ trophy from ACC chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who also happens to be Pakistan’s Interior Minister and chairman of the country’s cricket board. As Mr. Naqvi stood on one side for the presentation ceremony to begin, Indian players were standing within 15 yards, refusing to budge from their places and the formalities were being inordinately delayed.

BCCI to lodge protest against Naqvi after Asia Cup trophy presentation fiasco

Devajit Saikia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, has condemned the act of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi taking the Asia Cup trophy along with him from the dais after India declined to accept it from him. Mr. Saikia also confirmed that the BCCI will take up the issue in the next International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Board meeting in November.

Two civilians killed in Ladakh protests cremated amid curfew in Leh

The bodies of the two civilians, who were killed on September 24 during street protests in Ladakh, were cremated in Leh on Sunday (September 28, 2025), with only close relatives allowed to attend the last rites. A curfew was enforced for the fifth straight day. Officials said the last rites of the victims, Jigmet Dorjay, 25, a resident of Kharnakling village, and Stanzin Namgyal, 23, a resident of Igoo village, were held in Leh town between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Ice-cool Tilak wins it for India in a pulsating finale

For the past three weeks in the 17th edition of the Asia Cup, political undercurrents and off-field controversies involving India and Pakistan had overshadowed the contest between bat and ball. The conclusion to the continental competition at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday (September 28, 2025), however, fittingly brought cricket back to the forefront as the two arch-rivals engaged in a pulsating battle with the title on the line.

Death toll in Karur stampede rises to 40; Justice Aruna Jagadeesan begins inquiries

The death toll in Saturday night’s stampede at the political rally of actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay at Velusamypuram in Karur in Tamil Nadu went up to 40 on Sunday (September 28, 2025). Kavin (31), who was undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Karur, was the latest victim succumbing to the injuries.

Government striving to get ‘Chhath Puja’ included in UNESCO’s cultural heritage list: PM Modi

The government is striving to get the ‘Chhath Mahaparva’ included in the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List and when that happens, people in every corner of the world will be able to experience the festival’s grandeur and divinity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday (September 28, 2025). In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Mr. Modi also pointed out that some time ago, on account of similar efforts by the government, Kolkata’s Durga Puja also became a part of this UNESCO list.

Two dead after shooting, fire at Michigan Mormon church

At least two people were killed and several others injured on Sunday (September 28, 2025) after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said, in the latest deadly tragedy that U.S. President Donald Trump called part of a national “epidemic of violence”.

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court to hear TVK’s case on September 29

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court will hear on Monday (September 29, 2025) afternoon a case to be filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) regarding the death of as many as 40 individuals during a campaign by its leader C. Joseph Vijay at Velusamypuram in Karur district on Saturday (September 27, 2025). A Dussehra vacation Bench of Justices M. Dhandapani and M. Jothiraman would hear the case since Karur district falls under the territorial jurisdiction of the Madurai Bench. The decision was taken following a mention made by TVK lawyer S. Arivazhagan at the residence of Justice Dhandapani in Chennai on Sunday (September 28, 2025).

Mann ki Baat: ‘We have to become self-reliant’ says PM Modi, urges Indians to buy Swadeshi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Mann ki Baat address on Sunday (September 28, 2025), made a renewed pitch to the citizens of the country to buy khadi products and locally-made goods in the ongoing festival season to strengthen India’s domestic economy and vitalise its entrepreneurs. “I extend to you good wishes on the upcoming Diwali, but I also reiterate: we have to become self-reliant, we have to make the country self-reliant; and the path to that lies only through Swadeshi,” Mr. Modi said.

Three Maoists carrying total bounty of ₹14 lakh gunned down in Chhattisgarh

Three Maoists carrying a cumulative bounty of ₹14 lakh were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Sunday (September 28, 2025), a senior police official said. The gun battle took place on a forested hill near Chhindkhadak village along the border of Kanker and Gariaband districts, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation in the morning, Kanker Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela told PTI.

Zubeen Garg’s family files complaint with Assam CID, wants his death probed

Members of a Special Investigation Team of Assam’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited the residence of Zubeen Garg in Guwahati’s Kahilipara on Sunday (September 28, 2025), less than a day after the Assamese cultural icon’s family filed a complaint linked to his death. An officer of the probe team said they visited the late Garg’s residence to record the statements of his family members.

Head of Mormon church Russell Nelson dies at 101

Russell Nelson, who headed the Mormon church since 2018, died on Saturday (September 28, 2025) night at age 101, the church announced. “With sorrow we announce that Russell M. Nelson, beloved President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully... at his home in Salt Lake City,” it said in a statement, using the church’s official name. The former heart surgeon was “the oldest president in the history of the Church,” the statement added, without specifying a cause of death.

Mithun Manhas elected as new BCCI president, Amita Sharma to head women’s selection panel

Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas has been elected as the new BCCI president on Sunday (September 28, 2025). Manhas was elected unanimously at the BCCI annual general meeting held in Mumbai. Manhas has become the 37th president of the Board, as he succeeded Roger Binny who resigned last month after turning 70.