Didn’t have time to catch up on today’s news? Here’s a quick roundup of the top national and international headlines from Sunday, October 12, 2025 — all the key updates in one read.

National

1. NDA seat-sharing for Bihar polls announced; BJP, JD(U) get 101 each

New Delhi: The BJP and the JD(U) will each contest on 101 seats in the Bihar assembly elections, while Union minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party will field its candidates on 29 seats, Union minister and BJP's Bihar polls in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Sunday.

2. Opposition seat-sharing, joint manifesto in Bihar likely this week

New Delhi: The opposition 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance in Bihar is likely to finalise its seat-sharing in the next few days and may announce its candidates along with a joint manifesto this week. 

3. Haryana IPS officer 'suicide': Committee gives 48-hour ultimatum to authorities to remove DGP

Chandigarh: A 31-member committee, formed to ensure acceptance of demands of the family of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed suicide, has given a 48-hour ultimatum to the Chandigarh administration and the Haryana government to remove state police chief Shatrujeet Kapur from his post.

4. Denied 'safe seat' by NC, Cong opts out from contesting RS polls in J&K

Srinagar: The president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, Tariq Hamid Karra, on Sunday said his party will not contest the October 24 Rajya Sabha elections to four seats in the Union territory in view of alliance partner National Conference refusing it a 'safe seat'.

5. 20 years of RTI: Congress tears into Modi govt for 'systematically killing' Act, 'hollowing out' democracy

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday accused the Modi government of "systematically killing" and "weakening" the Right to Information Act, which was brought by its UPA government two decades ago with an aim to bring in transparency and accountability in governance.

6. Women journalists attend Muttaqi's second media briefing after 'exclusion' row

New Delhi: Putting to rest a controversy over the absence of women journalists at his media interaction two days back, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday said there was no intention behind it.

7. MP: Man made to wash Brahmin's feet over AI-generated image; FIR registered

Damoh: An FIR was registered in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district on Sunday after a young man was allegedly forced to wash the feet of a Brahmin person and drink the water for sharing an `objectionable' AI-generated image, police said.

8. Authorities should look into legislating deepfakes, AI-enabled child abuse: Justice Nagarathna

New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Sunday stressed that the need of the hour is for the competent authorities to look into legislating deepfakes and artificial intelligence-enabled child abuse.

9. Operation Blue Star a mistake, Indira Gandhi paid for it with her life: Chidambaram

Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, "paid with her life".

10. Cong leadership 'very upset' over Chidambaram's 'Operation Bluestar' remark

New Delhi: The Congress leadership is "very upset" with former Home Minister P Chidambaram for his remarks on 'Operation Bluestar', and is of the view that senior leaders should be careful before making public statements that create embarrassment for the party, sources said on Sunday.

11. Chidambaram has exposed Cong's false narrative on Operation Blue Star: BJP

New Delhi: The BJP hit out at the Congress after former Union home minister P Chidambaram's remarks on ‘Operation Blue Star' and said history must record the truth that it was not a national necessity but a “political misadventure” by Indira Gandhi.

12. Opposition seat-sharing, joint manifesto in Bihar likely this week

New Delhi: The opposition 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance in Bihar is likely to finalise its seat-sharing in the next few days and may announce its candidates along with a joint manifesto this week.

13. PM Modi to interact with BJP workers in Bihar on Oct 15

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart his campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections with an interactive session with BJP workers on Wednesday.

14. Female students staying in hostels must adhere to rules, mustn't venture out late at night: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that female boarders, especially those from outside the state, should follow hostel rules and not venture out late at night.

15. Situation under control: Muttaqi on Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict

New Delhi: Afganistan wants peaceful resolution of its conflict with Pakistan but if the efforts don't succeed, it has other means, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday.

16. Three arrested, one detained in connection with 'gang rape' of medical college student in Bengal

Kolkata: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of a student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said.

17. Bihar: FIR lodged for MCC violation during Prashant Kishor's campaign in Tejashwi's constituency

Hajipur/Patna: An FIR was lodged on Sunday for alleged violation of the model code of conduct (MCC), in force in poll-bound Bihar, during the much-publicised campaign of Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor in RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's Raghopur assembly constituency a day ago, police said.

18. BSF air wing gets first woman flight engineer

New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) air wing has got its first woman flight engineer in its over 50 years history following completion of a first in-house training capsule.

19. Suresh Gopi offers to step down, wants Sadanandan Master to replace him in union cabinet

Kannur (Kerala): Union Minister Suresh Gopi on Sunday expressed his desire to step down from his ministerial post and recommended BJP's newly elected Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master as his replacement in the central cabinet.

International

20. EU's new digital border registration kicks in for all travellers

Travellers to Europe, including Indians, will be subject to new entry registrations from Sunday under a phased implementation of the European Union's new digital border system.

21. Pak captures 19 Afghan security posts along border; Kabul says 58 Pakistani soldiers killed

Islamabad/Peshawar: Pakistan seized 19 Afghan military posts and "terrorist hideouts" in response to what it termed "unprovoked" attacks by Afghan forces in the border areas, security sources said on Sunday, while Kabul claimed that 58 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 30 others injured during the retaliatory operations.