
The West Bengal government on Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the two-member commission of inquiry headed by retired Supreme Court judge, justice Madan B. Lokur, to probe the Pegasus snooping allegations, would not proceed till the top court hears the batch of petitions connected with snooping scandal. ...

After giving the nod for offline education for Classes 9 to 11 over a month ago, the Gujarat government on Wednesday announced that the schools will also open for Classes 6 to 8 from September 2 with 50 per cent capacity and parents' approval....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu unit on Wednesday dismissed journalist Madan Ravichandran and Venba from the organisation's primary membership....

In a shocking incident, a student from Uttar Pradesh has been gang raped by a gang of six youths at the foothills of the Chamundi hills in Mysuru, police sources said on Wednesday....

A POCSO court in Meghalaya sentenced 25 years of imprisonment to former MLA Julius Dorphang for raping a minor girl five years ago, police official said on Wednesday....

Dr Gail Omvedt, US-born renowned Dalit researcher, writer on Ambedkarism and the movement for the oppressed classes, passed away following a brief illness at Kasegaon, here early on Wednesday, said an aide....

The Congress-led Opposition in Kerala on Wednesday demanded Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to break his silence as Covid is raging in the state....

The Tamil Nadu police is continuing the crackdown on the vehicles with government stickers after several people and drivers were found misusing them....

Hours after the Congress-led Punjab government accepted the demands of sugarcane farmers, the party's General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for not increasing the price of sugarcane in the state....

The Rajasthan government wants to collect revenue by selling good quality liquor and there is no proposal to ban sale of liquor in the state...