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New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday sent Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged assault on the father of a student activist during a protest at Jantar Mantar, among other charges. Bhardwaj was detained in Bulandshahr Friday, hours after...

New Delhi: The National Film Awards ceremony will move out of Delhi to Kevadia in Gujarat for the first time in its 72-year history, with President Droupadi Murmu presenting the honours September 22, officials said Monday. Kevadia, which has been renamed Ekta Nagar, is home...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Monday quashed an arrest warrant issued against the Trinamool Congress's Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra by a court in West Bengal's Nadia district. Besides quashing the arrest warrant issued against Moitra, a division bench headed by Justice Debangshu Basak also transferred...

New Delhi: The owner of the collapsed building in Delhi's Satya Niketan was apprehended by Delhi Police from Rajasthan's Bhiwadi Monday, after he went absconding after the disaster. Hariram Bansal was arrested in Bhiwadi, hours after the Delhi Police issued a Look Out Circular (LOC)...

New Delhi: Controversial posters referring to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots were put up in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur and Lucknow, triggering a political controversy at a time when tensions over the demolition of an old mosque inside the Saharanpur Collectorate complex are already high. The posters...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday refused to grant six months extension to the High-Powered Committee for submitting its final report on definition and protection of the Aravalli Hills. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana directed...

New Delhi: Hailing ties between India and Luxembourg, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Monday that the two nations have a "very trusted relationship" and expressed confidence that both can do more in terms of supply chain resilience and diversification. In his opening remarks during...

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi Monday suspended South Zone Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar and four engineers pending disciplinary proceedings, after a building in south Delhi's Satya Niketan collapsed, killing seven and injuring several others. The order of the copy, accessed by PTI, reads that...

Bengaluru: Seven people were killed in two separate road accidents in Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts of Karnataka, including four members of a family who were returning to Bengaluru after visiting the Tirupati temple Monday. In the first incident, four pilgrims from Bengaluru were killed after...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday said it will await the stand of the central government on a batch of petitions concerning the criminalisation of marital rape before fixing a suitable date for hearing on the issue. Senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned a petition related to...