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New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder, Abhijeet Dipke, Friday said that the outfit will stage nationwide protests from October 2, which marks Gandhi Jayanti, if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by Saturday. This comes a day after the CJP demanded Gyanesh...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued two notices on Tarun Tejpal's sentencing in a 2013 rape case -- one to Goa Police on the journalist's petition against his 10-year prison term and the second to him on a Goa government plea seeking enhancement of...

New Delhi: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke Friday urged Opposition parties to stop participating in elections if they believe the electoral process is being rigged, saying their continued participation only legitimises such polls and creates an "illusion" that they are free and fair. In a post...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary drew flak from the opposition RJD for allegedly revealing the identity of a girl who was molested a few days ago in Jamui district. The minor, along with her family, came here to meet Choudhary Thursday and was assured...

New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in India has touched a highest-ever level of USD 94.53 billion in 2025-26, while cumulative FDI inflows during 2014-26 have reached USD 843 billion, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. He also said that as of March...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Manas Mohanty has been reappointed as the party’s general secretary (organisation) for Odisha, as the saffron party’s national president Nitin Nabin Thursday appointed organisational general secretaries of the party’s state units. He also made party national joint general secretaries (organisation)...

Amroha (UP): Two Uttar Pradesh Police personnel and as many CRPF personnel have been arrested for the alleged gangrape of a woman from Haryana at a farmhouse in Amroha district, an official said Thursday. The alleged incident took place in Hasanpur area of Amroha. A...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has laid down a set of safeguards to prevent the misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) in matrimonial and child custody disputes, cautioning that false allegations can cause irreparable harm to an accused...

Mumbai: The parents of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode, whose alleged suicide has led to accusations of caste discrimination, Thursday began a hunger strike seeking action against their son's 'tormentors' while the institute deferred its mid-semester examinations amid the controversy and reissued an apology over...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were "deshdrohis" (traitors) as they "destroyed" India's vote, and demanded the immediate resignation of the CEC. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha...