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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan Saturday condemned the detention of CPI-M leader and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by the Delhi Police and directed the State Chief Secretary Bishwanath Sinha and the Resident Commissioner Puneet Kumar in New Delhi to coordinate with the police...

New Delhi: Climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk Saturday condemned the arrests of student and youth leaders in Delhi intended to stall the CJP protest, describing the situation as reminiscent of an "undeclared emergency" in the country. Urging the government to stop the arrests...

Kolkata: A Returning Officer (RO), acting on behalf of the Election Commission of India (ECI), has lodged a police complaint against Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee over allegedly misleading information shared on social media regarding the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll results....

New Delhi: The plan was to assemble at Jantar Mantar, but it was not to be. A sea of khaki and blue-green fatigues, metal barriers and buses parked askew on streets turned India's address of dissent into a fortress Saturday, scattering protesters across Delhi, with...

Imphal: Three people, including a woman, were killed in fresh clashes between armed groups in Manipur’s Kamjong and Ukhrul districts in the past 24 hours, while Kamjong police station was reportedly set on fire, officials said Saturday. Meanwhile, police have dismissed reports and video circulating...

Hyderabad: Invoking the right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Telangana High Court seeking speedy and day-to-day trial in money laundering charge sheets filed against the former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and others,...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain of abetment to rioting in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots in the Dayalpur area, while acquitting the 12 other accused of all charges. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh convicted...

New Delhi: Several Opposition leaders, including former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, AAP national convener and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, were Saturday detained by the police while attempting to join the protest, called by the Cockroach Janta...

New Delhi: Stones were pelted at a bus carrying detained individuals in New Delhi's Jhandewalan area Saturday as the police continued detaining people arriving near Jantar Mantar for the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) proposed protest, officials said. According to the officials, the incident occurred when...

New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe last month's mid-air cockpit attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight, officials said Saturday. The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful...