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26/11 Mumbai attack: Delhi court extends Tahawwur Rana’s judicial custody

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana till July 9. Special Judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order after Rana…
Video: MP minister disapproves of women wearing ‘skimpy clothes’

Indore: Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh cabinet minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has said he disapproves the trend of women wearing “skimpy clothes”, which, he insisted, was a foreign concept of beauty and…

Gujarat reports 167 new Covid-19 cases; country’s active case tally nears 5,000

Ahmedabad: Gujarat has reported 167 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, marking a significant rise as the virus makes a slow comeback across India. The state’s active COVID-19 caseload…
UAE: Indian banker wins Rs 11.68 lakh in Big Ticket draw

Abu Dhabi: A 37-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian banker has won a staggering Dirham 50,000 (Rs 11,68,702) Big Ticket weekly e-draw held in Abu Dhabi. The winner, Mustafa Mohammed, secured the…
UIDAI’s Aadhaar authentication transactions surged in May: Official

New Delhi: Aadhaar number holders executed over 211 crore authentication transactions in May this year taking the cumulative number of such transactions to more than 15,223 crore since inception, according to a…
Bengaluru stampede: FIR against RCB, event management firm, KSCA

Bengaluru: An FIR was registered against RCB, State Cricket Association, and others under various charges including culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the stampede that killed 11 people on…
Rajasthan Dalit men forced to clean plates after drinking water from shop

Two Dalit men were subjected to casteist abuse, denigration, and forced to clean plates after drinking from a pot in front of a shop. The incident occurred in Kantia village in Rajasthan’s…

Elderly man lynched to death over Facebook comment in Bihar

A 65-year-old Muslim man succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, June 5, after he and his son were brutally attacked in front of their home near Phulwaria village in Bihar’s East Champaran district…
Second consecration held at Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Ayodhya: The consecration of ‘Raja Ram’, Hindu Lord Rama, along with the installation of idols in eight newly built temples inside the Ram Janmabhoomi complex, was held on Thursday, June 5, in…
Ex-BJP leader arrested for orchestrating gangrape of 13-yr-old daughter

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha leader Anamika Shrama was arrested along with her partner for orchestrating the gangrape of her 13-year-old daughter. Anamika had been separated from her husband for…
Man on whose complaint influencer Sharmishta Panoli was held is now missing

Wajahat Khan, on whose complaint the Kolkata police arrested social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli for speaking provocative and insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad and Islam, has allegedly gone missing after multiple FIRs were…
Bengaluru stampede: RCB announces Rs 10L each for kin of deceased

Bengaluru: Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of the 11 supporters who lost their lives in a…
Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to influencer Sharmista Panoli

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, June 5, granted interim bail to social media influencer Sharmista Panoli, who was earlier arrested for her derogatory remarks on Islam and Prophet Muhammad. The High…
Top Maoist from AP killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Amaravati: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) central committee member Tentu Lakshmi Narasimhachalam alias Sudhakar, 65, was killed during an encounter that broke out between the security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s…
Kerala Anganwadis switch to biryani after three-year-old’s wish goes viral

After a video went viral in January this year, where a little boy asked for biryani and chicken fry instead of upma for his anganwadi meals, his wish was finally granted after…