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The newly-appointed Commission for Air Quality Management on Monday said it will take required steps to curb air pollution in the national capital, including formulation of appropriate policies and strategies to control stubble burning.

A 14-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by four unidentified persons in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district, police said on Monday.

Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi should be remembered for his smile, his ideals and commitment to the people of the state, his son and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi said on Monday.

India and the European Union can influence the creation of fairer globalisation and more effective multilateralism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, asserting that their ability to work together can help shape global outcomes.

A 30-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area as he was fed up with undue interference from his in-laws in their married life, police said on Monday.

India and the European Union on Monday held talks covering developments in the area of nuclear, chemical and biological disarmament as well as issues relating to outer space and export control regimes.

The Supreme Court Monday expressed happiness that the Centre has implemented its verdict to consider granting permanent commission to women officers in the Army, saying, "it is the victory of our nation that women aspire to achieve the highest pedestal."

Delhi recorded 4,454 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday and a positivity rate of 11.94 per cent while 121 more fatalities pushed the death count to 8,512, authorities said.

A FIR has been registered against streaming service Netflix over allegations that the BBC adaptation of Vikram Seth's "A Suitable Boy" has hurt religious sentiments because it shows a Hindu woman and a Muslim man kissing

The NDRF has earmarked 30 teams to launch rescue and relief operations in view of the cyclone "Nivar" that is expected to hit the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry between Tuesday and Thursday, officials said on Monday.

Mamata Banerjee is "the most secular leader" in the country, a number of ex-AIMIM leaders said Monday as they joined the Trinamool Congress in Bengal and promised that neither the BJP nor AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi would make political gains

The UK government has confirmed a further one-year visa extension for foreign doctors and nurses, including from India, whose visas are set to expire before March 31, 2021, as they battle the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.

The Delhi High Court on Monday said a victim of objectionable online content cannot be expected to keep on looking for fresh links and make complaints each time and a permanent solution has to be found to this problem.

From December 1, West Bengal will launch an initiative to take government services to the doorsteps of people. 'Duare Duare Sarkar' or government at the doorstep. That's the name of the initiative that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced at Khatra in Bankura district today. To run till Gandhi Jayanti on January 30, the initiative will try and deliver pending services to people.

The CBI has arrested the Managing Director of Angel Agritech group, Nazubuulla, who was allegedly on run in one of the ponzi scam cases of West Bengal, commonly known as Saradha scam, officials said Monday.