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A college in Bhuj town of Gujarat's Kutch district has suspended its principal, hostel rector and peon after police registered an FIR against them for allegedly forcing over 60 girls to remove their undergarments to check if they were menstruating.

The government is exploring options to evacuate them, sources in the Indian Embassy in Japan have said.

Taking a cue from Mamata Banerjee's ''Didi ke bolo'' outreach programme, the West Bengal BJP is planning to launch ''BJP ke bolo'' initiative ahead of municipal elections in the state.

India, the world's second-most populous nation, is facing the ripple effects of shutdowns in China with production of medicines to mobile phones being hit as supply chain disruptions prolong.

A Magsaysay Award-winning social activist was arrested by the Lucknow police on Monday, while he was about to take out a protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in the Uttar Pradesh capital.

Nirbhaya case: Convicts to hang on March 3 at 6 am, says Delhi court, issues new death warrant

After exhausting every legal remedy, one of the four convicts sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya case has started hunger strike in Delhi's Tihar jail. This information was part of the status report to the court, presented by the Tihar jail authorities today. Three of the convicts have exhausted the legal options available to them, the jail authorities said.

A total of 68 Air India crew members, who were part of the two special flights that evacuated 647 Indians and seven Maldivians from coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, were handed over letters of appreciation signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

An Indian couple from Uttar Pradesh, stuck in China's Wuhan city where coronavirus epidemic broke out over a month ago, has sought central government's help to arrange their return to the country.

JVM(P) of former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi merged with the BJP on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated a convention on migratory fauna and announced the creation of an institutional facility for undertaking research and assessment for the conservation of migratory birds.

India on Monday issued a strong demarche to Turkey over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments expressing concern over the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir and comparing the struggle of the people with that of the fight by the Turkish during the World War I.

Two senior lawyers have been chosen by the Supreme Court to talk to protesters who are on a sit-in for over two months in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA.

A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court today commenced hearing to deliberate upon issues relating to scope of freedom of religion and whether a person who does not belong to a particular faith can file a PIL questioning the religious practice of another religion.

A special Delhi court on Monday issued notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Karti Chidambaram application, who is co-accused in Aircel Maxis case along with his father P Chidambaram and others.