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Investigation has been initiated against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart for alleged violation of foreign exchange law, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday informed the Delhi High Court.

The Supreme Court has said that acid attack is an "uncivilised and heartless crime" which does not deserve any clemency.

India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over several incidents of alleged harassment of Indian High Commission officials in Islamabad between March 8 and 11, and demanded an immediate investigation into them, official sources said on Monday.

Every election is a "picnic" for the Gandhi family, the BJP said on Monday while seeking to downplay Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra''s three-day Uttar Pradesh visit during which she will cover 100 km by boat in the river Ganga.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday hit out at the bureaucracy in the state, accusing them of scuttling democracy by not allowing assembly elections in the state.

Congress's newest entrant Hardik Patel today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Mein Bhi Chowkidar" campaign. In answer to the "chowkidar" prefix on the twitter handles of BJP ministers, leaders and hundreds of party supporters, Hardik Patel added the prefix "Berojgar" (unemployed) to his twitter handle.

The Congress, which returned to power after 15 years in Madhya Pradesh, has come up with an initiative to provide jobs for young people in the state. But the party, which has hugely criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark about becoming self-employed by frying pakodas, has come up with some bizzare answers.

The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of Christian Michel, arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, and the CBI on Tihar Jail authorities' plea challenging an order allowing him to make international phone calls in violation of prison rules.

Just when industrialist Anil Ambani seemed set for a three-month jail term for failing to clear crores in dues owed to Swedish service provider Ericsson, his brother - Mukesh - on Monday stepped in to save the day.

The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events said, according to news agency Reuters.

The two years of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh have been like a "curse" for the people who are disappointed as the dispensation "failed" on all fronts, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed on Monday.

The Indian Army Monday began a 10-day military exercise with armed forces of 17 African nations at Aundh in Maharashtra, reflecting the growing strategic ties between India and the Africa continent.

Five Uttar Pradesh policemen have been convicted for the custodial death of a 26-year-old man by a Delhi court, which said that the police feel they have power to manipulate the evidence and will not be held accountable.

China on Monday said that it would like to see the easing of tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack and the issue would figure in the first strategic dialogue between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday.

National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Monday said the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) was a "thought-out match fixing" between the BJP and the PDP as part of election "gimmickry" to help each other.