The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday arrested Hilal Rather, son of National Conference leader and former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, in a bank fraud case involving Rs 177 core.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said that action will soon be taken against senior Mumbai University (MU) faculty member Yogesh Soman over his "offensive" remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Out on bail after spending nearly a month in prison over his protest against the citizenship law at Delhi's Jama Masjid, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad aka "Raavan" says he had not made any speech at the Jama Masjid when he was arrested, rather just read the Preamble of the Constitution.
The BJP's fortnight-long drive seeking people's inputs to prepare a manifesto for the Delhi polls has received 11.65 lakh suggestions over a range of issues including the amended citizenship law and the continuing protests against it.
"Give us Delhi Police and law-and-order responsibility for two days and we will hang Nirbhaya convicts," Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday, hitting back at the BJP for holding the AAP government responsible for the "delay" in the hanging.
Old allies Jana Sena and BJP came together once again and announced an alliance on Thursday, seeking to emerge as the "third alternative" in Andhra Pradesh.
Ashwani Mahajan, the face of RSS's economic wing Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), on Thursday lashed out at Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, accusing him of being sympathetic towards e-commerce giant Amazon and its owner and global CEO Jeff Bezos.
Holding that surnames do no matter in human relations, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she does not know the maiden surname of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee's wife.
A day after yet another attempt by China to raise the Kashmir issue before the United Nations Security Council flopped, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin today advised Pakistan to reopen traditional diplomatic channels instead of "crying wolf" through its regional ally.
Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray had immense respect for Indira Gandhi and claimed party leader Sanjay Raut's controversial statements on the former prime minister were taken out of context.
More than 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram, who have been living as refugees in Tripura since 1997, will permanently settle in Tripura, according to an agreement that was signed on Thursday.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said some students in select universities are talking about dividing the country and asked the youths not to pay heed to them.
