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After being shut for more than six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Assam's famous Kamakhya Temple is set to open its gates to devotees from September 28, the state government has said.

A large rally was organised in Bengaluru today against the two controversial farm bills passed - amid chaos and uproar - by the Rajya Sabha on Sunday

Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan has delayed his visit to Bihar - where seat-sharing talks are on ahead of Assembly elections due by November - because his father, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is undergoing treatment at a Delhi Hospital

A fire broke out at a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in Odisha's Cuttack district on Monday, fire officials said.

Farmers across Madhya Pradesh have expressed mixed reactions to the two farm bills pushed through the Rajya Sabha - amid unprecedented chaos and fierce protests by both the opposition and several farmers' groups - on Sunday

The heckling of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh in the House during the passage of farm bills has "hurt" the prestige of Bihar, and people of the state will give a befitting reply to this, the leaders of the state's ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance said on Monday.

Nearly 1,200 people across the country were detained under the tringent National Security Act (NSA) by police in 2017 and 2018, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Of these, 563 are still in custody, the minister said in the Rajya Sabha.

The Supreme Court today said there is a need to balance the right to protest and blocking of roads and that there cannot a "universal policy" since the situation may "vary" from case-to-case.

The family of a Kirti Chakra awardee soldier, who died for the country 18 years ago, from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh reached the Raj Bhavan in Shimla today to return the gallantry award to the Governor as they blamed successive state governments for failing to honour his death.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated the sentiments expressed by Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih after India extended a USD 250 million loan to Male to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Azamgarh aircraft crash: A young trainee pilot was killed after a four-seater aircraft crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh on Monday. Officials suspect the aircraft crashed due to bad weather. The small plane crashed into a farmland around 11.30 am.

An Additional Sessions Judge hearing the Rs 8,100-crore bank loan fraud case against the owners of Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech group and others recused himself from hearing the matter today, saying he was approached by one of the parties in the case.

Mumbai weather: The Mumbai weather office has warned of heavy rain in south Konkan region today. Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Pune, Satara and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra and neighbouring Goa are likely to get heavy showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrrow.

Skeletal remains of four persons killed in the Kedarnath disaster have been recovered from above Rambara on way to the Himalayan temple, seven years after the tragedy.

A Delhi court has extended by seven days the custodial interrogation of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma, arrested in an espionage case under the Official Secrets Act.