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The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) had detained 49 fishermen and seized eight boats off the Gujarat coast on September 15, the state government told the Legislative Assembly on Monday.

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday urged the government to give Bengali language the status of a "classical language" in the country.

Condemning the opposition's conduct during the passage of the farm bills on Sunday as "shameful", the government on Monday said Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh was "nearly assaulted" by opposition members even when he was ready to take up their motion to move the bills to the select committee.

Actor and Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan on Monday approached the Kolkata Police after a video chat application allegedly used her photo without her consent for its online promotion.

Opposition parties and farmers' groups across the country, including the Congress and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), have announced plans to vigorously protest the two controversial farm bills cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Sunday

Days after his release from jail following a court quashing his detention under the stringent National Security Act, Kafeel Khan on Monday met Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

The Delhi Police have arrested a 37-year-old man who used to pose as a female model by creating a fake account on social media and collect nude photos of women on the pretext of giving them a chance to audition for a web series, officials said on Monday.

The Yamuna Expressway authority has sent a proposal to the Uttar Pradesh government for setting up a film city in Gautam Buddh Nagar, officials said on Monday.

The government has no data on farmers suicide as many states do not submit figures to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), the Rajya Sabha was told in a written reply today.

Eight bills were passed in 90 minutes by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly today, which held a one-day session amid the Covid pandemic, for which 78 MLAs were present in the House and 23 attended via video conference - a first for the state

Politicians and farm leaders of Punjab and Haryana have unanimously rejected the hike in Minimum Support Price of rabi crops announced ahead of schedule by the Centre today amid a huge unrest over the proposed farm laws.

On Sunday, amid scenes of chaos and uproar, the Rajya Sabha passed two of a set of three controversial bills related to India's agriculture sector. The bills, which replace ordinances issued in June, were passed amid fierce protests by farmers' groups - particularly in the grain bowl states of Haryana and Punjab. The Narendra Modi government has said the farm bills, as they have come to be known, empower small and marginal farmers by allowing them access to markets and prices of their choosing. The opposition, which includes political parties and lakhs of farmers, disagrees - they say the bills threaten to abolish MSPs (minimum support prices) and, consequently, leave the same small and marginal farmers at the mercy of corporates and large-scale institutional buyers. As for the farmers themselves, some who spoke to NDTV say they are confused and want the government to reach out and offer clarifications.

Student activist Gulfisha Fatima, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), alleged before a Delhi court on Monday that she was being subjected to communal slurs and mental harassment by jail authorities.

Former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa and others opposed on Monday the CBI and Enforcement Directorate pleas seeking early hearing of the probe agencies' appeals challenging the acquittal of individuals and firms in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases.

Condemning the BJP for 'Black Sunday' when it "forcibly" passed the controversial farm bills, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced Trinamool Congress will take to the streets from Tuesday on the issue.