Anindita Sanyal

70-year-old activist Gautam Navlakha, jailed since 2020 in the Koregaon-Bhima case, was released today from Navi Mumbai's Taloja Central Jail in line with the Supreme Court order to keep him under house arrest.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar declined to comment on the controversy over Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's parole.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu that nuclear weapons should not be used by any side in the Ukraine war. Russia has been claiming that Ukraine plans to use a "dirty bomb". Kiev has refuted the allegation.

Sonia Gandhi, interim chief of the Congress for three years, is likely to be back to a calmer schedule now that the party's internal elections are over. "She will remain the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party," sources in the party said.

Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge has won the Congress president polls and is set to be the first non-Gandhi chief of the party in 24 years. Mr Kharge was facing Shashi Tharoor in the contest.

Delhi's municipal wards have been redrawn as a first step to hold the delayed civic polls, seen as a test of popularity for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. The move, opposed by AAP, is likely to scale up the hostilities between the Centre and the state.

The premature release of the 11 men convicted for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and killing of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was opposed by a Special Judge and the prosecuting agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has left the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation after nearly nine hours of questioning in the liquor policy case. He has not been called for questioning tomorrow.

Congress's Jairam Ramesh today brushed off speculation that Mallikarjun Kharge was a proxy candidate as the party voted to elect a non-Gandhi chief for the first time in over 20 years.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, summoned for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the liquor policy case, directed a jab at the Centre this evening, pointing to the law-and-order situation in the national capital.

A Varanasi court is expected to decide today whether scientific investigation including carbon dating will be held on a purported 'Shivling' found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

Mohammad Shafi -- the main accused in the Kerala "human sacrifice" case -- masqueraded as a holy man and apparently had a physical relationship with Laila Singh, which was passed off as a part of the rituals, the police said today.

The BJP has decided to form a new "joining committee" in Rajasthan ahead of next year's assembly polls in the state. This will be part of its massive "Mission Rajasthan" programme drawn up to recapture power in the state.

Roslin and Padma -- the two victims of "human sacrifice" in Kerala -- were knifed in their private parts, after which their throats were slit, police sources have said, revealing details of the horrific murders that have shocked the country.

The Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray camp has found itself in a quandary over the Andheri polls due next month. The candidate it was hoping to field -- late MLA Ramesh Latke's wife Rutuja Latke -- might be unable to contest.

70-year-old activist Gautam Navlakha, jailed since 2020 in the Koregaon-Bhima case, was released today from Navi Mumbai's Taloja Central Jail in line with the Supreme Court order to keep him under house arrest.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar declined to comment on the controversy over Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's parole.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu that nuclear weapons should not be used by any side in the Ukraine war. Russia has been claiming that Ukraine plans to use a "dirty bomb". Kiev has refuted the allegation.

Sonia Gandhi, interim chief of the Congress for three years, is likely to be back to a calmer schedule now that the party's internal elections are over. "She will remain the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party," sources in the party said.

Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge has won the Congress president polls and is set to be the first non-Gandhi chief of the party in 24 years. Mr Kharge was facing Shashi Tharoor in the contest.

Delhi's municipal wards have been redrawn as a first step to hold the delayed civic polls, seen as a test of popularity for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. The move, opposed by AAP, is likely to scale up the hostilities between the Centre and the state.

The premature release of the 11 men convicted for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and killing of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was opposed by a Special Judge and the prosecuting agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has left the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation after nearly nine hours of questioning in the liquor policy case. He has not been called for questioning tomorrow.

Congress's Jairam Ramesh today brushed off speculation that Mallikarjun Kharge was a proxy candidate as the party voted to elect a non-Gandhi chief for the first time in over 20 years.

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, summoned for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the liquor policy case, directed a jab at the Centre this evening, pointing to the law-and-order situation in the national capital.

A Varanasi court is expected to decide today whether scientific investigation including carbon dating will be held on a purported 'Shivling' found in the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

Mohammad Shafi -- the main accused in the Kerala "human sacrifice" case -- masqueraded as a holy man and apparently had a physical relationship with Laila Singh, which was passed off as a part of the rituals, the police said today.

The BJP has decided to form a new "joining committee" in Rajasthan ahead of next year's assembly polls in the state. This will be part of its massive "Mission Rajasthan" programme drawn up to recapture power in the state.

Roslin and Padma -- the two victims of "human sacrifice" in Kerala -- were knifed in their private parts, after which their throats were slit, police sources have said, revealing details of the horrific murders that have shocked the country.

The Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray camp has found itself in a quandary over the Andheri polls due next month. The candidate it was hoping to field -- late MLA Ramesh Latke's wife Rutuja Latke -- might be unable to contest.