Shatabdi Chowdhury

Muhammad Zubair, one of the founders of fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested this evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Several political leaders have criticised the BJP-led Central government over his arrest.

An official of the United Nations has condemned the detention of activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday, saying "defending human right is not a crime".

A protest outside a wine shop in Delhi turned violent after a clash broke out between two groups of women.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, whose tweets often land him in trouble, has courted a fresh controversy. A case has been filed against him for a controversial tweet with a 'Mahabharata' reference on Droupadi Murmu, the presidential candidate of the BJP.

The son of a bureaucrat, who is under arrest in a corruption case, has died of a gunshot wound in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Singer Sidhu Moose Wala's song "SYL" was released on his YouTube channel this evening, nearly a month after his death. The song, released by his team on his official YouTube channel, amassed over one million views within an hour of its release.

Mumbai recorded 2,479 new COVID-19 cases - a 50 percent rise from 1,648 the previous day - and one death due to the infection in the last 24 hours. The city crossed the 2,000-mark after three days.

Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the BJP from Odisha, is the ruling NDA's candidate for the Presidential election. "I am confident she will be a great President of our nation," said PM Narendra Modi in his congratulatory tweet.

A groom's grand wedding procession has cost him Rs 2 lakh in Uttar Pradesh. The groom, along with his friends, was seen dancing in an open roof Audi on a busy road in Muzaffarnagar in a video that has now gone viral on social media.

The Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking directions to the Uttar Pradesh government to follow rules while carrying out further demolitions in the state. The petition also sought strict action against officials indulging in unlawful demolition.

A young woman was mercilessly thrashed, grabbed by the hair in full public view by a group of women in Madhya Pradesh.

Distressed by his cousin's death, a man died by suicide by jumping into her burning pyre in a shocking case from Madhya Pradesh. He was seen bowing before her body and then took the fatal step, according to eye witnesses.

Poorna Malavath, a mountaineer from Telangana, has created history by scaling the seven tallest summits located in seven continents. She achieved the feat after climbing Mount Denali (6,190mt) - the highest mountain in the continent of North America.

Tree elderly devotees died and 40 others were inured due to heat and humidity amid a crowd surge at a religious gathering in Bengal on Sunday.

A BJP leader was arrested today for derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad, four days after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur

Muhammad Zubair, one of the founders of fact-checking website Alt News, was arrested this evening for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Several political leaders have criticised the BJP-led Central government over his arrest.

An official of the United Nations has condemned the detention of activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday, saying "defending human right is not a crime".

A protest outside a wine shop in Delhi turned violent after a clash broke out between two groups of women.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, whose tweets often land him in trouble, has courted a fresh controversy. A case has been filed against him for a controversial tweet with a 'Mahabharata' reference on Droupadi Murmu, the presidential candidate of the BJP.

The son of a bureaucrat, who is under arrest in a corruption case, has died of a gunshot wound in Chandigarh on Saturday.

Singer Sidhu Moose Wala's song "SYL" was released on his YouTube channel this evening, nearly a month after his death. The song, released by his team on his official YouTube channel, amassed over one million views within an hour of its release.

Mumbai recorded 2,479 new COVID-19 cases - a 50 percent rise from 1,648 the previous day - and one death due to the infection in the last 24 hours. The city crossed the 2,000-mark after three days.

Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the BJP from Odisha, is the ruling NDA's candidate for the Presidential election. "I am confident she will be a great President of our nation," said PM Narendra Modi in his congratulatory tweet.

A groom's grand wedding procession has cost him Rs 2 lakh in Uttar Pradesh. The groom, along with his friends, was seen dancing in an open roof Audi on a busy road in Muzaffarnagar in a video that has now gone viral on social media.

The Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking directions to the Uttar Pradesh government to follow rules while carrying out further demolitions in the state. The petition also sought strict action against officials indulging in unlawful demolition.

A young woman was mercilessly thrashed, grabbed by the hair in full public view by a group of women in Madhya Pradesh.

Distressed by his cousin's death, a man died by suicide by jumping into her burning pyre in a shocking case from Madhya Pradesh. He was seen bowing before her body and then took the fatal step, according to eye witnesses.

Poorna Malavath, a mountaineer from Telangana, has created history by scaling the seven tallest summits located in seven continents. She achieved the feat after climbing Mount Denali (6,190mt) - the highest mountain in the continent of North America.

Tree elderly devotees died and 40 others were inured due to heat and humidity amid a crowd surge at a religious gathering in Bengal on Sunday.

A BJP leader was arrested today for derogatory comments on Prophet Muhammad, four days after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur