New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday said the victims, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident, were denied a fair and effective hearing at the time of granting bail to accused Ashish Mishra, and observed that the Allahabad High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by dwelling on the merits of the case and showed "tearing hur

Bengaluru, Along with communal unrest and tension in the state and cabinet expansion pangs, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai now has the challenge of handling the issue of assurance of reservation for Panchamasali Linagayat community under 2A category.

Panchamasali seer of Koodalasangama Mutt Basavajaya M

Shillong,  The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), an apex body of eight influential students' organisations of the region, has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to revoke the decision to make Hindi a compulsory subject in all the northeastern states up to Class 10 as "the move in the region would

Chandigarh, Punjab Police have solved the hand-grenade attack at Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) office in Nawanshahr by busting a major Pakistan-based terror module run by Harvinder Singh, alias Rinda, with the arrest of its three operatives, said Director General of Police V.K. Bhawra here on Monday.

Some perso

Hubballi (Karnataka), A local court on Monday remanded Abhishek Hiremath, the accused youth whose objectionable social media post allegedly triggered large-scale violence in Hubballi, to judicial custody till April 30.

Prohibitory orders have been clamped in the city till April 20 and as many as 100 persons detain

New Delhi, A Kashmiri Pandit organisation has sought an SIT probe into the sale and leasing of land of defunct temple trusts and demanded that those involved in the "illegal" work be brought to book.

Satish Mahaldar, Chairman, Reconciliation, Return and Rehabilitation of Migrants, said, "The defunct

Thiruvananthapuram, Eight days after the conclusion of the 23rd CPI-M Party Congress at Kerala's Kannur, the party leadership has rubbished allegations levelled by the BJP leaders that general secretary Sitaram Yechuri was using a vehicle which belonged to a person accused in multiple cases.

As per the BJP, at

New Delhi,  Refuting all allegations of the investigation of Jahangirpuri communal violence being one sided and only members of one particular community being targetted, the Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana on Monday said the police was not discriminating with anyone.

"During the investigation, i

New Delhi,  The Hindu Sena, a right-wing organisation, on Monday approached the Delhi High Court seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the communal clashes in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri.

Talking to IANS, Advocate Vidlesh Aggarwal, who represented the Hindu Sena in the court, alleged

Chennai,  A total of 1,905 persons -- freedom fighters and their descendants -- are drawing pension in Tamil Nadu, the government said.

According to the Policy Note of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, there are 1,905 persons -- freedom fighters and their descendents -- in Tamil Nadu who ar