
The Allahabad High Court has questioned the delays by police in registering cases related to crime against women. ...

In a shocking incident, a man in Tumakuru district of Karnataka, allegedly consumed poison along with his three children on Thursday after his wife eloped with her lover in Saudi Arabia, police said. ...

After quitting JD-U, former Union Minister R.C.P Singh has said that he will take the opinion of his supporters and then make a decision to join any party. ...

In the wake of rising incidents of crime and anarchy, the BJP will stage a major protest in Jaipur on August 20 against issues like atrocities on women and saints, illegal mining, mob lynching, attacks on Hindus and other crime incidents. ...

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that the BJP doesn't need any 'mission' (targeting constituencies) as people have started accepting the saffron party and are standing firmly behind it. ...

A crew-less Australian-couple owned speed-boat with some sophisticated weapons -- adrift in the Arabian Sea for 52 days -- washed ashore at Harihareshwar Beach in Raigad coastal district, sounding alarm bells, a day ahead of the crowded 'dahi-handi' celebrations. ...

Parents as well as Hindu activists staged a protest against a private school in Uttara Kannada district on Thursday for reportedly asking students to remove rakhis tied during Raksha Bandhan. ...

A special court of Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee, both tainted in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) scam, by another 14 days. ...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday approved the preliminary report of Hathnikund dam with a catchment area of about 11,170 sq km built in the region of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. It will generate 763 million units of electricity annually. ...

The Supreme Court was told on Thursday that the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused makers of Dolo-650 tablet of distributing freebies around Rs 1,000 crore to doctors as consideration for prescribing the tablet. ...