The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the electronic media from telecasting images and videos of minor rape victims from Bihar's Muzaffarpur district shelter home. ....

A shutdown called by the Left parties in Bihar on Thursday against the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district has hit rail and road traffic, police said. ....

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that it was not the job of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to govern through public interest litigations and said that law-making better be left to Parliament. ....

West Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday held meetings with leaders of opposition parties as part of her political outreach ahead of the Lok Sabha elections aimed at ousting the Modi government and also met senior BJP leader L.K. Advani. ....

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised its key benchmark lending rate by 25 basis point to 6.5 per cent in its third monetary policy review of 2018-19. ....

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday saw repeated disruptions over the Assam NRC issue and was adjourned for the day amid a ruckus in the post lunch session. ....

A total of 220 cow carcasses were seized from a warehouse in Rajasthan's Alwar district early on Wednesday, police said. ....

The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Dawoodi Bohra community is violative of bodily integrity which is a part of right to privacy and dignity. ....

Amid jousting in the opposition, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinmool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that a collective decision will be taken on the issue of Prime Ministerial candidate. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday assured visiting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that nobody will be harassed in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation process and that it was published in line with the provisions of Assam Accord. ....

BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said that those whose names are not in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam are "intruders" as they have failed to prove their Indian citizenship, and asked the political parties opposing it to clear their stand. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the people of the country to share their ideas for his Independence Day speech, via his mobile application. ....

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday attacked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for opposing the NRC draft released on Monday despite claiming that the document was the "century-old party's baby." ....

An earthquake of low intensity hit Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district early on Tuesday, the third in July, the weather bureau said. ....

A petition was filed on Monday seeking a direction to the Centre to immediately notify all recommendations for appointment of judges that have been sent it by the Supreme Court Collegium. ....

A bill that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below 12 years, was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, whose Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has emerged as the largest party on the country's general elections last week, and called for peace and development in the South Asian neighbourhood. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published on the day, is not the final list, and urged the opposition not to politicise it. ....

India has asked Antigua and Barbuda to detain Mehul Choksi, an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, and to prevent him from leaving the country. ....

DMK President M. Karunanidhi's health condition is stable and his vital signs are normal on Monday, said a party spokesperson. ....