Highlights: AIMIM MLA's son named as accused in Hyderabad gangrape case

AIMIM MLA's son named as accused in Hyderabad gangrape case. Read more

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 1,242 new coronavirus infections, almost double the previous day's count, but no pandemic-related death.

Days after Kanpur violence, DM Neha Sharma has been transferred. She will be replaced by CMO special secretary Vishak G Iyer.

BJP leader Harshit Srivastava Lala booked in UP for inflammatory post against Prophet Mohammed.

The World Bank has cut India's economic growth forecast to 7.5 per cent for FY23.

Malaysia has joined the list of countries that have raised an objection to the defamatory remarks on the Prophet. It has summoned Indian envoy to convey its objections.

Maharashtra records 1,881 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday against 1,036 a day before; Mumbai reports 1,242 cases, up from 676 on Monday: State Health Department

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized ₹2.85 crore of cash and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) from unexplained sources to be secreted on the premises of Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain and others during its day-long raid conducted on Monday, the central agency said. Read more

The ministry of defence has issued gazette notifications to amend regulations of three defence forces – Army, Navy and Air Force -- related to the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, a post that remains vacant since the death of General Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in December last year. Read more

Deciding the custody of a five-year old boy who lost both his parents to Covid-19 last year, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that grandparents are more energetic while looking after the interests of grandchildren. Read more

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker was on Tuesday booked for allegedly revealing the identity of the schoolgirl, who was allegedly gang-raped in an upscale Hyderabad locality on May 28, by releasing photographs and videos related to the incident, police said. Read More

As the list of the nations grows amid objections to the remarks made against Prophet Mohammed by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, the United Nations has said it encourages "respect and tolerance for all religions". Read More

The government plans to allow 16 commonly-used medicines such as paracetamol to be sold over the counter by modifying the law, according to a draft notification published in the Gazette of India. Read More

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said security was being provided to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her family after an FIR was registered on a complaint that she was getting death threats over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, news agencies reported. Read More

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will meet Punjab singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala’s family in his native village on Tuesday. He reached Chandigarh on Tuesday morning and met Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Warring. Along with Warring and Partap Singh Bajwa, the leader of opposition in the state assembly, he headed to the Mansa district.

A fire broke out at a bank inside Supreme Court premises on Tuesday morning.

According to Delhi Delhi Fire Service, the fire erupted at a bank inside Supreme Court premises. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control.

No casualty was reported in the incident. The cause of the fire is yet to ve ascertained.

Sri Lanka's cash-strapped government will need at least $5 billion in the next six months to maintain basic standards of living, including some $3.3 billion for fuel imports, the country's prime minister told parliament on Tuesday.

"Only establishing economic stability not enough, we have to restructure the entire economy," said Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is working to prepare an interim budget to balance Sri Lanka's battered public finances. Read More

When will the Ukraine war end? Three months into the war, Russia has intensified attacks in the eastern parts of the war-torn country and the question is being raised with the world leaders urging for a ceasefire. Read More

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt reached Moose Wala's residence at around 4 am in the morning and expressed grief over the death of the singer.

Elon Musk has yet again raised an alarm on Twitter over a possible "population collapse", which, according to him, the world may see in near future. The 50-year-old tech billionaire has been voicing his opinion on the matter for quite some time now. Read More

India on Tuesday reported 3,714 fresh Covid cases, around 17% drop compared to yesterday. The toll was increased by seven fatalities and now stands at 524,708.

n the midst of growing trouble for former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in the country has held him accountable for breaching the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal. Read More

Elon Musk on Monday threatened to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, the latest sign that his plan to overhaul the social media platform may really be starting to fray. Read More

In a major crackdown by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led government, the state's Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested senior Congress leader and former minister, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, in a corruption case. Dharamsot's arrest was made in the early hours on Tuesday. Read More

The Maharashtra government held high-level a meeting on Monday to review what is now a sustained increase in Covid-19 cases in the state, deciding to observe the situation further before announcing any new restrictions or a revival of the mandatory masking rule since the spike does not seem to be leading to any significant increase in hospitalisations just yet. Read More