The Congress alleged that Sinha’s remarks were aimed at shielding unspecified officials in the prime minister Narendra Modi-led Union government which is directly in charge of law and order and ...

Texas authorities faced mounting scrutiny over the response to flash flooding that has left at least 120 people dead.

In June this year, temperatures in north India soared over 46 degrees and many states had to be put under yellow alert by IMD.India’s heat waves have become a year-round crisis, from seasonal ...

New Delhi: Ila Sharma, a former election commissioner of Nepal and journalist, died on Saturday (July 12). She was 59. Sharma’s husband, former chief election commissioner of India S.Y. Quraishi, told ...

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A gangrape at a Kolkata law college has reignited discussions on how the ruling party in Bengal has established its chokehold over college campuses – in most of which elections have not happened in ...

Barve was struck with a huge rod till she became unconscious. The cameraperson, Ajaz Sheikh, who continued to record the ...

The MEPs highlighted three particular cases: the arrest of 16 activists in the Elgar Parishad case, the arrest of 13 activists in connection with the protests against the CAA and the detention of ...

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Monday that billionaire investor Peter Thiel, an early investor who has been on the company’s board since 2005, has decided to retire. Thiel aims to ...

The administration imposed restrictions on movement and communication around midnight soon after the word spread that Hurriyat stalwart Syed Ali Geelani passed away.

The following are excerpts from The Dismantling of India’s Democracy: 1947 to 2025 by Prem Shankar Jha; reproduced with permission from the publisher, Speaking Tiger. Over the decade since Narendra ...