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Teen 'gang-raped' by 3 men posing as cops in park near Delhi's Kalkaji temple, one held after shootout

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- A man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl near Kalkaji Mandir was arrested after a police encounter in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday. He was among three men who po... Read More


Bengal bypolls emerge as battle for opposition space

Kolkata, Sept. 22 -- With the TMC battling an unprecedented internal rupture, the October 6 bypolls in two West Bengal seats have turned into a wider political contest over who gets to occupy the oppo... Read More


SC seeks Centre's response on plea against law mandating singing of six stanzas of Vande Mataram

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre on a plea by Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna challenging the penal law mandating singing of six stanzas of Vande Mataram... Read More


Mahua Moitra moves Calcutta HC alleging police inaction over egg-throwing incident

Kolkata, Sept. 22 -- Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Calcutta High Court, alleging police inaction over an incident in which eggs were thrown at her during a visit to her Krishnanagar constitu... Read More


IIT Bombay student suicide: Crime Branch scans CCTV footage from exam hall, hostel

Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has begun analysing CCTV footage from the examination hall, campus grounds, and hostel premises to trace the movements of student Sahil Wakode before... Read More


Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with drought, potentially raising food prices globally

Banten (Indonesia), Sept. 22 -- All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Nino this year, which experts say may cause severe drought in Asia and other extreme weather across the world, threat... Read More


Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Dublin, Sept. 22 -- Google has been fined 403 million euros (USD 463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privac... Read More


Karnataka Lokayukta raid eight govt officers in DA case

Bengaluru, Sept. 22 -- Karnataka Lokayukta officials on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations linked to eight government officials in connection with alleged possession of assets disproportion... Read More


'Historic occasion': Jaishankar describes first V4+India foreign ministers meeting

United Nations, Sept. 22 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has described the first foreign ministers' meeting of India with the four-member Visegrad group of Central European countries as a "n... Read More


EAM Jaishankar discusses regional, global issues with foreign counterparts on margins of UNGA session

New York, Sept. 22 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed regional and global issues with his foreign counterparts as he held a series of bilateral meetings on the margins of the high-lev... Read More