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Courts will lean toward animals who are silent victims of commercial ventures: SC

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The Supreme Court has observed that courts will always lean in favour of animals, who suffer silently when their migration paths are blocked by humans and commercial ventures. A ... Read More


A Brazilian judge allows ex-President Bolsonaro to leave prison for a hernia surgery

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup since November, was granted permission on Friday to leave prison fo... Read More


Four arrested for defrauding 180 people by promising them jobs abroad

India, Dec. 20 -- The police have arrested four people for allegedly cheating around 180 people by promising them jobs abroad, mostly in Russia, and defrauding them of crores of rupees. From one of th... Read More


Cong MP Syed Hussain slams Modi govt over MGNREGA, National Herald case

Lucknow, Dec. 20 -- Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led union government, accusing it of dismantling the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guar... Read More


Best of the Week: Is India losing its pull for foreign tourists?

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. India's tourism story is hitting ... Read More


Kokate undergoes coronary angiography at Lilavati Hospital

India, Dec. 20 -- Former Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate underwent coronary angiography at Lilavati Hospital on Friday, with doctors saying he has four major arterial blockages. A Nashik police ... Read More


Two more absconders arrested by NIA in Maharashtra's Dinesh Pusu Gawade murder case

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two more absconders in Maharashtra's Dinesh Pusu Gawade murder case. The wanted accused, both members of the banned CPI (Mao... Read More


"They wanted to change Gandhi's name, kill scheme": Karnataka DyCM DK Shivakumar on VB-G-RAM-G Bill

Bengaluru, Dec. 20 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday vowed to launch a big movement in the state against the VB-G-RAM-G Bill passed in Parliament, alleging that the Centre a... Read More


"Soil of Bengal is not fertile for the divisive politics of the BJP," TMC's Tanmoy Ghosh hits out at PM Modi

Kolkata, Dec. 20 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Tanmoy Ghosh expressed confidence that the Prime Minister's visit to West Bengal today would not alter the state's political landscape, asserting th... Read More


After arrest of CPM member in Sabrimala case, CPM's Pathanamthitta unit asks state leadership for direction

Kochi, Dec. 20 -- Following the arrest of CPM district committee member A. Padmakumar in the Sabarimala gold smuggling case, CPM Pathanamthitta District Secretary Raju Abraham said on Saturday that th... Read More