India

This will be the second visit of a foreign delegation to Kashmir since August 5 last year — when the Centre withdrew the state's special status and bifurcated it into the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Amartya Sen questioned how those who were beaten up by 'masked outsiders' were named in the FIR lodged by the Delhi Police. He also said the Supreme Court should strike down CAA on grounds of it being unconstitutional.

The Indian Navy said warships and aircraft were deployed to establish presence, provide a sense of reassurance to the Indian merchant men, monitor the ongoing situation and respond to any emergent crises.

Deepika Padukone made a surprise visit to the the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday evening to express solidarity with the students who were attacked by a mob.

The Forest department prima facie suspects that the big cats were poisoned to death in a 'revenge killing' for preying on cattle of villagers.

A Delhi court has issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case and ordered that they be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail.

Pawan Jallad said he has been told to be ready to conduct the hangings of the Nirbhaya case convicts and reach Tihar jail as soon as he gets the notice.

The avalanche hit a forward location at Shahpur sector, trapping the porters. Army rescue teams immediately swung into action and managed to pull out the porters from the snow.

The arrested persons included the lover of the girl, whose charred body, bitten by animals, was discovered on Monday. The girl had left home saying she wanted to buy a dress.

The court asked the state government and Isha Foundation to explain on whose authority money was being collected from the public for the afforestation programme.

Anil Deshmukh said he discussed the law and order situation in the state following the violence on JNU campus on Sunday with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The deceased NSG commando, identified as Rupesh Kumar, sustained head injuries after falling in the non-covered area during a drill session.

Due to a latest initiative of Hyderabad police, denizens can now give their complaint in writing to police personnel on patrol duty in their locality and get the case registered on the spot.

Women, who are regular commuters, say the bus stop turns into an unauthorised parking area after 9pm and they have to face unwelcome comments and leering men almost every day.

Information Commissioner Divya Prakash Sinha said the disclosure of information was in the larger public interest as these officers occupy high government positions.

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday also said that all the culprits, regardless of their political affiliations, 'should be brought before the law soon'.