Pandum Cafe opens on Monday and will employ surrendered Maoists as well as those from families that suffered from Maoist violence.

Application also cites the right to equality under the Constitution.

Police said they started the process to register a murder case in which the forest official is a prime suspect.

He accused the Election Commission (EC) of abdicating from its responsibility of ensuring fair representation to everyone in the elections and carrying out revision of the voter list in booths where the BJP was losing.

"Management at election time, support of the EC and the bribe of Rs 10,000 were factors that worked in the NDA’s favour ... Comprehensive analysis must be done but how can you allure voters in the middle of an election?" says Shakeel Ahmad Khan, CLP leader in outgoing House.

The delegation is spending two weeks in India travelling through Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa and Hyderabad, besides Delhi

The family of 44-year-old Aneesh George from Kannur claimed that he was facing pressure in his efforts to complete his duties in the SIR process within the stipulated time.

May none of you ever make a mistake like mine, may no family ever have a daughter like Rohini," she wrote on X.

The murder of RSS leader Baldev Raj Arora's son Naveen Arora triggered widespread anger among local traders and RSS workers.

Congress slammed Inder Singh Parmar’s comments as shameful

Puran Chand from R S Pura town near Jammu was found with severe burn injuries in a field, after which he was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries Those arrested in the case were identified as Surjeet Kumar and Ram Murti, both in-charge ziladars, as well as Girdhari Lal, who worked as amin in the Irrigation Department.

There are 29 women legislators in the 18th Assembly, up from 26 five years ago, but well below the peak of 34 in 2010.

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur leased to state cricket association for 30 years. Chhattisgarh hopes this changes the stadium’s fate

'Bihar is now in a take-off stage ... Next five years for the youth. We have promised one crore jobs. Priority is to get investment and industry,' says Sanjay Jha

Long-running feud between traditional taxi operators and app-based taxis raised its head again this season, prompting Tourism Minister to warn against ‘dadagiri’

After a pro-incumbency wave, Nitish Kumar has promises to keep in alliance with BJP, Opposition has to address what went wrong and rebuild

Uday Singh said: "The issues we raised during our campaign —on education, employment, and health — were also addressed by the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister. We will be keeping a close eye on how these issues are handled moving forward."

Siddaramaiah, accompanied by Energy Minister KJ George had a 30-minute discussion with Gandhi at former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi’s residence, sources said.

The CBFC had earlier asked the makers of the Malayalam film starring Shane Nigam to make several modifications and deletions, including a scene with beef biryani

Dipankar Bhattacharya spoke to The Indian Express on the poll debacle in Bihar. Edited excerpts...

As no complaint has been lodged by the family, police said they are yet to file an FIR. Officers of Muni Ki Reti police station in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal said they have called in a technical team to investigate the reason for the fall.

Jan Suraaj leaders admitted their attempt to present an alternative political narrative did not find resonance with voters. The party’s Bihar president, Manoj Bharti, said the results reflected both a communication gap and a lack of public understanding of their mission.

Addressing the Friday congregation at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir’s chief cleric, termed the blast near Red Fort in Delhi a tragedy and said that “no religion can permit it”. He also said that “such tragedies are exploited even before facts are established”, and that this “feeds into a narrative eager to immediately […]

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