Indore: The Indore district administration on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each on two private schools for compelling parents to buy uniforms and textbooks from a particular outlet.

The government has decided to observe June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' to commemorate the "massive contributions" of those who endured inhuman pains of the period, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday.

Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who is at the centre of a controversy over alleged misuse of power and privileges, may be terminated from service if found guilty, official sources said on Friday.

Congress Junagadh City SC/ST Unit President Rajesh Solanki has threatened to convert to Islam along with his entire family and many other Dalits if the Gujarat state government did not seek the resignation of BJP MLA from Gondal Geetaba Jadeja and arrest her husband, as the MLA’s son had allegedly assaulted Solanki’s son in May.

A 39-year-old civic worker of Kundapur Town Municipality died on the spot as a private bus rammed into his motorbike on National Highway 66 near the Durgamba bus depot in Hangaluru on Thursday night.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said there was no need for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into alleged financial irregularities in a state-run corporation, as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government was already on the job.

The BJP on Friday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of diverting the fund meant for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to fulfil the guarantees promised by Rahul Gandhi during the state elections. Addressing a press conference, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said what the Congress government is doing in Karnataka is in violation of the Constitution and demanded action.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University will open a Centre for Hindu Studies as well as centres for Buddhist and Jain studies, according to an official notification.