Five persons were killed and one was seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge near Brahmakhal in Uttarkashi district here on Saturday.

It was in November 2020 that Shraddha Walkar first confided about the physical assault from Aaftab Amin Poonawala, recalls a former colleague, adding that she was about to approach the police but stopped short of pressing charges after Aaftab's parents intervened.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will also hold the government liable in case of a data breach, a government source said on Saturday. The source said that the bill will only cover aspects around digital data as the Ministry of Electronics and IT's mandate is to deal around digital and cyber space.

Dr B R Ambedkar was India's first male feminist, who propagated such ideas decades back that could be considered as progressive even for the current generation of politicians, Congress leader and writer Shashi Tharoor said here on Saturday.

As many as 43 people including a boy suffered injuries after a bus carrying Sabarimala pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh met with an accident and overturned near Laha in this district on Saturday.

I am not quitting the BJP, former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi clarified here on Saturday, in a press meet.

A raid on Chilume Enterprises by the police has been reported in the state capital, in relation to irregularities in revision of electoral roll.

A daily wage worker whose slum colony in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar was razed in 2019 to make way for a hotel, raised Rs 10,000 in Re 1 coins from his supporters and deposited that amount with the Election Commission so that he can contest the next month's Assembly polls.