New Delhi: Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha, an upper-caste body has appointed AP Singh, the lawyer who fought the case of all convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya Rape case to defend the accused in the Hathras Gang-rape case.

Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar on Monday termed searches conducted by CBI on properties linked to him at 14 places as "politically motivated" and said he would not bow down to "conspiracies or pressure tactics to shut him up".

The COVID-19 tally in Karnataka almost reached the 6.5 lakh mark on Monday with the addition of 7,051 fresh cases while the death toll due to the disease rose to 9,370 after 84 more people succumbed to it.

Goa will file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court within two days against Karnataka for "diverting" Mahadayi river water despite the issue being sub judice, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday.

Senior leg-spinner Amit Mishra was ruled out of the ongoing IPL along with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who could also miss the tour of Australia at year-end, after the duo sustained different injuries while competing for Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government would write to the Centre, expressing its disapproval over the National Education Policy 2020, which "intends to put an end to the ranking system".

BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi on Monday said D K Shivakumar should cooperate with the CBI in its investigation as the central probe agency searched multiples premises in connection with a corruption case related to the Congress' state unit chief and his brother.

Nagpur: A 22-year-old woman allegedly raped repeatedly by her friend and filmed during the act, managed to flee Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to reach Nagpur to seek police help. The victim reportedly traveled around 900 km to flee from UP in the backdrop of Hathras case outcry, a Times of India report added.