New Delhi: A Twitter campaign by the right-wing users of the micro-blogging site termed the supporters of Umar Khalid as terrorists. The campaign had, at the time of posting this report, had recorded nearly 60,000 tweets.

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that marriage between same sex couples was "not permissible" as it is not recognised by "our laws, legal system, society and our values".

Seventeen members of the Lok Sabha have tested positive for coronavirus in the mandatory tests carried out before the monsoon session of parliament started this morning. Among the infected MPs, the BJP has a maximum number -- 12. The YSR Congress has two MPs, the Shiv Sena, DMK and RLP one each.

Delhi Police Monday sought 10-day custody of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to the communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.

The government is using the sedition law with an iron hand to curb free speech in an overreaction to people's opinion, former Supreme Court judge Justice M B Lokur said on Monday.

Kalaburagi: As a part of a state-wide crackdown against the drugs menace by Bengaluru Police, in an operation had seized a huge consignment of Ganja drugs in Kalagi Taluk in the district recently. The local police on Sunday seized another 223 kilograms of Ganja that was stored underground in Chincholi Taluk here.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said a special force will be constituted on the basis of orders of the Allahabad High Court, which had expressed its displeasure over the security at civil courts last December.

New Delhi: A lady Twitter user on Monday alleged that senior Journalist Rana Ayyub lied about being COVID-19 positive. The woman also added “imagine how much she lied after 2002” taking a dig at the journalist’s book “Gujarat Files”.