The Home Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai had claimed on the floor of the State Assembly that he apologized to me over a phone call for the manhandling by the Bengaluru police on December 19. This is false. I received no such call or apology from him, clarified historian Ramachandra Guha through Twitter.

Students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) took out a protest march under the banner of Students' Coordination Committee here on Thursday against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing him of shielding the state police from allegations of brutalities.

Seven people were arrested for torturing two Dalit men in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, an incident that triggered protests in the state assembly and condemnation by political leaders on Thursday.

Iran said on Thursday that three more people have been infected with the new coronavirus that originated in central China, following an announcement the day before that two people had died of the illness caused by the virus in the Iranian city of Qom.

Another 13 people on board a cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, the country's health ministry said on Thursday.

The Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors reached Shaheen Bagh on Thursday to initiate the second round of discussion, but they put a condition that media should not be present during the talks with protestors.

At least three persons sustained burns after an LPG cylinder caught fire here on Thursday afternoon, eyewitnesses said.

A teenage girl was allegedly raped by a youth in the Banda area here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday when the girl (15) was going to market, they said.