Writer Prof Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, said that there was a need to create awareness among people against attack and assassination politics of BJP and Sangh Parivar on progressive activists, intellectuals and journalists.
Swami Agnivesh had been punched, kicked and pushed to the ground allegedly by BJP Yuva Morcha workers in Jharkhand on July 17.
Four teenage boys from Haryana drowned while bathing in the Yamuna river in northwest Delhi early on Sunday, police said. Bodies of two of them haven't been recovered so far.
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday asked scientific institutions to nurture talent and foster path-breaking innovations to transform the socio-economic landscape of the country.
One person died and 15 others injured when a tempo in which they were travelling from Bhatkal to Murudeshwar, hit by a truck from the rear and plunged into a gorge after the tempo driver lost control over the vehicle near Shirali National highway bridge on Sunday.
In view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, AICC president Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on August 13 and launch his election campaign for Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka, said KPCC working president Eshwara B Khandre.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday attacked the BJP and the RSS, accusing them of "spreading misinformation" on the Supreme Court's directive in publishing the National Register of Citizens in Assam.
A two-wheeler rider died on the spot when his motorbike hit a roadside tree near NSL Factory at Koppa in Maddur taluk on Saturday late night.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday slammed people with "vested interests" for spreading "rumours" against the Aadhaar, and reiterated that there was no harm in storing its helpline number on mobile phones.
Shah Faesal, an IAS officer whose recourse to social media attracted disciplinary action earlier, on Sunday compared Article 35A of the Constitution to a marriage deed or 'nikahnama'.
