In a significant development, the Telangana Task Force (T TASKF) arrested popular motivational speaker Munawar Zama and two hotel owners from Maharashtra today. The arrests are connected to the vandalism of an idol at a temple near the Secunderabad passport office, an incident that occurred during the night of October 13-14.

A team of researchers from India, Germany, and the United Kingdom has discovered a new snake species in the western Himalayas, which has been named ‘Anguiculus dicaprioi’ or DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake, in honour of Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio. The recognition is a tribute to DiCaprio’s significant contributions to environmental conservation.

As many as 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats on Monday night, with three Jeddah-bound IndiGo flights getting diverted to airports in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Stating that they were going through "tremendous mental pressure and feeling helpless" at the moment, the father of the deceased woman doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday wrote to Union Minister Amit Shah seeking an appointment.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Tuesday said it was on high alert and had mobilised its vessels and aircraft to respond swiftly to any contingency owing to a cyclonic storm that was likely to form over the Bay of Bengal.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said it is out in the open that the BJP is conspiring against its own people, days after a BJP MLA lodged an FIR against his party colleague in the Mahrajganj violence case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from arrest till further orders granted to Malayalam film actor Siddique in an alleged rape case.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court judgement, which declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh law on madrasas as unconstitutional on the ground of it being violative of the principle of secularism.