The Supreme Court on Friday held that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by personal laws and that marriages involving children violate the free will to have a life partner of choice.

Senior CPI leader Sathyan Mokeri will be the LDF candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll.

An Indian RAW official was involved in a plot to kill a separatist Sikh American national last summer in and around the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, federal prosecutors alleged on Thursday in a damaging indictment filed in a US court in New York.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to set aside the anticipatory bail given to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) leader and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case.

Alka Lamba, President of the All India Mahila Congress, has expressed strong discontent over the increasing crime rates in states governed by the BJP. She criticised the law and order situation, particularly highlighting Uttar Pradesh, where Home Minister Amit Shah had once claimed that women could walk safely even at midnight wearing jewellery. However, according to Lamba, today the state is witnessing daylight encounters, murders, and rapes.

Tomato prices are once again raising concerns about a potential spike in food inflation this month, as vegetable inflation surged to a 14-month high of 36% in September, driving food inflation for consumers up to 9.2%. With fewer tomatoes arriving at mandis and festive season demand rising, households are feeling the pinch of soaring prices.

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday hailed the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, saying it is a message to all that "live and let live" and conserve the culture of a multicultural and plural nation that India is.

A case has been registered against BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal following his allegations that a leader had collected Rs 1,000 crore with the intent to topple the Congress government in the state.