A video clip featuring Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has surfaced on social media, with misleading claims suggesting that she accused former Vice-President and then Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari of disrupting parliamentary proceedings for Namaz prayers. The video has been widely circulated, with some individuals making unfounded allegations against Ansari.

Raipur: Chhattisgarh is gearing up to introduce a bill aimed at cracking down on conversions, with provisions for harsher punishments. The proposed bill requires individuals seeking to convert to another religion to submit a filled-in application with personal details at least 60 days in advance to the District Magistrate. The police would then investigate the motive and reason for the conversion. If found to be illegal, the bill provides for a punishment of up to 10 years.

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday here said the poll panel will act in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court regarding the electoral bonds scheme.

Vanessa Dougnac, a highly regarded French journalist and the longest-serving foreign correspondent in India for multiple international news organizations, has announced her departure from the country following the government's two-week revocation of her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card last month. The government cited alleged concerns over her reporting as the reason for the punitive action.

 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday asserted that the Congress will win at least 20 out of 28 seats from the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress MP Manish Tewari's office has refuted rumours of him joining the BJP and contesting from the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on the saffron party's ticket.

 Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren has given the go-ahead for a caste-based survey in the state on the lines of neighbouring Bihar, a senior official said on Sunday.