New Delhi: Renowned Journalist Ravish Kumar strongly criticized the Indian mainstream media calling it a disgrace to Journalism and Humanity. He was speaking while accepting the ‘Peabody Award’ alongside Vinay Shukla, for his documentary ‘while we watched' on Kumar, on June 9 at Los Angeles in the USA.

Port Blair: A controversy erupted after a video of newly-elected BJP MP from Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bishnu Pada Ray's speech threatening those who didn't vote for him in the Lok Sabha polls became viral. Ray, however, claimed on Friday that his remarks were "misinterpreted".

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Friday lifted its stay to the release of "Maharaj", debut film of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's son Junaid, observing that it did not target the Vaishnav Pushtimarg sect as alleged by its members.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday alleged corruption in the construction of the Atul Setu sea bridge connecting south Mumbai to Navi Mumbai, saying that cracks have appeared on it within months of inauguration, posing a threat to people's lives.

Panaji: The Goa government has announced a hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel with effect from Saturday, which will raise the price of petrol by Re 1 and diesel by 36 paise, an official said.

New Delhi: Around 1,20,000 pilgrims undertook the Haj pilgrimage this year from India and 356 doctors and paramedics were deployed for the medical care.

Chandigarh: A delegation of the Haryana Congress met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya here on Thursday, claiming the Nayab Singh Saini's BJP government is in the "minority" and demanding dissolution of the Assembly as well as holding fresh polls.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail for two weeks to activist Mahesh Raut, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, for attending the rituals following the death of his grandmother.