The toll in the September 27 stampede at actor-politician Vijay-led rally in Karur in western Tamil Nadu climbed to 40 on Sunday with over 60 being treated as in-patients, and at least 2 were critical, officials said.

The Congress on Sunday cited a media report which claimed that the prices of several products were hiked by big firms before the GST rate reduction and asked what is the point if the benefits of the cuts were not reaching the common people.

In a major development in India’s healthcare sector, global private equity giant KKR has acquired a majority stake in Meitra Hospital, the premium Kozhikode-based healthcare institution founded by NRI entrepreneur and philanthropist Faizal Kottikollon.

Amid a row over the 'I Love Muhammad' campaign, prominent Muslim organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Sunday condemned the arrest of Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan and others in Bareilly, and alleged "misuse" of state machinery for political ends.

A man injured in the September 27 stampede in the political rally of TVK founder Vijay on Sunday moved the Madras High Court with a plea to forbear Tamil Nadu DGP from granting permission to conduct any further public meetings by the party leader until Saturday's fatal incident was fully investigated, responsibility fixed and effective safety protocols ensured.

A Delhi court on Sunday remanded Chaitanyananda Saraswati, a self-styled godman and a sexual harassment accused, to five days' police custody for questioning.

Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Minister S. M. Nasar on Saturday announced that the state government will not reconstitute the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board under the amended Waqf Act until the Supreme Court delivers its final verdict.

Nearly 80,000 Muslim voters in Bihar’s Dhaka constituency were targeted for deletion from the electoral roll through formal submissions made in the name of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries, according to an exclusive investigation by The Reporters’ Collective.