The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it was the obligation of the State that crimes involving vigilante groups are prevented, saying self-appointed vigilantes can't be allowed to take law in their hands.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at the Maharashtra government after a portion of a railway footover bridge collapsed in Mumbai, saying civic governance had collapsed in the city.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that there has been significant improvement in the internal security situation in the last four years with "recurrent terror attacks that were common under the UPA" now being history and Maoist violence declining by 20 per cent in the affected areas.

A survey has found that 93 per cent parents want annual fees charged by the private schools to be a capped at one month of tution fee.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday visited AIIMS in the national capital to enquire about the health of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, admitted there on June 11 with a kidney tract infection and other health ailments, an official said.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday held JNU Students Union members, including its President Geeta Kumari, guilty of contempt of court for violating an order that barred them from protesting near the administrative building on the campus.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered investigation into the recent spate of drug-related deaths in the state and directed that stringent action be taken against those found guilty, without considering their political affiliations.

Claiming shortcomings in the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Ghaziabad traders held a protest march here on Tuesday and demanded changes in the new tax collection regime.