A physical education teacher has been booked after a woman accused him of cheating and "sexual exploitation" on the pretext of marriage and criminal intimidation.

Setting the tone for the Bihar poll campaign, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP has "mentally retired" Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and considers him to be a "liability", while claiming that the upcoming assembly elections will mark the beginning of the end of the Modi government's "corrupt rule" at the Centre.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in rain-related incidents across the state.

Biennial elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, which have been lying vacant since 2021, will be held on October 24, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.

 Police fired teargas shells and resorted to baton charge after a group of youths allegedly turned violent and pelted stones amid a massive protest and shutdown here.

 The Election Commission of India (EC) has introduced a mandatory Aadhaar-linked phone verification system for those seeking to register, delete, or correct voter details online. The move comes less than a week after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged large-scale misuse of online voter deletion forms in Karnataka’s Aland constituency ahead of the 2023 Assembly elections.

The Allahabad High Court has held that if conversion is illegal, a marriage based on it will be automatically invalid and the man and woman cannot be recognised as a married couple in the eyes of law.

Launching a frontal attack on the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused it of orchestrating “vote chori” and communal polarisation and asserted that the Bihar Assembly elections would mark the beginning of end of the Modi government's "corrupt rule”.