Karnataka BJP on Thursday demanded that the SIT probe into allegations of multiple murders, rapes and burials in Dharmasthala over a period of the past two decades should be "time-bound".

BJP’s Kerala Vice President C. Krishnakumar, a prominent Hindutva figure from Palakkad district, is facing serious sexual assault allegations made by a relative. In her complaint to BJP Kerala President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the survivor alleged that Krishnakumar assaulted her several years ago.

The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that state governments cannot invoke writ jurisdiction in moving the apex court against the actions of the President and the governor in dealing with the bills passed by assemblies for violation of fundamental rights.

Safety suffocates me. An unusual comment from others perhaps but not when it comes from Arundhati Roy who has faced fame and fury alike for her writings, be it her debut novel that won her the Booker Prize in 1997 and propelled her to stardom or her unflinching political pieces.

In what could offer significant financial relief to scores of patients, prices of around 50 essential medicines, including those used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and kidney disease, are likely to come down as the government considers reducing Goods and Services Tax (GST) on them, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has reportedly claimed.

Facing the impact of a steep 50% tariff hike on apparel exports to the United States, Tiruppur's knitwear exporters have begun offering discounts to move stock and avoid mounting losses. Several manufacturing units that depend entirely on the US market have reportedly stopped production.

 A fact-finding report released at an urgent public tribunal on Tuesday has accused the Assam government of targeting Bengali Muslim communities through arbitrary evictions and illegal detentions, branding them as “foreigners” and leaving thousands homeless. The event, organized by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) and Karwan-e-Mohabbat, was disrupted by members of the Hindu Sena, reflecting growing tensions over the issue.

 A man murdered his 17-year-old grandnephew, severed his head and torso, and threw the body parts in different locations allegedly on the advice of a tantrik, a police official said on Thursday.