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.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the names of 65 lakh people, who are poor and belong to socially weaker sections, have been deleted from the electoral rolls of Bihar.

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim protection for four weeks to journalist Abhisar Sharma in an FIR lodged against him in Assam over a video post allegedly criticising the state's policies.

The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a crackdown on 1,404 high-income families in the Guna district for allegedly availing free rations under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), which is specifically meant for families living below the poverty line (BPL).