The Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Monday confirmed that his ministry is scrutinising objections raised by the Nicobarese and Shompen people regarding the controversial 'Holistic Development of Great Nicobar' project. The plan proposes infrastructural developments whch includes a transshipment port, international airport, township and power plant, across more than 160 sq km of the ecologically rich island.

A suspected Khalistani terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab's Amritsar on Tuesday, police said.

National record holder Gulveer Singh opened India's gold medal account with a top finish in the men's 10,000m race on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Tuesday.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Maharashtra government for arresting a 19-year-old student from Pune for her social media post on Indo-Pak hostilities, calling its reaction "radical".

 As many as 18 Naxalites, among them 10 carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 38 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday, police said.

In a significant development related to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, a Delhi court has acquitted all 12 accused in five separate murder cases, ruling that WhatsApp chats cannot be treated as substantive evidence and may only serve as corroborative material.

A massive landslide blocked the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway near Kandani, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded, officials said on Tuesday.

Amid protests over concealing the state’s name on the windshield of a government bus, Manipur Congress president Keisham Meghachandra alleged that the President's rule has "failed" to maintain peace in the state.