The Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Monday adopted all amendments proposed by the ruling BJP-led NDA members and negated every change moved by opposition members.

Two individuals attempted self-immolation in separate incidents in Maharashtra's Beed and Dhule districts on Sunday during Republic Day celebrations. The incidents, aimed at protesting against different grievances, occurred in the presence of state ministers but were averted by the timely intervention of authorities.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday released the party's manifesto, titled “Kejriwal ki Guarantee,” ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of the Jharkhand government against the high court’s decision quashing criminal cases against state BJP leaders and MP Nishikant Dubey over protests held in Ranchi in 2023, observing that prohibitory orders are misused whenever there is a protest.

Several youths from Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh and surrounding districts, who initially went to Russia for jobs as security guards and cooks, were fraudulently sent to fight on the Russian side in the war against Ukraine.

Members of the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill have suggested 572 amendments to the draft legislation that has the government and the opposition at loggerheads.

The government on Monday invited applications for the post of Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

A man suspected to have contracted Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) has died in Maharashtra's Solapur district, while the number of cases of the immunological nerve disorder in Pune has crossed 100, health officials said on Monday.