Guwahati: A Congress worker was killed and several others were injured in tear gas shell smoke during a protest on Wednesday against a range of issues, including unrest in Manipur and bribery charges against Adani Group, the party claimed.

New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday wrote to Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, seeking permission to provide assistance to police in tracing illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants living in the city.

Chandigarh: Train services in Punjab were affected as farmers squatted on rail tracks on Wednesday as part of their three-hour 'Rail Roko' protest to press the Centre into accepting their various demands, including a legally binding minimum support price for crops.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stoutly defended Amit Shah from the Congress' charge that he insulted B R Ambedkar in his speech in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that the Home Minister in fact exposed the party's "dark history of insulting" the architect of the Constitution, leaving the main opposition "stung and stunned".

A group of 62 Hindu spiritual leaders, under the banner of Satya Dharam Samvad (SDS), have strongly criticised the divisive rhetoric propagated by controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand during the ongoing "World Religion Convention," scheduled from December 17 to 21, 2024.

In a show of support for elected representatives who, according to Hindu groups, fought against the alleged menace of “vote jihad” during the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Maharashtra Mandir Mahasangh are set to felicitate Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BJP President and Cabinet Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and other MLAs.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has so far restored assets worth Rs 22,280 crore to victims of various scams. This includes over Rs 14,000 crore recovered for banks through the sale of assets belonging to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya and Rs 1,053 crore from the assets of diamond merchant Nirav Modi.

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted seven days interim bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the conspiracy case connected to February, 2020 riots, to attend a family event.