Chandigarh: In an effort to secure a government job, nearly 40,000 graduates and 6,000 postgraduates, and 1.2 lakh candidates who have studied up to class 12 have applied for sweeper positions to clean offices in government departments, corporations and civic bodies in Haryana. This job offers a monthly salary of about Rs 15,000.

Barabanki: Police in Uttar Pradesh allegedly forced a 16-year-old rape survivor to withdraw her complaint after the accused was told to pay her Rs 50,000. This incident took place in Barabanki where Ankit Verma, a 25-year-old married man kidnapped the girl and then reportedly raped her.

Virudhunagar: A woman Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Tamil Nadu Police was assaulted by a man on Tuesday when she along with the other police personnel were trying to disperse protesters trying to block a road in Virudhunagar district.

New Delhi: According to a report by the Press Council of India (PCI) examining the effects of retrenchment of journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic, a massive chunk of those laid off were either forced to resign, opt for voluntary retirement, or were terminated from their positions by their news organisations. The report revealed that 80 percent of journalists who testified reported being forced out of their positions, while only 37 percent received severance pay.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Gujarat High Court that had rejected an affidavit filed by "The Times of India", tendering an apology for "wrong reporting" on the hearing of a matter.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "miserably failing" to protect the people of Manipur and said the turmoil in the state is another stark addition to the long list of his "betrayals" of the people of India.

Police in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district have pressed more than seven teams to track down sculptor and contractor Jaydeep Apte, booked over the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue at Rajkot fort, an official said on Wednesday.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday sought to corner Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath by citing a Supreme Court observation, and asked whether the state government would now seek forgiveness for razing houses using bulldozers.