Chennai: The Madras High Court denied anticipatory bail on Friday to R. Murugesan, a 48-year-old resident of Rathinapuri, Coimbatore, who is facing charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act of 2000. He is accused of sharing a blasphemous post about Prophet Muhammad on his social media account.

Jaipur: Mobile internet was suspended for 24 hours in several areas of Rajasthan's Udaipur and all schools were ordered to remain shut after a Class-10 student allegedly stabbed another boy at a government school, triggering communal violence in the city, officials said.

Gurugram: Ambience Mall in Gurugram was evacuated on Saturday after it received an email claiming that a bomb had been planted on the premises, police said. The threat turned out to be a hoax.

Doctors running private clinics and nursing homes associated with the Indian Medical Association of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday abandoned work in a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a female doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday alleged the BJP is deliberately making recruitments in jobs in a manner that the SC, ST, OBC classes can be kept away from reservation.

The Bihar Police on Saturday attached the property of the main accused in the murder of a Dalit minor girl whose body was recently dumped into a pond after abduction and suspected rape.

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee has alleged before a Delhi court that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suresh Nakhua, who is suing him for defamation, has a history of using abusive language against public figures and is attempting to deceive the court to secure a favorable order.

Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is facing scrutiny over a potential conflict of interest following revelations about her 99% ownership in a consultancy firm. According to Reuters, Agora Advisory Pvt Ltd, in which Buch holds a significant stake, earned Rs 3.71 crore over the past seven years since she joined SEBI as a whole-time member. This financial relationship could violate SEBI's 2008 policy that prohibits board members from engaging in profit-making activities.