The Supreme Court on Friday directed the continuation of its July 22 interim order staying the directives issued by the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh, asking eateries along the Kanwar Yatra routes to display the names of their owners, staff and other details.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that it took the Centre nearly five decades to realise that an “internationally renowned” organisation like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was wrongly placed on the list of organisations banned for government employees.

A total of 628 tigers died in India during the past five years due to natural causes and other reasons, including poaching, according to government data.

Two kanwariyas were killed and two injured in an accident in the Afzalgarh area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Friday.

Finance Secretary TV Somanathan has firmly denied allegations that this year's Union Budget discriminates against certain states and benefits only Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Somanathan clarified that tax devolution follows a set formula established by the finance commission, ensuring fairness and consistency across all states.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and the secretaries to the governors of West Bengal and Kerala on separate pleas of the two state governments against denial of assent to bills and referring those for the consideration of the president.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that Pakistan has not learnt any lessons from history and has faced defeat whenever it carried out any misadventure.

At least two wagons of a goods train derailed near Bhubaneswar railway station here on Friday, officials said.