New Delhi: Declaring that women cannot be left out, the Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre to ensure that women are granted permanent commission in the Indian Coast Guard and said the court will do it if the government doesn't.

In the midst of growing concerns voiced by activists and public figures regarding the threat to Waqf properties in India, Mohammed Shajahan Basha, former MLA of Madanapalle constituency in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh, has added his voice to the discourse. Speaking to Vartha Bharati, Basha highlighted the challenges faced by Waqf properties, emphasizing their crucial importance for the Muslim and minority communities. The issues at hand, as pointed out by Basha, require urgent attention and intervention to ensure the preservation of these valued assets.

Mumbai: Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, best known for "Chitthi Ayee Hai" and "Aur Ahista Kijiye Baatein", died here on Monday following prolonged illness, his daughter Nayab said. He was 72.

The report documented 668 hate speech incidents targeting Muslims in 2023 alone; 498 of those incidents took place in states governed by the BJP.

A two-year-old boy and his father were run over by a train in Bihar's Jehanabad district, police said on Monday.

Fresh protests erupted in parts of trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal on Monday as locals ransacked properties of local TMC leaders, accused of tormenting villagers in the region, police said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday told the Supreme Court that he made a mistake by retweeting an allegedly defamatory video circulated by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee related to the BJP IT Cell.

The Congress on Monday described the killing of Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) Haryana unit president Nafe Singh Rathee as the state's "first political murder" and demanded a probe into the incident either by a high court judge or a high court judge-monitored CBI investigation.