Seraikela (Jharkhand): A court in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case of 2019.

Sidhi (MP): Hours after Madhya Pradesh police arrested Sidhi district resident Pravesh Shukla for allegedly urinating on a tribal youth, the local authorities on Wednesday pulled down a part of a house belonging to his father.

A disturbing incident unfolded in Hemapur village of Ramanagar district as a teacher from a scheduled caste faced verbal and physical abuse, including death threats, from a group of upper-caste youngsters. The incident occurred during a recent village festival when the teacher, identified as Manjunath, accidentally touched the 'arati plate' during prayers to the local deity.

The factional fight of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has reached the doorstep of the Election Commission with the group led by Ajit Pawar filing over 40 affidavits of MLAs and MPs in his support.

In a shocking incident, firing has been reported at the Tis Hazari Court premises in the national capital on Wednesday. Visual surfaced on social media showed a man firing a shot in air while being surrounded by a group of people.

As many as 35 of 53 NCP MLAs were present at the party meeting convened by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in Mumbai on Wednesday, party sources said.

Activist Teesta Setalvad's bail plea is set to be heard by the Supreme Court of India on July 19 at 2 PM. The Court, while issuing notice on Setalvad's petition, also extended the interim stay on the Gujarat High Court's order that denied her regular bail.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar's supporters thronged his residence in south Mumbai on Wednesday, hours ahead of the show of strength meetings convened by him and his nephew Ajit Pawar who has parted ways to become Maharashtra deputy chief minister.