Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party Lok Sabha MP from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh Avinash Reddy on Saturday appeared before the CBI officials here in connection with the murder of Vivekananda Reddy, younger brother of late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in 2019.

Ballia (UP): A man was arrested for allegedly damaging a statue of BR Ambedkar in Chaube Chapra village, police said on Saturday.

Former Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde on Friday batted for Sanskrit as the country's official language, including for use in courts, and said even the architect of the Constitution and eminent jurist BR Ambedkar had proposed it as per media reports from 1949.

In a major relief to Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, a special MP/MLA court acquitted him in a 2019 attempt to murder case due to lack of evidence.

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two persons posing as policemen in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday.

BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday said the central government should clear the air over financial irregularities allegations levelled by Hindenburg Research against the Adani Group.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday said women should embrace motherhood at the "appropriate age" as it otherwise leads to medical complications. Speaking at a government function here, Sarma iterated his government's commitment to stop underage marriages and motherhood.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday joined her brother Rahul Gandhi at the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Lethpora in Jammu and Kashmir as the party's foot march entered its penultimate day.