An Indian-American entrepreneur and her dog perished in a fire which broke out at her Dix Hills cottage home in Long Island, New York on December 14, officials said.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to depute its own investigation team to conduct an "on-spot" inquiry into the Bihar hooch tragedy.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Leo Varadkar on his reelection as the head of the Irish government and said he highly valued shared constitutional values and multi-faceted cooperation with the country.

Pune: Two persons were booked for threatening an ink attack on Maharashtra minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chandrakant Patil, who incidentally wore a face shield while attending a function in Pimpri Chinchwad here on Saturday.

Mumbai: The "fearless sense of independence of courts" saved democracy during the Emergency in 1975, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said here on Saturday.

Ahmedabad: Gujarat minister Jagdish Vishwakarma on Saturday criticised the voters of Vadgam for the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party at the hands of Congress' Jignesh Mevani in the recent Assembly polls.

New Delhi: A court here on Saturday adjourned the order on a review plea to its earlier direction dismissing an intervention application seeking restoration of Hindu and Jain deities in an alleged temple complex inside the Qutub Minar compound.

Jaipur: A man allegedly murdered his aunt, chopped the body into pieces and dumped them at different places near Delhi highway here, police said on Saturday.