Eleven people were charred to death in a major fire accident at a scrap godown here in the early hours of Wednesday.

New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre each for the second day in a row since the ending of an over four-and-half month hiatus in rate revision.

Moral policing involves mental depravity and therefore such cases cannot be quashed on the basis of out-of-court settlements, the Kerala High Court has held.

After the agitation to repeal farm laws, a group of farmers on Tuesday floated a new front to press for their demand for a law for guaranteeing minimum support prices for farm produce.

The country's largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday said banking services may get impacted to an extent as various employees' unions have called for a two-day strike on March 28-29.

The European Union and nine countries, including India, on Monday called for fostering international cooperation to promote high data protection and privacy standards based on certain core elements increasingly shared across the Indo-Pacific region, Europe and beyond.

The Karnataka government will pilot a resolution in the Legislative Assembly to counter Tamil Nadu's similar move regarding the Mekedatu project across river Cauvery, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday.

The UPSC has told the Supreme Court that there is no provision for holding re-examination in case a candidate fails to appear in the test on the scheduled date for any reasons, including ailment or accident incapacitating him to take the exam.