New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Tuesday asked Muslim students not to participate in 'Surya Namaskar' exercise, claiming it is a form of "sun worship" which is not allowed in their religion.

Kolkata: In an embarassment to BJP, Union Minister and prominent member of the Matua community, Shantanu Thakur has quit all WhatsApp groups of the party.

Simdega: A 30-year-old man was on Tuesday lynched and set on fire allegedly by a group of people at a village in Jharkhand's Simdega district on the suspicion of felling trees for stealing wood, police said.

New Delhi: As the world grapples with the highly mutated Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, scientists have identified a new strain of the COVID-19 causing virus in Southern France.

Mumbai: A local court on Tuesday remanded a 21-year-old engineering student, arrested in the 'Bulli Bai' app case, in Mumbai Police's custody till January 10.

Three persons who were allegedly begging in a village in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh were arrested as a precautionary measure to prevent any "disruption of the public peace", police said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said its three-judge bench will consider an NGO's prayer to treat as a donation the cost of Rs 25 lakh imposed by the apex court while rejecting a plea seeking an SIT probe into allegations of bribery in a purported medical college scam.

Some girls participating in a long-distance run organised by the Congress as part of its "Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon" campaign were injured in a stampede-like situation here on Tuesday.