Former Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur, infamous for making provocative statements, recently urged Hindu women and girls to shun Muslim men and to refuse them entry even for routine household repairs.

President Donald Trump was hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for critical talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza and developing a US plan on post-war governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory.

The CBI has learnt that self-styled preacher Virender Deo Dixit, who was wanted in cases of alleged rape and mistreatment of his disciples at his Rohini ashram, had died in 2023, officials said.

Veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra passed way at 94 on Tuesday morning, the party said.

Actor-politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s Karur West district secretary was arrested in connection with the stampede at the party president’s rally, police said.

Police have busted a flesh trade racket at a spa in Navi Mumbai and rescued 15 women who were being forced into prostitution, officials said.

Authorities announced that the week-long curfew in Leh town will be relaxed for four hours from 10 am on Tuesday and directed shopkeepers to open their establishments, officials said.

Noted Tamil YouTuber Felix Gerald was arrested on Tuesday for "spreading rumours" over the Karur Vijay rally stampede incident which claimed 41 lives and injured over 50, police said.