The GST Council on Monday decided to extend the surcharge on taxes over luxury goods such as cars, and tobacco products beyond June 2022, but failed to reach a consensus on ways to compensate states for loss of tax revenue.

New Delhi: Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha, an upper-caste body has appointed AP Singh, the lawyer who fought the case of all convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya Rape case to defend the accused in the Hathras Gang-rape case.

Goa will file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court within two days against Karnataka for "diverting" Mahadayi river water despite the issue being sub judice, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government would write to the Centre, expressing its disapproval over the National Education Policy 2020, which "intends to put an end to the ranking system".

Nagpur: A 22-year-old woman allegedly raped repeatedly by her friend and filmed during the act, managed to flee Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to reach Nagpur to seek police help. The victim reportedly traveled around 900 km to flee from UP in the backdrop of Hathras case outcry, a Times of India report added.

The Education Ministry released guidelines on Monday for reopening schools, which included thorough cleaning and disinfection of premises, flexibility in attendance, no assessment for up to three weeks and ensuring smooth transition from home-based schooling during COVID-19 lockdown to formal schooling.

Ink was thrown on Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in Hathras on Monday when he was leading a party delegation to the village of the Dalit woman who recently died after being allegedly gangraped.

Saharanpur: Former Union Minister Rasheed Masood died on Monday. He was 73.