A self-styled godman was arrested in Telangana’s Adilabad district for allegedly "sexually abusing" a minor girl under the pretext of performing rituals to cure her illness, police said on Tuesday.

Cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza appeared virtually before a Bareilly court on Tuesday in connection with the September 26 violence in the city. 

India has been a "reliable partner" in Mongolia's development and both the nations support a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday after holding wide-ranging talks with Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa.

A video shared on social media platform X by an account named ‘Ex Muslim नदीम शैख़ (सनातनी)’ went viral with the caption, “The shopkeeper refused to lend. Jehadi threw a petrol bomb at the shop and both the shopkeeper and the girl were burnt.”

The Supreme Court will hear on November 11 a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which excludes the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the panel responsible for appointing Election Commissioners.

The Narendra Modi government has come under criticism for allegedly using state-backed cultural institutions to promote Hindutva ideologues, following the publication of an Urdu translation of a book glorifying Vinayak Damodar Savarkar by the National Council for the Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education.

A 74-year-old former Indian Air Force veteran, Mohanlal, from Konchi village in Guraru block of Gaya district, organised and attended his own funeral procession while still alive.

 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a health advisory after identifying three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, warning that the medicines pose severe and potentially fatal health risks.