Wazahat Khan, the man whose police complaint led to the arrest of influencer and law student Sharmistha Panoli, has himself been arrested by Kolkata Police.

India's population is estimated to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, continuing to be the highest in the world, according to a new UN demographic report, which also revealed the country's total fertility rate has fallen below the replacement rate.

A recent in-depth investigation by BBC Hindi has revealed a significantly higher death toll in the stampedes that occurred during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on January 29th, 2025, compared to the figures released by the Uttar Pradesh government. While the government stated that 37 people died in four stampede incidents on the day of Mauni Amavasya, the BBC's investigation has confirmed at least 82 deaths.

A BJP leader closely associated with former prime minister Chandrashekhar's son Neeraj Shekhar has been booked for allegedly threatening a Dalit research scholar from Lucknow University, police here said on Tuesday.

The Congress on Tuesday said it was "bizarre" of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to claim that peace had been established in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast, alleging that his assertion was meant to divert attention from his own "colossal failures."

A man whose three-year-old girl went missing three days ago from the Pipraich area, also has now disappeared, police said on Tuesday.

Police have arrested the father and brother of the 23-year-old woman whose half-burnt body was found in a forest here, an officer said on Tuesday.

The rupee rose 8 paise to 85.58 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid a positive opening in the domestic equity markets and robust foreign capital inflows.