Actor Allu Arjun and makers of the film 'Pushpa' on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 2 crore for the family of the woman who died in a stampede during the film's screening at a theatre here on December 4.

A Dalit man, Panchram Sarthi, was beaten to death by three individuals in Raigarh district on December 24, 2024, under suspicion of attempting to steal rice. The accused, Virendra Sidar, along with his neighbours Ajay and Ashok Pradhan, allegedly tied Sarthi to a tree and assaulted him with bamboo sticks, kicking and punching him. The incident occurred at around 2 a.m., and the police were informed by the village sarpanch at 6 a.m.

Mumbai police successfully froze Rs 4.65 crore out of Rs 7.5 crore lost by the owner of a private firm in a cyber fraud case involving SIM swap, officials reported on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative stamp and coin on Wednesday to mark the birth centenary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Samajwadi Party legislator Rais Shaikh on Wednesday said the results of assembly constituencies in Maharashtra with a sizable Muslim presence disprove the claim that the minority community votes en mass against the BJP.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Wednesday that Delhi Chief Minister Atishi may be arrested in a "fake" case by the central investigative agencies at the behest of the BJP.

An old video of a man using a blade to tear seat covers of parked vehicles in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, has surfaced with false communal claims that a Muslim man damaged the vehicles to boost his puncture and seat cover business.

The Delhi government's Women and Child Development and Health departments issued public notices on Wednesday distancing themselves from the ruling AAP's promised schemes of providing Rs 2,100 to women and free treatment for the elderly, triggering a fresh row ahead of assembly polls.