New Delhi: Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal on Wednesday disposed of complaints alleging impropriety and conflict of interest against former SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch based on a Hindenburg Research report, terming the charges as "presumptions and assumptions" not supported by any verifiable material.

Asian News International (ANI) has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against YouTuber Mohak Mangal over allegations made in a recent video accusing the news agency of extortion and blackmail. The suit, filed through Advocate Akshit Mago, is listed for hearing on May 29.

A lecturer was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Bolangir district on Wednesday for killing two persons, including a groom, by sending a parcel bomb as a wedding gift.

An RTI activist in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, Jitendra, was arrested recently for allegedly harassing and blackmailing primary school teacher Rajesh Tripathi, which led Tripathi to burn himself alive in Hatta town on May 15. The middle-aged activist is accused of causing mental distress to Tripathi, prompting the tragic incident.

A local office-bearer of the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday said he would blacken Rahul Gandhi's face for his `derogatory' comments about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, drawing a strong reaction from Congress leaders in Maharashtra.

A report by forensic laboratory in Mathura has confirmed that the meat transported by the victims of a violent assault in Aligarh was buffalo meat, not the prohibited beef, as suspected by cow vigilantes.

A Mahila Court here on Wednesday pronounced as guilty, A Gnanasekaran the biriyani vendor arrested in the sensational Anna University woman student sexual assault case, with the prosecution seeking "maximum punishment" for him.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday told Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, accused of making contentious social media posts on Operation Sindoor, that there was no impediment on his right to speech and expression, but he can’t post anything online with respect to the cases against him.