Indian clothing brand Fabindia has withdrawn an advertisement for a clothing collection - called 'Jashn-e-Riwaaz' - after senior BJP leaders slammed the brand and accused it of'defacing' Diwali by linking the festivalto an Urdu term.

With Navratri and Durga Puja festivities on in full swing, Covid safety protocols are being blatantly violated across the country.

The involvement of a BJP worker and a private detective in the raid on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast by India's anti-drugs agency has kicked up a controversy.

DU admission 2021: At Hindu College, most of the students who took admissions to Political Science (honours) are from the Kerala State Board. The college has approved 70 admissions to the programme.

In the wake of the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, killing eight, including four farmers, opposition parties carried out protests across India, condemning the violence.

Creating political ground in an already politically heated state of Punjab with the Congress leadership in crisis, the AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday embarked on his 2-day visit to Ludhiana.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, led the 6 am-4 pm protest today against three controversial farm laws.

Five men who claim to be from a group called the Hindu Sena were arrested by the police for vandalising the official residence of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi at Delhi's Ashoka Road.

The Enforcement Directorate has initiated a money laundering probe into the seizure of 3,000 kg of heroin - valued at nearly Rs 20,000 crore - from Gujarat's Mundra Port.

An unemployment allowance of Rs 3,000 (Rs 5,000 in some cases) and 80 per cent quota in private sector jobs for locals were among seven assurances given by Arvind Kejriwal today in Goa, where the AAP chief and his party are fighting next year's poll.

The Aam Aadmi Party has promised an unemployment allowance and 80 per cent quota in jobs for people in Uttarakhand if the party comes to power after the assembly election in the hill state next year.

Gurgaon has reported 18 cases of dengue and two cases of malaria this season. With the city witnessing an upsurge in vector borne-diseases, the district health officials have set up a 20-bed ward at the civil hospital to deal with the outbreak.

The Delhi High Court has expressed concern over Afghans protesting in front of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' office in Delhi, saying the protest could be a "potential Covid super spreader event" as protesters were also seen without masks.

Schools in the national capital reopened with strict anti-Covid measures in place after a gap of 17 months.

Members of the Afghan community entered 8th day of their protest at Delhi's UNHCR office, demanding refugee status and resettlement in the backdrop of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan.

For 25-year-old Farhan (name changed), an Afghan student who came to India in 2014 on a scholarship, life couldn't be more "hopeless" since the Taliban took control of his country this month.

Some 145 Afghan Sikhs and 15 Hindus were waiting at the same spot near the Kabul airport last night where the blasts took place today. They escaped because they had left the place earlier in the day.

A 20-year-old man in Haryana has said that he was administered a different COVID-19 vaccine despite showing his vaccination certificate - which had details on the Covid vaccine he received as the first dose - at a vaccination centre in Gurgaon.

Citing Supreme Court's task force to refuse to form a probe panel for oxygen-related deaths is a fraud played by the Centre, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister said today. He requested the Union government to probe the matter of the deaths.

Three copies of the Guru Granth Sahib were flown to India from Kabul as Indian citizens and 46 Afghan nationals were evacuated as part of India's evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.

Three copies of Guru Granth Sahib were flown to India from Kabul along with Indian citizens and 46 Afghan nationals as part of the government's evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.

Nearly a hundred people gathered in Delhi's Mandi House area this evening to express their solidarity with the Afghan community in the country as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan.

The world is witnessing a massive tragedy unfold in Afghanistan with Taliban's return to power after two decades and Afghan nationals in India are tremendously concerned about their future.

Two infants were among 168 people, including 107 Indian citizens and two Afghan senators, evacuated from Kabul on a special Air Force flight this morning.