Fake news is more dangerous than paid news and there is need for the government and the media to combat it jointly, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said. The government will not take any step that may curb media freedom, the minister said and suggested there should...

The Supreme Court on Thursday once again clarified that it would not "dilute" any of the provisions of the stringent Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S Ravindra Bhat reserved its judgement on...

Departing from past practice, the West Bengal government directed authorities of all the primary and secondary schools to observe the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on their premises. Schools used to remain shut on Gandhi Jayanti till last year but this time being the 150th...

People can heave a sigh of relief as India Meteorological Department (IMD) has not issued any fresh warning for heavy rainfall in the Bihar state over the next four days. However, the IMD has forecast fairly widespread rainfall in the state on October 3 and 4. Officials at Patna Meteorological...

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, on Monday referred petitions challenging the Jammu and Kashmir lockdown and lack of access to basic facilities to a Constitution Bench. The Constitution Bench, led by Justice N.V. Ramana, was scheduled...