President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, August 1 gave his assent to the Triple Talaq bill, which makes giving instant oral triple talaq a criminal offense with provisions of jail term of up to three years. The Act will replace an ordinance promulgated on February 21 this year to the same...

Talented India opener Prithvi Shaw was banned from all forms of cricket for a period of eight months after failing a dope test, the BCCI said. A BCCI release said Shaw had "inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups". Shaw's suspension...

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday that people should not pay heed to rumours of any major decision on the special status of the state as “everything is normal.” “A lot of rumours are spread here, do not pay any heed to them.” Governor Malik said when...

Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday announced his resignation after the House adopted the confidence motion moved by chief minister B S Yediyurappa and passed the Appropriation Bill. "I have decided to relieve myself from this office ... I have decided to resign," the...

Google is cracking down on Chrome extensions that request access to more data than they actually need, and will soon start purging offenders from the Chrome Web Store. In May, Google announced that it would be encouraging developers to think twice about asking for unnecessary information,...