India

New Delhi, Jan 6: Veteran actor Susan Sarandon on Saturday extended her support to the ongoing farmers agitation and said she stands in solidarity with the protesters.

New Delhi, Feb 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the country's judiciary, saying that it has performed its duty well in safeguarding people's rights, upholding personal liberty, and also in the situations when national interests need to be prioritised.

Srinagar, Feb 5: High speed 4G internet services are being restored across Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said on Friday, more than 18 months after they were snapped to prevent a backlash against the centre's move to revoke the former state's special status.

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it is agreeable to give an extra chance as a one-time relaxation to UPSC civil service aspirants, who had appeared in their last attempt in the 2020 exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic and are otherwise not age-barred.

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to comedian Munawar Faruqui in a case lodged at Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

After dozens of highly paid celebrities and sports personalities pile on to support the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government after international backlash against the handling of the Indian farmers' protests, a few on social media sailed against the current by questioning the 'logic' behind the agitation being an "internal issue."

New Delhi, Feb 4: Delhi Police have filed a case against Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg over her tweets supporting the farmers' protest.

Microblogging site Twitter on Thursday removed some of the tweets of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on farmers' protest. The move comes a day after the actor went into a rampage on Twitter over pop singer Rihanna's recent post on farmers' protest at the Singhu border in Delhi. "This Tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules," the company said. Rihanna on February 2 tweeted

New Delhi, Jan 3: Farmers' agitation sites just outside Delhi resemble "international border" now with authorities building makeshift walls, planting huge metal spikes on roads and deploying concertina wire fences, protesters alleged on Wednesday, even as officials defended the heavy-barricading citing law and order issues.

New Delhi, Feb 2: Multiple factors may have contributed to India reporting higher Covid-19-related deaths per million population than other South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the government said on Tuesday.