Top of the line legal eagle, Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal wears many hats, adept as he is at multi-tasking. Speaking to Sandeep Bamzai, Editor in Chief, and Executive Editor Deepak Sharma of IANS TV on several contentious issues, Sibal rejected the notion of religion being used as the basis of granting Indian citizenship, debunking the very template of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). ....

The Centre, in a preliminary affidavit, responded point-by-point to the criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), saying that India is constitutionally secular, and also told the Supreme Court that the act does not violate any fundamental right provisions of the Constitution and therefore, the question of violation of constitutional morality does not arise. ....

A court here on Tuesday dismissed an application moved by Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts facing the gallows in Nirbhaya rape and murder case, seeking quashing of the death penalty awarded to him. ....

In yet another ploy to delay hanging, wife of a Nirbhaya convict has filed for a divorce in a local court in Bihar's Aurangabad. ....

Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, on Tuesday again knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court claiming to be a juvenile. ....

The annual three day Urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the iconic Taj Mahal, will not be held, as scheduled from March 21, as the historic monuments including the Taj in the city have been shut down till March 31, in the wake of COVID-19. ....

The State Election Commission on Tuesday indefinitely postponed all upcoming elections to different civic bodies in Maharashtra as a precautionary measure against Covid-19, an official said. ....

Soon after the RSS urged the government to convince the opposition on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Union Minister Shripad Naik assured them on Tuesday that they already have done so. ....

A milk trader was arrested on Tuesday for selling cow dung and urine in a makeshift roadside shop in Hooghly district's Dankuni, about 20 km from the West Bengal capital. ....

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has expressed unhappiness by writing a fresh letter to Governor Lalji Tandon in which he has said that he is deeply hurt by the allegation that he has not upheld parliamentary propriety. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has extended the closure of all educational institutions and school till April 2 in view of the corona scare. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked all its BJP MPs to visit their respective constituencies at weekends and spread awareness among the people about the novel coronavirus, besides, informing people about steps being taken by the government to deal with the disease. ....

Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has said that people should not panic on the issue of coronavirus and take precautions instead. ....

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mounted fresh attack on the central government on the state of the Indian economy after the spread of the coronavirus. The Congress leader alleged that the Prime Minister should come out from the fascination of the rating agencies and do something to revive the economy. ....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh by Wednesday on plea of former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan seeking an immediate floor test on the floor of the assembly. ....

With 12 new cases of novel coronavirus infections reported in India on Tuesday, the number of coronaviruspatients in India climbed to 126, up from 114 a day earlier, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. ....

No floor test in Madhya Pradesh Assembly is likely to take place on Tuesday (March 17) even after Governor Lalji Tandon on Monday gave a fresh directive to do so. ....

A 64-year-old corona patient died here on Tuesday, making him the first such victim in Maharashtra and India's third reported death due to coronavirus. ....

Two people from Gautam Buddha Nagar in Uttar Pradesh have tested positive with coronavirus. ....

In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his own mother. ....