"Matter pertaining to liberty can be entertained", said the Supreme Court on Monday agreeing to hear a plea by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and her brother Omar Abdullah. Pilot had filed a habeas corpus in the top court. ....

The historic City Chowk in the heart of Jammu has been renamed as the Bharat Mata Chowk after a resolution was passed by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC). ....

The new Editor of Shiv Sena-run publications, the 'Saamana Group' Rashmi Thackeray has made it clear to the Bharatiya Janata Party who is 'the boss'. ....

A Delhi court on Monday dismissed an application seeking stay on execution of death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape and murder case. ....

The proposed meeting of the Ram temple trust which was scheduled to be held in Ayodhya on March 3 and 4 has been postponed. Now this meeting will be held in Delhi after Holi. ....

The Supreme Court Monday dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta, the last of the four convicts on death row in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. With this, all four have exhausted their legal remedies. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to refer petitions challenging the Centre's decision to revoke provisions of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir to a larger seven-judge Bench. ....

A Delhi court on Monday reserved the order on an application seeking stay on execution of death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape case. ....

In a surprise development, Rashmi Thackeray - wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray - has been named as the new Editor of 'Saamana' Group, here on Sunday. ....

A Polish student pursuing his masters degree at Jadavpur University (JU) here has been asked to leave India by the Union Home Ministry, purportedly over his presence in a rally opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act, a teacher said on Sunday. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh plans to hold a cabinet meeting in the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Smriti Upvan in Chandauli as a tribute to the BJP ideologue. ....

Two former District Magistrates of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara, including an IAS officer, were arrested on Sunday for alleged involvement in the scam in issuing gun licences in the state for money, the CBI said. ....

Setting the BJP's line of campaign against the Trinamool Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shan on Sunday targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abishek Banerjee for indulging in "dynastic politics" while calling for an end to "the nephew's corruption" and sought to allay fears of the refugees and the Muslims about the CAA. ....

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that it is not mandatory for foreigners to produce a valid passport and its particulars for processing of application for grant of Indian citizenship if he is able to satisfy the appropriate authorities the reasons for non-availability of the document. ....

Addressing a Kisan Sammelan in Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a campaign to set up 10,000 new farmer producer organisations (FPOs) across the country in the next five years. ....

One of the convicts in Nirbhaya rape case has filed another mercy petition before the President of India claiming that the previous grant for mercy did not have complete facts. ....

The presence of two feral pigeons onboard a GoAir flight at the airport in Ahmedabad in Gujarat created a flutter among the amused passengers, even though the avian surprise did not lead to any untoward incident or delay in the flight. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many senior leaders on Saturday paid his tribute to former Prime Minister Morarji Desai on his birth anniversary. ....

Nripendra Mishra, President of Ramjanmabhoomi temple construction committee, reached Ayodhya on Saturday. Here he reached Hanumangarhi and offered prayers in the court of Bajrangbali. ....

Attacking the double standards of the opponents of the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that some people in the country are openly saying that they will not show their documents during the NPR exercise but will demand proof of Lord Ram. ....