The Central government has officially accepted the VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme) request of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED), Rajeshwar Singh. ....

The row over hijab in Karnataka took a new turn on Monday with BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat saying that students who are protesting and seeking permission to wear hijab in classrooms have been told to come to the college campus only if they decide to shun the hijab. ....

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday during the all-party meeting that only President's address, and the tabling of Budget is scheduled to happen in the first half of the Budget Session. ....

A woman cannot be treated as a commodity, having no rights to say no, an advocate for a petitioner in the matter related to the criminalisation of marital rape told the Delhi High Court on Monday. ....

Five-time Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Monday filed his nomination for the upcoming assembly elections from Lambi constituency in Punjab's Muktsar district. ....

Considering the decreasing number of Covid cases in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that schools will resume from February 3. She also announced that the state government has decided to lift some restrictions put in place to contain the spread of Covid-19. ....

North India, in February, is likely to receive an average rainfall above normal i.e. more than 121 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) of 65.3 mm recorded between 1961-2010, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Monday. ....

Senior IAS officer Usha Sharma, who had been appointed Rajasthan's second woman Chief Secretary, took over charge on Monday evening. ....

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday she had blocked governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter as she was disturbed by the latter’s posts on the microblogging site. ....

Veteran social crusader Kisan Baburao alias Anna Hazare and the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) have strongly flayed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government's decision to permit sale of wine through supermarkets and local grocery shops. ....

The Election Commission on Monday further extended the ban on physical rallies and roadshows to February 11 for the upcoming Assembly elections in five states but gave relaxation in the number of people allowed at meetings and campaigning. ....

Patna police have arrested a sexual predator who used Pub-G to befriend a girl and sexually assaulted her for 4 years, an official said on Monday. ....

An international team of researchers led by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has identified a gene/protein variation present among Indians and other South Asians that increased their risk of diabetes, heart attacks and hypertension. ....

Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday set the ball rolling for his party's electoral debut with a call to party workers to take on the mantle to save the state's future from nefarious interests, while accusing the Congress of fighting these Assembly elections on his government's achievements of four-and-a-half years. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday protected Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia from arrest in a drugs case till February 23. ....

The Congress on Monday raised concern on the Presidential address to the joint session of parliament and said that the President did not mention China and Pakistan, the two fronts on which India is engaged and also said that there was no mention of the killings in Nagaland. ....

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav is on his way to file nomination papers for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly election from Karhal constituency in Mainpuri district. This is the first time that the four-time Member of Parliament (MP) will contest an assembly seat. ....

Raja Rajiv Kumar Singh, former Samajwadi Party (SP) minister and six-time MLA from Barabanki, passed away on Monday. ....

Recalling the multiple beneficial schemes that the government initiated during the last year or two, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said nobody was left hungry during the pandemic induced lockdown as the government ensured free distribution of ration to 80 crore people for 19 months. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to all political parties to extend their full cooperation in the smooth functioning of this Budget Session, and said that this session should not be hampered by the impending assembly elections. ....