The town of over 20,000 people saw streets packed with commercial vehicles loaded with belongings from evacuated houses as authorities stepped up relief and rescue efforts to forestall any loss of life. The rushed evacuation left many residents emotional.

The rally would be attended by Aam Aadmi Party president and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the party spokesman said.

Consensual sex under the pretext of marriage does not amount to rape, the Orissa high court has said, adding that rape laws should not be used to regulate intimate relationships when a woman enters one by her own choice

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre time till March 15 to implement the OROP payout to nearly 25 lakh army pensioners, who are awaiting their dues.

An expert panel of India’s drugs regulator may next week consider approving Covovax, the second Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India, to be used as a booster dose, according to people familiar with the matter.

As the governor began the customary address, a group of legislators —from the Congress and the VCK, both allies of the ruling DMK — started raising slogans, calling for his ouster.

CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Monday asked a petitioner, who sought an urgent intervention of the Supreme Court in the land subsidence problem at Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, to mention his plea on Tuesday for listing.

The CRPF will provide arms training to village defence guards or VDGs in Jammu and Kashmir to counter any terror attack in their areas, officers familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Prohibitory orders were imposed in Lowairpua Bazar area after local residents vandalised 12 shops to protest the killing, Karimganj deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Gitartha Sharma said.