The Supreme Court bench, headed by justice SA Nazeer, also asked the government to keep ready the confidential files relating to the exercise that was conducted before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his government’s demonetisation drive on November 8, 2016.

For close to two years, 60-year-old Bhagaval Singh, a traditional healer from Elanthoor in Pathanamthitta, spent hours online, interacting with a profile with the handle “Sreedevi”. Unbeknownst to Singh, the “Sreedevi” was a 52-year-old man accused of eight crimes in 15 years, including assault and rape.

Delhi has experienced some rare days of good air this week. The good air on two days was the result of unprecedented rain – the fourth highest since 1901 for the first 11 days of October – but it also serves as a warning of a coming peak of air pollution, an HT analysis of past rain, air quality, and active fires data shows.

Hijab ban verdict: A Supreme Court bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia is set to pronounce its judgement on the issue that had sparked a row in the southern state earlier this year.

A 50-second commercial by AU Small Finance Bank featuring Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Kiara Advani has led to an uproar on social media.

Meghalaya BJP president Ernest Mawrie said the BJP, which contested 47 seats in 2018 and won 2 seats, will do well in the 2023 state elections as people are very happy with the schemes being implemented by the BJP-led Central government

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According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the fresh wave of floods started last week and has affected 69,750 persons across 110 villages in five districts.

Shashi Tharoor, who is contesting for the Congress president’s post against party colleague Mallikarjun Kharge, had told a news channel last week there were indications of an “uneven playing field”, adding that some Congress leaders were under pressure to back the Rajya Sabha MP.