Dismissing a bunch of petitions filed by some girl students pressing wearing of hijab as their religious right protected under the Constitution, the high court upheld the state government’s authority to prescribe uniform in educational institutions under the Karnataka Education Act, while declaring that “adherence to dress code is a mandatory for students”.

Under the banner of Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi, the farmers have announced that thousands of them would take up a foot march from Amaravati to Arasavalli in the Srikakulam district starting from September 12, coinciding with the completion of a thousand days since their agitation began.

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis led a team of ministers and the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief to meet Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh brass on Sunday, functionaries familiar with the matter said

Six of the injured have been shifted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, while two have been admitted to an Una hospital

A Right To Information (RTI) activist and lawyer Pravin Wategaonkar, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Bombay high court (HC) early this week, against former Thane civic commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal

The woman wanted Shaikh to marry her on Saturday afternoon and they argued about the topic of marriage. She claimed that though they were in a relationship and used to stay as live-in partners, Shaikh, who had promised to marry her, was avoiding the topic

Mumbai The investigation into the gruesome murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose body was found stuffed in a bag near Naigaon railway station on Friday, has zeroed in on two men who have been missing since the day of the girl’s disappearance, police officials said

Mumbai: Ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, naturalist and veteran ornithologist Sunjoy Monga has reached out to the assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) of K-west ward to provide security around Lokhandwala Lake to prevent devotees from immersing Ganpati idols into one of the last remaining semi-wild open spaces in the western suburbs

Soren took a boat ride with the ruling MLAs at the Latratu dam in Khunti district, around 40km from the state capital, amid speculation that the legislators were being ferried to a “friendly state” with a non-Bharatiya Janata Party government