The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the state government's newly-launched "Priyadarshini Scheme, which provides free travel to all women and transgender persons in ordinary KSRTC buses.
Bihar Police arrested Rajesh Sah, the main accused in the life-threatening attack on Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi’s brother, Bijendra Nath Tiwari. The weapon allegedly used in the crime and blood-stained clothes have also been recovered.
As many as eight women who underwent cesarean sections at Jodhpur's Paota District Hospital developed worrisome postoperative complications, alerting doctors and higher authorities following maternal deaths in Bikaner and Kota in similar situations.
Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta has announced plans to convert the abandoned Charra airstrip into a regional connectivity airport under the UDAN scheme.
The Opposition CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) staged a walkout in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday after Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan rejected its notice for an adjournment motion on the alleged failure of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government to prevent the spread of diseases like Nipah, Shigella, Monkeypox, and Dengue.
Refusing to entertain a petition filed by BJP leader H Raja, seeking to quash the police summons for an inquiry over his ‘incendiary’ speech, the Madras High Court on Monday directed him to appear before the Madurai Police and cooperate with the inquiry.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday criticised the government's increasing reliance on technology in implementing social welfare schemes, saying it is depriving marginalised communities of their rightful benefits.
A major railway mishap was averted in the state capital when an express train driver had to apply emergency brakes to stop the train after spotting a heavy iron structure on the tracks on Monday morning.
The expelled MLAs are Abhay Singh, from the Gosaiganj seat in Ayodhya; Rakesh Singh, from the Gauriganj seat in Amethi; and Manoj Pandey, from Dalmau in Rae Bareli district.
The bypolls were held in five constituencies - Kadi and Visavadar in Gujarat, Nilambur in Kerala, Ludhiana West in Punjab, and Kaliganj in West Bengal on June 19.
