The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested Atul Singh Sengar, the brother of a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA accused of raping an 18-year-old woman (when she was a minor) in Unnao last year, for beating her father to death earlier this week. And with pressure building up on it to act, the state set up a special investigation team to look into the case. The woman has alleged that BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his aides raped her last June. She also said the police did not investigate her allegations and failed to name Sengar in an official document that recorded her complaint. ... Read More

As decided by the BJP’s parliamentary party on the last day of the Budget session last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with party president Amit Shah and all party MPs, will undertake a day-long fast on Thursday to protest against the impasse in Parliament. The Prime Minister will be in Delhi and will continue his daily official routine while fasting, and Mr. Shah will be leading a protest in Hubli-Dharwad in Karnataka, where the Assembly elections will be held on May 12. ... Read More

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, who proposed to the Rajya Sabha Chairman that MPs disrupting Parliament be expelled alleges that regional parties acted at the behest of the government to disrupt proceedings in the previous session. Excerpts from an interview: ... Read More

New Delhi: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday testified before the Congress and during his five-hour testimony, the lawmakers asked him tough questions on fake news, Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election and censorship of conservative media. ... Read More

New Delhi: Superstar Salman Khan's co-star and noted actress Kunickaa Sadanand has alleged that she has been receiving death threats and lewd messages from some of the members of Bishnoi community after she backed the actor on a panel discussion. Salman was sentenced to a 5-year jail term by a Jodhpur sessions court in 1998 blackbuck poaching case on April 5, 2018. The actor got bail after spending two nights in the Jodhpur Central Jail and was welcomed by an ocean of fan following. ... Read More

GOLD COAST: Here is the current medal count on the Day 7 of the 21st edition of the 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Australia's Gold Coast on Wednesday. Australia continues to dominate the tally with 52 Gold, 38 Silver and 43 Bronze medals (133), followed by England with 25 Gold, 31 Silver and 21 Bronze medals (77). With 11 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze so far, India are currently third in the overall ranking (22). Shooter Om Prakash on Wednesday finished third to settle for a bronze medal in men's 50m Pistol event taking India's total medal count to 22. Canada (9, 22. 15), New Zealand (9, 10, ... Read More