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Mumbai, February 27: Ektaa Kapoor, the recipient of the Padma Shri award, has issued a clarification through her production house, drawing attention to fake casting calls made in her name.On Friday, her production house, Balaji Telefilms Limited, posted a long note on Instagram, informing its...

The Social Security, Women and Child Development Department of the Punjab Government has expressed concern over repeated instances of inappropriate and offensive portrayals of women in advertisements and has requested that such activities cease, or face strict legal consequences. These cases...

Mumbai, February 27 A foreign woman traveler has accused two men of harassing her on a street in Mumbai and posted a video of her experience on a social media platform, prompting the police to launch a search to identify the accused.The incident took place in south Mumbai, a police official...

Bengaluru, February 26 In a coordinated effort to verify the visa status, details, and credentials of foreign nationals residing in the city, police said on Thursday that inspections are being conducted across all areas of the city.All Deputy Commissioners of Police and police personnel are...

New Delhi, February 26 – Following the standoff between the Delhi and Himachal Pradesh police in connection with the shirtless protest at the AI Summit, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Thursday criticised the Congress, alleging that it has adopted a new scheme to protect the...

Panaji, February 26 Opposition legislators in Goa met Governor P Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Thursday, requesting him to convene a special session of the assembly to discuss a controversial provision of the Town and Country Planning Act.MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) has...

Shimla, February 26 – In its initial response to the alleged detention of Delhi Police personnel following the arrest of three Youth Congress activists on charges of staging a protest without shirts at the AI summit, the Himachal Pradesh Police stated on Thursday that they had received...

Gandhinagar, February 25 The Gujarat government told the legislative assembly on Wednesday that 629 cases related to the transportation of cows and beef were registered across the state in the last two years, and 1,810 accused were apprehended in connection with this, while 1,800 cows were...

Bengaluru, February 25 Over ₹6.5 crore worth of hydroponically grown cannabis was seized at Kempegowda International Airport, with two passengers arriving from Bangkok being arrested on Wednesday, officials said.In the first case, 5.55 kg of hydroponic cannabis, valued at ₹1.94 crore, was...

Jaipur, February 25 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a patwari (a village-level revenue officer) in the Dholpur district on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, officials said.According to the bureau, Birendra Kumar Sharma, who was posted as a patwari in the...

Mumbai, February 24 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis warned on Tuesday that private hospitals across the state would face strict legal action if they refuse to provide treatment to beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat and Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY).Speaking...

Shivamogga, February 24 A 16-year-old boy was murdered outside a government school in Sulaebailu here, sparking tension in the area, police said on Tuesday.Following the incident, a large police force was deployed in the city.The incident occurred after Sanketh (16), a student of the...

Gangtok, February 23 Sikkim MP Indra Hang Subba wrote to the Delhi Police on Monday, expressing concerns over the alleged racial abuse of three women from Arunachal Pradesh in the national capital and seeking action against the accused.In a letter to Delhi Police Special Commissioner David...

Shillong, February 23 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma strongly condemned the alleged racial abuse of three women from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi's Malviya Nagar area on Monday, describing the incident as "deeply unfortunate" and "completely unacceptable".Reacting to the incident...

Idukki (Kerala), February 23 The Congress on Monday accused the Left government in Kerala of "misusing" official machinery and public funds for election campaigning and said it would pursue legal action against the alleged violations.Alleging widespread misuse of administrative systems, the...

Kolkata, February 23 – Following the circulation of a video purportedly showing a civic volunteer engaging with West Bengal Police beating up a truck driver after he allegedly refused to pay extortion money, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, criticized the state...

Saharanpur (UP), February 23 Police have recovered the body of a woman from a forest area in a village here in the district, officials said on Monday.The deceased, identified as Kavita, 43, was a resident of Farkpur Nawada village. Police recovered her body from the Behat area on Sunday night...

Kolkata, February 21 – Various associations of West Bengal government employees, excluding the one affiliated with the ruling Trinamool Congress, are set to launch a two-pronged offensive against the state government ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections later this year over the issue of...

Raipur, February 19 Senior Congress leader Charandas Mahant has written to the National Human Rights Commission seeking an independent inquiry into the death of a tribal villager in Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh.On February 15, Ram alias Ramnaresh (62) died, and two others, identified as...

Bengaluru, February 19 A complaint has been filed against a dermatologist based in the city for allegedly spreading misinformation about Nandini milk products on social media and misleading the public, police said on Thursday.The complaint was filed by Padmavathi R, an officer of the Karnataka...