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Amid the opposition’s protest over the pegasus snooping scandal and other issues, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned.

According to police, the culprits consisted of a group of 6 to 8 people who assaulted the two girls and ripped off their clothes.

In India, Delta variant was behind the deadly second wave of the coronavirus that killed thousands and infected lakhs.

The investigating officer responded that he was still verifying other transactions and the investigation was still ongoing.

The court made the observations during the hearing of a petition filed by advocate Rakesh Malhotra, in which it has been monitoring the Covid-19 situation in Delhi.

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Meghalaya on Wednesday reported 521 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 67,016, a health department official said. The death toll rose to 1,125 as seven more people succumbed to the infection during the day, Health Services...

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the continuation of over 1,000 fast track courts to deal with rape related cases for two more years.

In a virtual address at a meeting of the East Asia Summit (EAS), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also highlighted the growing convergence of approaches on the Indo-Pacific region among different members of the grouping.

Of the 44 districts across 12 states and UTs that are reporting more than 10 per cent weekly positivity rate, some are in Manipur.

In another incident, a home guard gets 30 years in jail for raping a mentally unsound girl.

"The health department is focusing on tracking, testing and treatment of patients. Nodal officers have been asked to expedite COVID-19 vaccination," Health Minister Rajesh Tope said.

Senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh in his petition also challenged the legality of the commission's inquiry on the ground that the scope entrusted to the commission has already been adjudicated by the high court and the Supreme Court.

A search operation was launched to nab him. His office, house, and other locations where he used to visit were searched by the police.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the number of personnel who have died due to accidents and encounters during the period 2015 to 2020 are 1,764 and 323, respectively.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has in the past said this project was not a priority one for his government and the Shiv Sena has termed it a vanity project.