The Supreme Court delivered a blow to the Gujarat government by canceling its order for the early release of 11 convicts in the notorious Bilkis Bano rape case. Opposition parties, including the Congress, AIMIM, Trinamool Congress, and Shiv Sena, welcomed the ruling, accusing the BJP of being anti-women and patronizing criminals.

New Delhi, Jan 8,  The Congress on Monday accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Gujarat of helping in the premature release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case and said the ruling party should apologise to the women of the country after the Supreme Court sent the convicts back to jail.

The united forum of 15 opposition parties of Assam, including the Congress, will support Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which will commence on January 14 from Manipur, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said.

Washington DC: The United States has called on Bangladesh to conduct free and fair elections. The US has observed that the Bangladesh Elections 2024 conducted on Sunday, were in no manner "free or fair".

Lok Sabha Election: Days ahead of the scheduled commencement of Congress's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Grand Old Party said on Monday that it is awaiting "ground permission" from the Manipur government. According to news agency PTI, the party had applied for permission a week ago.

In the third edition of the Tamil Nadu Investors’ Summit, the state has attracted investment worth ₹6.6 lakh crore, breaking all previous records. Some of the sectors like energy and electronics saw large volumes of investment. 

In an interesting turn of events ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Hyderabad and its adjoining districts of Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri, where Congress had drawn a blank in the recently-concluded assembly elections, are right on the top of the list for the most number of applications received for the five guarantees of the party.

New Delhi: Congress candidate Rupender Singh won the Karanpur assembly seat in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan in the by-election today.

MALE: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and First Lady Sajidha Mohamed proceeded on a state visit to China on Sunday night.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government's order in the Blikis Bano case. The court held that the state of Gujarat was not competent to pass the remission orders in the case.