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They did not ask for an arrest or a verdict. They asked the government to wait. Before dawn on 15 October, Delhi Police detained Ankita Bhandari's parents at India Gate.

Speaking at the NHRC foundation day, the CJI said courts must step in when constitutional rights are violated. Minutes later, asked about the protests in Delhi, he called them a law and order matter and not his domain.

Videos and posts from the protest sites have flooded social media. Delhi Police say they are enforcing prohibitory orders, while protesters, journalists and opposition leaders allege detentions without cause and an uneven approach to who is stopped.

For over 30 years, Jantar Mantar was where Delhi's farmers, students, unions and parties took their grievances. A new police order has ended that status and moved protests to three grounds farther from Parliament.

Delhi became a fortress on October 10 as police detained hundreds, cancelled trains and shut metro stations ahead of the CJP protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

The Kerala government has received legal counsel from the Director General of Prosecution regarding the potential reopening of a 2006 case involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, connected to the suicide of Malaysian project officer Lee See Been.

Following Ranbir Kapoor’s rugged reveal, Bhansali Productions drops a dazzling vintage glimpse of Alia Bhatt as a cabaret performer ahead of Love & War’s January 2027 release.

A short‑circuit at a festival stall near Mumbai’s Ganesh pandal left two dead and four injured, sparking a police probe into unsafe temporary wiring.

A teenage girl was found brutally murdered in north Delhi, prompting a swift police raid that arrested four suspects linked to her neighbourhood.

Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Ghamasaan returns to the Chambal ravines, promising a gritty showdown that revives Bollywood’s enduring fascination with law versus rebellion.

Prosecutors say Davis plotted Tupac’s 1996 murder; the defense argues the case rests on fiction, not fact, as the trial begins in Las Vegas.

Ananya Raj passes away at 27

A citizen-led social audit of a West Bengal public school's infrastructure turned deadly when armed assailants attacked a 25-year-old volunteer and his family. The tragic death of his father has now ignited a fierce political storm and demands for immediate police action.

Messi's future in doubt after father's passing

Marathwada rail links to get major boost

England's Jos Buttler has officially become the leading run-scorer in T20 cricket history with 14,833 runs, predicting 15-year-old Indian batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will one day break his milestone.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a severe spell of widespread heavy rainfall across Northwest, Central, and Eastern India through August 16, warning of potential flash floods and landslides.

A devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia's Chocó department, causing massive infrastructural collapse, leaving at least 134 people dead, and thousands missing.

A US federal judge has dismissed the high-profile fraud and bribery charges against Indian industrialist Gautam Adani with prejudice, concluding a major legal battle for the Adani Group.

Tabu's fierce avatar revealed