East India

The Calcutta High Court has directed a Muslim couple to file an FIR against seven police officers, including the Islampur city police station in-charge in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, for alleged torture resulting in kidney failure for Muhammad Shahjamal (30) and his wife Sabnaj Khatun (24) in police custody.

On Wednesday, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM), a collective of student groups, held a protest gathering at Delhi University Art Faculty against anti-tribal actions in East Indian states...

Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passed away in Kolkata at the age of 55 due to prostate cancer. The announcement was made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee....

The West Bengal Police Saturday booked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for alleged “criminal trespass” and “intending to outrage a woman’s modesty.”

Editors Guild slam “misuse of defamation law” as Jharkhand Police book ‘Prabhat Khabar’ editors

In two separate incidents in West Bengal, three Muslim men were killed by mobs within a span of 72 hours. In both cases, the assailant mobs labelled the deceased of being cow or goat thieves.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s leader in Bihar’s Siwan district Arif Jamal (30) was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Saturday night.

A newborn girl was rescued after she had allegedly been dumped inside a borewell in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Tuesday, The Indian Express reported. The abandoned borewell is located in...

Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra filed a petition with the Supreme Court to challenge her contentious expulsion from the Lok Sabha last week in connection with the 'cash for query' corruption case.

A Muslim female student in Patna accused the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) officials of barring her from the exam for refusing to remove her hijab on December...

The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to get Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra expelled from the Lok Sabha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Thursday.

The Bihar Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to increase caste-based reservations in education and government jobs from 50% to 65%, crossing the ceiling set by the Supreme Court.