North India

The Union home ministry on Wednesday directed the National Investigation Agency to take over the murder case of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor who was beheaded in Udaipur on Tuesday. The brutal killing was filmed by two Muslim men, Mohammed Riyaz Attari and Ghouse Mohammed, his assailants.

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday took up a petition challenging the demolition of a house belonging to the family of prominent Muslim activists Javed Mohammad and Afreen Fatima.

In Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad, Gautam, a 35-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death by policemen following raid at his residence on the night of 24 June.

Today, two men belonging to the Muslim community beheaded a man named Kanhaiyalal in Udaipur's Maldas street area. The victim had shared a social media post supporting the offensive comments of BJP's former spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

The Delhi Court has remanded Alt News co-founder and journalist Mohammed Zubair, to 4 days police custody.

Alt News co-founder and journalist Mohammed Zubair was arrested by the Delhi police on Monday, June 27.

After a complaint from the Indian government, YouTube took down Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu aka Sidhu Moosewala's new song from its platform. The song is available in other countries.

In a setback to the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday emerged victorious in both Azamgarh and Rampur seats in the by-elections to the UP Lok Sabha constituencies.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann won bypoll in Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's stronghold Sangrur with a margin of over 5,000 votes.

The Aam Aadmi Party swept the Rajinder Nagar bypolls in Delhi with a margin of around 11,000 votes on Sunday.

In a setback for the Samajwadi, BJP candidate Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi won the Rampur Lok Sabha by-elections by defeating SP nominee Asim Raja by a margin of over 42,000 votes.

On Saturday, Sanjay Popli - an arrested IAS officer over corruption charges, alleged that Vigilance Department murdered his son. Popli further claimed he is an eye-witness to the incident.