Boris Johnson to be grilled over partygate scandal

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson will be grilled by a cross-party parliamentary panel for several hours on Wednesday to establish whether he knowingly misled the House of Commons over the partygate scandal of COVID

Ukraine: Russia hits apartments, kills civilians

Russia stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine on Wednesday, killing students and other civilians, in a violent follow-up to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war.

Is marital rape a crime? SC to hear petitions on May 9

 The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear on May 9 a clutch of pleas in connection with the criminalisation of marital rape. Senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. Jaising

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting to review Covid-related situation and public health preparedness in view of the recent surge in coronavirus cases as well as influenza infections. Modi advised to continue focusing

BJP demands CBI probe into Kochi landfill fire

A fire at a waste processing unit in Kochi raged on for nearly two weeks this month, prompting the BJP to accuse the Kerala government of bending rules to hand over the contract to a company which is allegedly responsible for lapses leading to the fire.