-The Telegraph Shiv Sena member Priyanka Chaturvedi places a written question about the rise in fake news online The Centre on Thursday said people creating tension in society “in the name of fact-checking” were liable for legal action, a day after efforts to keep fact-checker Mohammed Zubair imprisoned were frustrated in the Supreme Court. Rashtriya Janata Dal member Manoj Jha had asked in the Rajya Sabha why fact-checkers were being arrested while those...

-PTI/ The Telegraph Similar concerns echoed for Afghan Hindus and Sikhs, who have been brought to India after reports of attacks on minorities in Afghanistan Secluded within a confined zone in Delhi's Majnu-Ka-Tila, Pakistani Hindu refugees who moved to India with hopes of securing their lives have been surviving in tents and semi-kutcha houses with no access to the basic facilities like water and electricity. Fifty-two-year-old refugee Radha Solanki, who moved to India...

-The Telegraph Senior official says deaths are highest in 'recorded' history of the state Guwahati: Assam has suffered 195 human casualties in the two waves of flood that have hit the state between April 6 and July 15 this year, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction, affecting one third of the state’s over 3.2 crore population and triggering a massive rescue and relief operation. According to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, besides...

-ThePrint.in Govt should consider enacting a bail Act, SC said Monday. Countries including US, UK, Australia & New Zealand have comprehensive laws that govern rules of granting and refusing bail. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday proposed the introduction of a comprehensive bail law in India to deal with the rising pendency of bail applications, and discussed how such laws are in force in other jurisdictions including the UK and the US. A...

-PTI/ NDTV.com The court had sent Mohammed Zubair to 14-day judicial custody earlier this week. Sitapur (UP): A court in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur on Thursday granted the custody of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to the UP Police till July 14. Mr Zubair was brought to Sitapur from Delhi's Tihar Jail on Thursday afternoon amid tight security. The Delhi Police brought Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Sitapur in connection with a case registered...