Enforcing the Marathi requirement also revives a legal issue after the Bombay High Court had struck down a similar requirement for auto rickshaw permits in 2017.

On August 20, 1985, Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, one of the most prominent Sikh leaders during Punjab’s insurgency years, was assasinated. Here's a look at his life and politics.

The Jharkhand High Court on August 20 stayed the government’s decision to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination, leaving appointed candidates uncertain about their jobs. We explain

SEBI tracked down two firms that artificially influenced the Sensex under the new Closing Auction Session mechanism. The firms now face a combined Rs 3.7-crore fine in the first such order by SEBI.

Madhya Pradesh has begun a push to excavate monuments linked to Mauryan-era emperor Ashoka, beginning with Vaishya Tekri. Here's what history reveals about a young prince's life — and love — in modern MP.

Tony releases on August 21, starring Dominic Sessa as Anthony Bourdain and Antonio Banderas. We examine how Bourdain changed food and travel writing, from Kitchen Confidential to Parts Unknown.

Delhi Police is cracking down on unauthorised parking that creates traffic bottlenecks. Does living next to a public street give a resident any special right over the parking space?

Eight of the 14 new or modified questions in the questionnaire — nationality as declared, father’s and mother’s particulars, mobile number, Aadhaar, voter ID, passport, and driving licence — were included in the National Population Register.

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy had to cancel his US trip after the Centre denied ‘political clearance'. This is something that all public servants need for a trip abroad. Why is it required and how is it granted?

Even as the satellite communications company awaits formal launch a year after securing necessary government licences, the government is yet to green-light this over security concerns.

While the court declined to revisit its 2025 decision that future judges should have some familiarity with the functioning of courts, it held that such exposure need not come explicitly from practice at the Bar.

Some of the war’s impact would have been blunted had the Pakistani airspace been available to Indian carriers, as it would have provided a more direct and unimpeded corridor to West Asia, Europe, and beyond.

A 'victory day' event at the Taliban-controlled Afghan embassy was the latest sign of the deepening India-Taliban relationship. What's India's thinking behind this? And what about its stated positions on human rights and women’s education?

Excess rainfall in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat in September-October last year hit sugarcane growth, hurting sugar production and pushing stocks to a nine-year low. The result: sugar prices rose by Rs 20 per kg in just a month.

The expansive definition from 1978 will continue to apply to pending cases. It will have no bearing on the new Industrial Relations Code.

The deprivation points system was introduced to ensure that the university did not merely draw students who had already benefited from greater educational opportunities. It aims to give a leg up to candidates from backward regions, women and transgender persons.

After the Supreme Court’s order recognising walking on footpaths as a fundamental right, Andhra Pradesh has become the country’s first state to formulate a pedestrian safety policy. Here's what it plans.

The scheme has two targets: keeping large-scale production growing after the first smartphone production-linked incentive scheme runs its course, and creating a competitive Indian smartphone brand.

Gurugram went from heatwave conditions in May to severe waterlogging in August. What turns a weather event into an urban disaster, and why do the same failures return?

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged £442 million to get homeless people, who are forced to sleep in the open, off the streets by Christmas. But questions remain over funding, rural inequality and whether the money will arrive in time.