Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections, days after he filed his nomination. The former Congress leader was to contest the election from Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. Azad had left the Congress in 2022, ending his five-decade-long association with the party.

Terrorists have shot dead worker identified as Raju Shah, a resident of Bihar, in Jammu and Kashimir's Anantnag. Kashmir Zone Police earlier said the man was rushed to a hospital after being shot and the area was cordoned off. He was shot in neck and abdomen, according to reports.

A school van driver has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Class 10 girl and holding her captive for 49 days in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, police said. Her family had lodged a missing report after she did not return home on the last day of her Class 10 board examinations. He raped her several times, police said.

Actor-politician Ravi Kishan's wife Preeti Shukla filed an FIR against a woman who claimed to be his wife. The Lucknow-based woman, identified as Aparna Thakur, earlier alleged that Kishan isn't accepting their daughter. Preeti in her complaint stated that Aparna demanded ₹20 crore from them and threatened to trap Kishan in a fake rape case and get his family killed.

A boy named K Ayushmaan Rao dressed up as Ram Lalla idol and arrived in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Ram Navami on Wednesday. The boy came to the city from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur, according to reports. Visuals of the boy went viral on social media, with a user saying, "This is the shradha people have for Ram ji."

A man and his girlfriend were arrested in Madhya Pradesh's Indore for allegedly abetting the suicide of his wife. The deceased, in a note written on her palm, alleged that the duo thrashed her and were responsible for her death. She allegedly died by suicide at her home in the city's Tejaji Nagar area on the morning of April 15.

Delhi High Court has observed, "If a lover commits suicide due to love failure...the lady...cannot be held to have abetted the commission of suicide." "For the wrong decision taken by a man of weak or frail mentality, another person cannot be blamed," the court added while granting anticipatory bail to a woman in abetment of suicide case.

The shocking video shows that the woman makes an obscene gesture directed at a person sitting in the bus. This disturbs the male passenger so much that he immediately gets up from his seat and moves away. The woman in bikini is also confronted by a woman co-passenger as soon as she enters the bus.

Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award this year for his career and contribution in the film industry. Last year, the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award was given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The award ceremony was announced in the presence of Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, veteran singer Usha Mangeshkar and Adinath Mangeshkar.

Startling findings have emerged regarding the sugar content in baby food Cerelac produced by Nestle. Despite the World Health Organization's stringent guidelines banning added sugars in baby food products, Cerelac has been found to contain an average of nearly 3 grammes of sugar per serving in India. Violations were found only in Asian, African and Latin American countries.

The AIMIM party has decided to support the AIADMK party in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. This decision was announced by AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi, who is also the MP for Hyderabad. AIMIM's Tamil Nadu unit president and other leaders met with AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswamy.

BJP youth wing chief and current MP Tejasvi Surya, seeking re-election from prestigious Bengaluru South, is facing spirited challenge from Sowmya Reddy of Congress. The 41-year-old Sowmya, daughter of Minister Ramalinga Reddy, is a former MLA from Jayanagar in Bengaluru and lost the Assembly elections last year by a mere 16 votes. The seat is a BJP bastion since 1991.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has reaffirmed the government's commitment to establishing a welfare board for Gulf and other overseas workers. He addressed various workers' associations representing Gulf workers in Telangana, expressing the Congress government's empathy towards the challenges faced by those who work abroad.

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said the problem of lack of jobs in India "wasn't created in the last 10 years" but has been "growing over the last few decades". Many job-intensive areas like leather aren't doing well while billions are going into chipmaking, he stated. The government needs to figure out what's going wrong in job-intensive areas, he added.

A BSF soldier’s suicide highlights the growing threat of mental health disorders among central forces. The BSF, instead of showing empathy, has initiated “invalidation proceedings” against around 300 personnel assessed with psychiatric conditions. At least 175 border guards, including four women, have lost their lives to suicides and fratricides in five years.

A 29-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the second floor of a paying guest accommodation in northwest Delhi. Originally from Meerut, she had lived in Delhi for ten years, focusing on competitive exams. Police responded to a distress call in Mukherjee Nagar, but she was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital.

The Mancherial district police booked a case against a school correspondent and principal for objecting to students wearing 'Hanuman Deeksha dress' in Kannepalli village. Police acted on a complaint by parents, invoking sections 153 (A) and 295 (A) for promoting enmity and insulting religious feelings.

The shopkeeper, upon learning that the boy had eaten biscuit from his shop without paying, tied up the hands and legs of the boy to a pole and thrashed him. Shockingly, no one came forward to help the boy when he was beaten up mercilessly by the shopkeeper and three other people. They merely stood as spectators.

One97 Communications Limited (OCL), the parent company of Paytm, has been authorized by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to commence the process of migrating users to new Payment System Provider (PSP) bank handles. The company disclosed this information in a filing to the stock exchanges on Wednesday.

The State Blood Transfusion Council has been gearing up since February to avoid blood shortage in summer. Therefore, enough blood is available in the blood banks till the first fortnight of April. The State Blood Transfusion Council has appealed to blood banks in the state to organise blood donation camps in April and May to ensure adequate supply of blood.

Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan addresses security concerns following a shooting near Salman Khan's Mumbai residence. He criticizes perpetrators as 'jail' individuals and praises Maharashtra CM for additional police protection. Mumbai Police file case against Anmol Bishnoi for threats; two suspects arrested. Despite security measures, Salman focuses on work.

Three men on Wednesday traveling in a car in Bengaluru faced assault for chanting "Jai Shri Ram" by two individuals on motorcycles. After video of the incident went viral on internet, an FIR was filed at Vidyaranyapura police station, resulting in the arrest of three suspects, while another managed to flee.

Sweden and India are partnering to help India achieve net-zero emissions by 2070, focusing on heavy industries like steel and cement to comply with EU emissions regulations. This aligns with Article Six of the Paris Agreement, allowing carbon credit transfers. Challenges like bureaucratic processes may slow progress, but commitment remains strong.

The disturbing video captures how the man's son pleaded and even touched the feet of a policeman asking for mercy. However, the policeman moves the child aside and twists the hand of his father who was already pinned to the ground and thrashed by 2 policemen in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Residents of BTM Layout complained of a reeking smell coming form the Madiwala lake, making them feel like living next to a morgue. The unbearable odour was reportedly coming from the decomposed shellfish lining the shores of adjacent Madiwala lake. Over a lakh of shells were found lying on the shore, locals alleged.