Five differently-abled orphan girls were allegedly raped and beaten by staff at a residential school run by an NGO near Jaipur.

Madhavi Sarkar, wife of former CPI (M) legislator Ajit Sarkar, on Saturday said she will approach the Supreme Court against the acquittal of former RJD MP Pappu Yadav in her husband's murder case.

A police official who was caught red handed while accepting bribe in Haryana attempted suicide by consuming poison in the lock-up early on Saturday.

Girls have once again outshined boys in the Class 12 results of Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) declared on Saturday morning. All the first three positions have been occupied by girls.

A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed while a soldier was injured as Army on Saturday foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought reports from the Ghaziabad police and Government Railway Police over the death of a woman who was allegedly pushed off a train with her infant daughter.

A man, who put a `chastity lock' on his wife in a cruel, self-devised way, was awarded 10 years' rigorous sentence by the court on Friday though the victim had retracted her statement during the trial.

A Sessions Court on Friday awarded capital punishment to a person convicted in a case of kidnapping, rape and murder of a minor girl last year. Mohammad Mustafa (45) kidnapped a 16-year old girl and later raped and killed her on September 29 last year, prosecution said.

A teenage girl succumbed to her injuries at a hospital after she was allegedly gangraped and set ablaze by three men in Chitbadgaon area, police said.

Amid talk of Assembly polls in Jharkhand likely in July, Congress on Thursday said it will decide within a week whether to try for an alternative government or go for a fresh mandate.