The Madhya Pradesh rights panel has sought an explanation from the state police chief about the circumstances under which a youth died after being stabbed while resisting attempts by eve-teasers to molest a girl in Indore.

Monsoon remained active in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday with eastern and western parts of the state receiving rainfall. The places which received rain included Chandradeepghat, Balrampur, Bhinga, Mirzapur, Dumariyaganj, Salon, Khalilabad, Basti, Elginbridge, Bilgram, Etawah, Fatehpur, Gazipur, Bansgaon, Ankinghat, Dhauraha and Jalesar.

The Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) has decided to gherao Parliament on September 7 in support of its charter of demands that include halt of alleged police atrocities against tribals across the country and acquisition of land.

With temperatures soaring to over 33 degrees Celsius during the last six days in the Kashmir Valley, people have been complaining of an unusual August heat.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday spoke to Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Jena to apprise him about shortage of urea in the state and urged him to intervene to ensure its availability for distribution among farmers.

The Uttarakhand government will prepare a concrete proposal to provide an efficient and safe public transport service in the state, where scores of people lose their lives every year in road accidents.

Two persons, including a pregnant woman, tested positive for swine flu in the city, official sources said today.

The Castle Naggar, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation's prime hotel in the picturesque Kullu valley, has been given heritage status, an official said on Thursday.

Haryana's power utility Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has detected 7,245 cases of theft of power in the current fiscal with maximum number of theft cases found in Hisar and Gurgaon.

The Punjab government in Wednesday set up an agriculture media monitoring committee for creating awareness among farmers about new challenges in farm sector.