One person has been arrested in connection with the murder of seven members of a family at their home in Ghaziabad district, a senior officer said in Lucknow on Thursday.

Two persons on Thursday have been sentenced to life imprisonment and five others were awarded seven years of jail term by a local court here for rape and murder of a minor girl.

A man killed his three children before committing suicide by jumping before a speeding bus on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh, the police said. He took the extreme step as he suspected his wife to be in an illicit relationship with one of his relatives.

Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary RN Upadhyaya on Wednesday stirred a row after he brushed of a reporter's query about the death of four of family in a lighter vein, saying "birth is the reason behind the death."

Beating all odds, a visually impaired girl, Shrishti Tiwari, from Damoh town has topped the Madhya Pradesh Higher Secondary examination in Arts stream.

An Uttar Pradesh policeman was in critical condition on Wednesday after he and a colleague clashed with each other with bamboo sticks in media glare, leaving them bleeding from the face.

The prestigious Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran, which ranks no 1 in terms of readership, has added a new feather in its cap by acquiring the top position in terms of circulation too.

In a major reshuffle in the police administration, Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday transferred 40 IPS officers.

Eleven members of a marriage party were killed on Tuesday and 30 others got injured when a truck in which they were travelling collided head-on with a roadways bus at Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, the police said.

Miffed over the performance of its eight zonal in-charges, including two central ministers, in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the Congress appointed a new team on Monday.