A minor girl belonging to a poor family was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy from an affluent family of her village.

Curfew has been imposed on Monday morning in Ghosla village near Ujjain following tension there after an alleged attempt was made to abduct and rape a girl.

One person, stated to be a local Trinamool Congress leader, was killed in an armed clash between two groups at Labhpur in Birbhum district early.

Four persons were injured on Monday when the bodyguard of BJP MLA and candidate from Sahera in Panchmahal district, Jetha Bharwad, opened fire in Tarsang village after some stones were pelted at the leader.

As opposition leaders demanded that former minister and independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya be arrested on suspicion of conspiring to kill deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Zia-ul-Haq, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday remained non-committal in this matter. Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators staged a walkout in the state assembly, demanding the arrest of Raja Bhaiya.

Away from the din and bustle of Himachal Pradesh politics, Malana, a village with an all-powerful panchayat, is busy repeating its age-old tradition of asking the local deity which candidate to vote for.

Five children were killed and another was critically injured in east Delhi when a wall collapsed on Wednesday morning, fire brigade officials said.

Controversial Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias 'Raja Bhaiya' resigned on Monday and faced possible arrest after he was booked for alleged conspiracy in the killing of a police officer over which a CBI probe will be ordered.

A series of unfortunate incidents unfolded at Pratapgarh that led to the cop’s death and later resulting into the resignation of UP’s controversial minister. Here’s a look at the sequence of incidents that led to political crisis in Uttar Pradesh.

Hundreds of 'mukhiyas' (village heads) in rural Bihar have sought bodyguards for their security, citing threats to their lives from Maoists, gangsters, criminals and rivals.