Actress Richa Chadha, who plays Paro in veteran filmmaker Sudhir Mishra's directorial "Daas Dev", says it was the film's fresh portrayal of women that made her take up the movie.

A four-year-old girl was raped by a youth in Odisha's Balasore district, police said on Sunday.

A minor girl was gang raped here on Sunday and the police have arrested two accused persons, authorities said.

At least 23 Maoists surrendered to police on Saturday in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, an official said.

Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje was on Saturday elected the new President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.

A terrorism attack was foiled by the law enforcement agencies in Islamabad and two suicide jackets along with arms and ammunition were recovered on Saturday, the media reported.

In the wake of a raging US-China trade war, India on Sunday offered to export soybean and other agriculture products to Beijing, which has slapped retaliatory tariffs on American products.

Blaming the BJP for politicisation of Unnao and Kathau rape cases, the Congress on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for speaking very little on the incidents and not mention the involvement of his own party's people.