Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday hit out at former BJP MP Pratap Simha for moving the High Court against the state government's invitation to writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Dasara festival, calling it an effort to remain politically relevant. 

A class 9 girl student was allegedly raped inside a car by a man in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, police said on Sunday. 

A man from Tamil Nadu has been arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat call to Mangaluru International Airport, police said on Sunday. 

 Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday questioned the role of the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that it has turned into the "BJP's Back-Office for Vote Chori." 

In a fervent appeal to MPs ahead of the vice presidential polls, Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Sunday exhorted them to not let party loyalty guide their choice and asserted that by entrusting him with this office, they would be ensuring that the Rajya Sabha stands as a true temple of democracy. 

A 50-year-old farmer died on Sunday after his health deteriorated while spraying pesticides in a paddy field here, police said. 

Two persons allegedly raped a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Patti area of this district, police said on Sunday. 

More than 500 Congress workers and farmers staged a protest in Madhya Pradesh's Mauganj on Sunday, alleging fertiliser shortage and other issues, breaching a barricade erected by the police to prevent them from meeting Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.