On the last day of Parliament's monsoon session, UPA Chairperson and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Friday led her party MPs in protest against the Modi government over the controversial Rafale deal India has signed with France to buy fighter jets.

A Class 2 student was raped in an NDMC school here and the accused, an electrician working there, has been arrested, police said on Friday.

The minor girl was raped on Wednesday in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) school in the Gole Market area but the incident came to light on Thursday after the victim's parents reported the matter to the police.

Even as the world painfully takes notes of dangers of fake news spread on social media platforms, Facebook has said that it does not remove content simply for being false.

While the social network platform has in place rules against hate speech and takes personal attacks seriously, false content does not face censorship on its platform, Monika Bickert, Facebook's Head of Global Policy Management said on Thursday while participating in "Hard Questions", a series that explores the most challenging issues Facebook confronts.

Due to heavy rains in Western Ghats range, the Netravati River was overflowing inundating the agriculture land in the taluk.  But on Friday, the water level has decreased. The Netravati River which was flowing above danger mark has come down.

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has nabbed a right-wing activist of the Hindu Janjagran Samiti (HJS) and recovered some explosive materials from his home in Palghar early on Friday, an official said.

Nearly a dozen patients have died during a strike by Bihar's doctors, which was called-off on Friday after an assurance by the state government to fulfil their demands, officials said.

With the water level at the Idukki dam fast rising, two more shutters of the dam were opened on Friday, said a Kerala Minister.

Less rains on Friday though has brought some relief to the state that has seen 27 deaths in rain-related incident in over 48 hours. The Army is taking part in rescue-relief and damage control exercises in Idukki, Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts.

About 40,000 people visited IKEA's first India store on the opening day here , a company spokesperson told IANS.

The world's leading Swedish home furnishings retailer received huge response from customers on Thursday. The spokesperson, however, declined to share the numbers relating to the business transacted on the first day.