In a horrifying incident, a 14-year-old boy who had gone into the Ganga to conduct a ritual and collect gangajal for his new motorcycle, was eaten alive by a crocodile in Bihar on Tuesday.

A boat returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing at least 103 people, including children, officials said Tuesday.

In a tragic incident in Nilavanji village of Devadurga taluk, Raichur district, three workers lost their lives when an earthmover ran over them while they were sleeping in a field.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday clarified that Congress national general secretary and state in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala had not "officiated" any meeting of the government and city civic body officials, dismissing the claims made by the opposition BJP and the JD(S).

Sheikha Hend bint Faisal Al Qasimi, a princess from the royal family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), responded strongly to a tweet by Sudarshan TV's Editor-in-chief, Suresh Chavhanke, regarding secularism. Chavhanke claimed that passengers were left waiting outside a bus in the UAE because the Muslim driver was performing prayers.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to prevent a mahapanchayat' called by Hindu outfits in Uttarakhand and registration of an FIR against hate speeches allegedly targeting members of a particular community.

At least two motorcycle-borne unidentified persons threw acid on a woman in the outskirts of Eluru city in Andhra Pradesh and she has been hospitalised, police said on Wednesday.

The Karnataka High Court Kalaburagi Bench on Wednesday quashed sedition and other charges that were registered against Shaheen School management by a right wing leader from Bidar for making satirical comments in a play critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Central government.