The death of former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba was partly a result of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which allows accused to be kept in prison for lengthy periods, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said.

 The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, when people are holding a "symblic fast" at various parts of the state to express solidarity with the agitators.

Police have registered a case against a man and his son, both directors of an automobile company, for allegedly cheating a man from Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra of Rs 70.19 lakh in a scooters purchase deal, an official said on Sunday.

BJP MLA Mithilesh Kumar stirred controversy after distributing swords to school and college girls during the Vijayadashami celebrations in Bihar's Sitamarhi district on Saturday.

A constable in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district has been suspended after a video surfaced in which he is seen consuming liquor outside a panchayat office and claiming he is a police station in-charge, an official said on Sunday.

Police have launched a probe into the killing of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique from different angles, including a possible contract killing, business rivalry or threat over a slum rehabilitation project, officials said on Sunday.

London: The Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool used by international humanitarian agencies to measure and track hunger levels with GHI scores based on under-nourishment and child mortality indicators across 127 countries, has ranked India 105th, which places it under the “serious” category of the analysis.

Haridwar: Two dreaded criminals including a murder convict escaped from Haridwar district jail, officials said on Saturday.