The prevalence of child marriage in India is the highest amongst Scheduled Tribe girls (15 per cent) followed by Scheduled Castes (13 per cent), according to a report released by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

Two militants were killed in a gunfight with the security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town, defence sources said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed that dialogue in a democracy and political system is necessary and the BJP owes its victories to its grassroot-level workers.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali in a terror funding case.

A bench of Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice Vinod Goel asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs two lakh with two sureties of like amount.

A first year student from Karnataka, pursuing B.Tech course in Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself for a ceiling fan on Wednesday morning.

Two police officials in Noida were suspended for alleged indiscipline after they apparently failed to recognise a vehicle of the Uttar Pradesh police chief on Wednesday, officials said.

For convincing the court about risks of using mobile phones, a 'public spirited' petitioner has been given a simple task — hand over his own mobile phone first.

IIM Calcutta has been emerged as the number two B-School in the country and number three in Asia as per the ranking result of the 2018 edition of "Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking", the results of which have just been announced, according to a release.