A 14-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped from her house in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar and her body was found, with injury marks all over, inside a pond, police said on Wednesday.

Unidentified miscreants entered the premises of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here shortly after midnight on Thursday and vandalised portions of the medical facility, where the body of a woman doctor was found last week, police said.

Senior Congress leader and renowned lawyer Salman Khurshid has won the presidency of the India Islamic Culture Centre (IICC) in a highly contested election. Khurshid secured 721 votes, delivering a significant blow to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which had been making efforts to influence the governing body of the minority institution.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday made an unequivocal pitch for a uniform civil code in the country, asserting that a "secular civil code" in place of the existing "communal" one is the need of the hour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government wants to build such an education system in the country so that youngsters need not have to go abroad for studies.

Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor here, contending that he should keep in mind the “dismal track record” of women’s safety during previous Congress governments at the Centre.

Mumbai: A student association has alleged that nonvegetarian food is not being allowed at one of the canteens of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay here.

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed former Union minister Maneka Gandhi's plea challenging the election of Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhual Nishad from Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat, stating that the petition is time-barred.