Five people have been arrested for allegedly beating to death a Jharkhand native on suspicion of theft near Walayar here a day ago, police said on Friday.

To beef up the security infrastructure of ports, the government will set up a statutory body -- the Bureau of Port Security -- that will ensure timely analysis, collection and exchange of security-related information of ports and vessels, officials said on Friday.

Several people including more than 20 police personnel were injured in violence at Badetevda village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Thursday following a dispute between two communities over the burial of a deceased man.

Police have arrested four accused involved in a cattle theft case following an encounter early Friday, officials said.

 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Modi government of demolishing 20 years of MGNREGA in a single day, and dubbed the new VB-G RAM G legislation as “anti village”.

The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order of the Lokpal granting sanction to the CBI to file a chargesheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the alleged cash-for-query scam.

Tipra Motha Party's youth wing on Friday staged a demonstration near the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission here to protest "anti-India campaign" and remarks made by a leader of the neighbouring country about the Northeast.

 A 70-year-old woman was allegedly run over and killed by her grandson in Odisha’s Jajpur district over a property dispute, police said on Friday.