Amid tribal groups accusing the NIA and CBI of high-handedness in Manipur, the central agencies on Monday said every arrest made in the restive state, which has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May, is based on evidence gathered by investigative teams.

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his criticism of the Rajasthan government on women's safety, the Congress on Monday said it would never condone violence against women, while the BJP dispensations never accept responsibility or accountability in such cases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has already "accepted defeat" by requesting him not to stop schemes initiated by the Congress in Rajasthan, and gave a guarantee that the BJP will not stop any scheme but only try to improve it.

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state's total population.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan over the issue of corruption and women's safety.

'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', the cleanliness drive launched on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2014, must be taken as a "social movement" for a clean and hygienic India is "healthier and happier," Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna said on Monday.

Six persons including five of a family were killed on Monday in violence over land in Fatehpur village of Rudrapur area here, police said.

Three sisters were found dead inside a trunk in their house in Kanpur village of Jalandhar district, police said on Monday.