CPI national general secretary D Raja urged students to take up the cudgels against the BJP government at the Centre which, he alleged, was only interested in "serving the interests of big businesses".

A mob tried to attack Chief Minister N Biren Singh's empty ancestral house on Thursday night, despite a security clampdown and curfew in the Imphal valley where protestors have been holding violent demonstrations after photos of bodies of two youths missing since July surfaced on social media earlier this week.

Legendary India cricketer Kapil Dev and his wife have approached the Delhi High Court challenging certain provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act that allow destruction of stray dogs in lethal chambers and extermination or destruction of any animal under the authority of any law.

The Gurugram district administration has issued orders to ban the storage, sale and use of firecrackers in view of pollution.

The Supreme Court has directed the court's registrar to lodge a police complaint after taking note of an internal inquiry report which said one of its orders, which was annexed with a pending petition, was fabricated.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said his government will ensure that the accused arrested for raping and brutalising a minor girl in Ujjain gets stringent punishment.

 A woman lost her life after accidentally falling into a 'nala' (drain) in the city following heavy rain Thursday evening, police said.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes, has raised serious concerns about the deteriorating rights situation in India, labeling it as "massive, systematic, and dangerous."