Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was sentenced to two years imprisonment by an MP/MLA court here on Saturday in a case of inflammatory speech during the 2019 general elections.

Workers of a right-wing organisation on Saturday created ruckus at a restaurant here in Uttar Pradesh on the suspicion that chicken burgers were being served on Shivratri, officials said.

An FIR has been registered against a seer and his two associates in this Uttar Pradesh district for allegedly abducting a minor girl, police said on Saturday. Kotwali Nagar SHO Sudhir Kumar Raghav said the seer, identified as Lodheshwar Maharaj alias Rajeev, abducted the 16-year-old daughter of one of his disciples late on Friday.

A 20-year-old nephew of Abid Pradhan, a rival of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, was shot dead allegedly over a domestic dispute in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Saturday. Puramufti SHO Upendra Pratap Singh told PTI that Sahil was shot dead following a domestic dispute. He was killed at Mariyadih Cachar in the Puramufti area.

At least 17 people were killed in lightning strikes in 11 districts of Bihar in the last 24 hours, an official statement said on Saturday. According to the statement issued by the chief minister's office (CMO), Rohtas district reported five deaths, followed by two each in Aurangabad and Buxar districts.

A man was shot at allegedly with an airgun by a person, said to be a television actor, at a villa in a resort here on Saturday over domestic issues involving the former's children, police said.

A recent analysis conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed that an approximate 44 per cent of MLAs in state assemblies across India have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Rahul Gandhi, the former president of the Indian National Congress, has approached the Supreme Court with a petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's decision to reject his request for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case. This case revolves around his controversial 'Modi surname' remark, which ultimately resulted in his disqualification as a Member of Parliament earlier this year.