At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured after a container truck hit four vehicles and then rammed into a hotel on a highway in Maharashtra's Dhule district on Tuesday, police said.

Seeking to offset the soaring price of tomatoes, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday launched the sale of the precious commodity at Rs 60 a kilo at 82 fair price shops in the city.

Six people lost their lives when an auto-rickshaw collided with a speeding car here, police said on Tuesday.

A constable and four other persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and molesting a minor girl in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, police said on Tuesday.

The cases of sexual abuse of children demonstrate "inhumane mindset" of the accused and children are easy prey due to their tender age and physical vulnerabilities, a Mumbai court has said while sentencing a 64-year-old man to 20 years' imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl.

A high-level inquiry has found "wrong signalling" to be the main reason for the Balasore train accident and flagged "lapses at multiple levels" in the signalling and telecommunication (S&T) department, but indicated the tragedy could have been averted if past red flags were reported.

Two minors died and another was injured after their mother allegedly threw them into a well before attempting to end her life by suicide at a village in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has said he is yet to ascertain whether the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a part of the Shiv Sena-BJP government or is still in the Opposition.