An accused should not be incarcerated for an indefinite period unless he is proven to be guilty of an offence, the Supreme Court said Thursday while hearing the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, who is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, serving 10 years' imprisonment for the death of the Unnao rape victim's father in custody, to attend his daughter's wedding.

Delhi Police's Crime Branch has arrested of a man for allegedly leaking sensitive information related to the finance ministry to foreign countries, officials said on Wednesday.

The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, who is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka's northern districts of Yadgiri and Kalaburagi on Thursday to lay foundation stone and inaugurate a bevy of development projects valued at over Rs 10,800 crores.

An avalanche trapped vehicles outside a highway tunnel in Tibet, and at least eight people have died.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Thursday hailed New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has announced that she is stepping down as her country's leader, and said that "Indian politics needs more like her".

A special court here has sentenced an 18-year-old man to 20 years in jail for sodomising a seven-year-old boy but sent him to a correction home till he turns 21, according to a public prosecutor.