The Maharashtra State Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl by eight men in a village in Palghar district and directed police to take stringent action against the culprits, the panel's chairperson, Rupali Chakankar, has said.

 Scores of engineering aspirants are demanding that the first session of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Main scheduled in January be postponed as the crucial exam is slated to be held just a fortnight before board exams and may clash with practical exams.

Vizianagaram (AP): Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Sunday said in India, reality means corruption, dirty roads and pollution among others, whereas in Singapore it means clean road and no pollution.

Chennai: Top star and Makkal Needhi Maiam president Kamal Haasan on Sunday said he would take part in the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on December 24 in Delhi.

Nanded: Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha MP Pratap Chiklikar suffered a minor burn injury on his hand while lighting an effigy of Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto in Nanded in Maharashtra, a party functionary said on Sunday.

New Delhi: Three children were injured after they were hit by a car near a school in north Delhi's Gulabi Bagh area on Sunday, police said.

A man was killed and nine people were injured after a school bus overturned and fell into a 10-foot-deep pit here on Sunday as the bus driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid hitting a cyclist, police said.

A five-member TMC delegation on Sunday met the families of those killed in the stampede in Bengal's Asansol, and assured all possible assistance to them.