Shillong: In the absence of an ambulance or a vehicle, a 36-week pregnant woman of Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district was on Monday carried on a makeshift bamboo stretcher for five kilometres to a hospital where she delivered a healthy girl, an official said.

Barabanki (UP): Twenty-six inmates of the district jail here have tested positive for HIV, officials said on Monday.

Ahmedabad: Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday said if police fail to apply laws with honesty, impartiality and autonomy and get away without following the due process related to arrest, then it can become a threat to anybody and not just campaigners.

Jaipur: A 24-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Bhilwara was allegedly forced to take a "virginity test" by her in-laws who thrashed her after she "failed" it, and called a panchayat that asked her family to pay Rs 10 lakh, police said Monday.

New Delhi: The Centre has decided to rename Rajpath and Centre Vista lawns stretching from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate here as 'Kartavya Path', official sources said on Monday.

New Delhi: BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has filed a police complaint against fact checker and co-founder of Alt News website Mohammed Zubair, accusing him of "spreading hate" against cricketer Arshdeep Singh and the Sikh community with his tweet.

Mumbai: Sounding the bugle for Mumbai civic body polls, Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday asked party leaders and workers to inflict a "deeper wound" on Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on its home turf.

New Delhi: Sanjiv Bhatt’s wife Shweta Bhat on Monday posted a touching message on Facebook to mark four years of her husband Sanjiv Bhat’s “wrongful and vindictive” imprisonment.