Constable Harsh Chaudhary, 26, was killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha Sunday night. He died of bullet injuries after a gunfight with a criminal, the police told NDTV. Harsh Chaudhury has joined the police force in 2016.

Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari Sunday said political leaders who sell dreams to people, but fail to make them a reality get "beaten up" by the public.

New Delhi: A tea-seller who donates profits for education of slum children, a doctor couple who charge Re 1 from patients and a retired IPS officer who set up a school for a Mahadalit community are among the "unsung heroes" who were given the Padma awards this year.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Sunday cancelled the January 29 hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case as one member of the five-judge Constitution bench would not be available.

Singrauli (MP): A three-year-old boy was Sunday rescued from a 30-feet deep open borewell in Gadawan village near Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh in a rescue operation that lasted for two hours, police said.

Morigaon (Assam): Police have registered a case against senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge over his remark on Assam's legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika, officials said Sunday.

Dehradun: Eight persons died and ten others were injured when the vehicle in which they were taking a body for cremation fell into a gorge in Lohaghat area of Champawat district on Sunday, the police said.

Kolkata: Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan feels the 21st century is the "worst" time for humanity, a phase in which people are killing each other on account of religion.