Some students at a government girls' school in Punjab's Fazilka district were allegedly stripped by teachers to check which one of them was wearing a sanitary pad, after one was found discarded in the school toilet.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday alleged the trend of erecting statues and

raising the issue of Ram temple at Ayodhya were attempts to distract the masses from "failures" of the BJP government at the Centre.

Fed up of summoning doctors to decipher medico legal reports, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has ordered that computer printed reports be provided along with the original handwritten reports.

The Goa Congress Saturday accused the ruling BJP of "taking advantage" of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health to get people's "sympathy" with an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday while opposition parties were joining hands to protect their ruling dynasties, the BJP worked to change the country's destiny, as he dubbed some rivals as "lying machines who fire off lies like AK-47".

A court here on Saturday directed the police to lodge an FIR against Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon and two others for allegedly causing disruption of road traffic during her visit to the town last month.

The Supreme Court said on Friday that residential premises in Delhi which are being misused for commercial purposes should be sealed within 48 hours if their owners do not furnish permission documents or licence for running the business.

Gold strengthened for the sixth straight week and gathered further grounds to hit almost

six-year high of Rs 32,780 and ended at Rs 32,650 per 10 gram at the bullion market amid pick-up in buying activity ahead of Diwali.