Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces of a protest movement over the rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here, welcomed Calcutta High Court's direction to the West Bengal government to engage him at the same medical establishment as a senior resident in the Anaesthesiology Department.

The self-styled godman on the run after allegedly sexually assaulting several female students of a management institute here, allegedly pressured them with threats of lower grades and lured them with promises of foreign trips, an officer said on Wednesday.

Four people were killed and 30 others injured in intense clashes between protesters and security personnel during the Leh Apex Body (LAB) sponsored shutdown in Leh town of Ladakh on Wednesday, officials said.

Indian Air Force Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, who is part of India's Gaganyaan mission, on Wednesday said that training for it is continuing with full energy.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the Nitish Kumar government did not do anything for extremely backward classes for the last 20 years, and only "used them" as a vote bank.

Suspended Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil on Wednesday arrived at the Palakkad constituency for the first time after the sexual misconduct allegations against him and the subsequent party action.

A physical education teacher has been booked after a woman accused him of cheating and "sexual exploitation" on the pretext of marriage and criminal intimidation.

Setting the tone for the Bihar poll campaign, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP has "mentally retired" Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and considers him to be a "liability", while claiming that the upcoming assembly elections will mark the beginning of the end of the Modi government's "corrupt rule" at the Centre.