A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself in Panoh village of Bilaspur district after his mother reportedly stopped him from watching television and asked him to study, police said on Saturday.

The flood situation in Assam improved marginally as major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, were showing a receding trend though a population of over four lakh people was still affected by the deluge in 18 districts of the state, officials said on Saturday.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav escaped unhurt as a speeding truck hit two vehicles of his convoy, injuring three security personnel in Bihar's Vaishali district early on Saturday, police said.

A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man after he lured her with a mango in a marriage reception in Jharkhand's Ranchi district, police said on Saturday.

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered a stay on any coercive action, including demolition, against more than two dozen madrasas in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh.

The West Bengal Police have submitted a charge sheet against 13 people in the father-son double murder case in Murshidabad’s Zafarabad violence in April, a senior officer said.

Two persons have been arrested with counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 1.08 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Eid ul-Azha.