A vegetable vendor sleeping under a tree near a cemetery was buried alive after a sewer cleaning team dumped a pile of sludge on him in the Baradari area of Bareilly, police said on Saturday.

The Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor, noting that the girl gave conflicting statements.

The southwest monsoon reached Kerala on Saturday, marking its earliest onset over the Indian mainland since 2009 when it began on May 23, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Normally, the southwest monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17 and withdraws completely by October 15.

Terming his controversial remark about Col Sofiya Qureshi a "linguistic mistake," Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah on Friday once again tendered an apology.

The police rescued 17 girls, who were forced to dance in orchestra groups, during a search operation at various locations in Bihar's Saran district, a senior officer said on Saturday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Goa, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall till Sunday, with the state government advising people against venturing into rivers and waterfalls.

US President Donald Trump has said it is ok for Apple to go to India to build its plants, but then the tech company will not be able to sell its products in America without tariffs.

A man allegedly stabbed his father-in-law to death in public after a dispute with his wife in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, police said on Saturday.