A child rights' group said on Friday that it prevented 26 child marriages in Jharkhand in just one week. ....

At a time when hate crimes are increasing, a Muslim family has donated their land for the upgradation of a temple in Bihar's Gopalganj district, officials said. ....

Soon after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, defence lawyer A.P. Singh said he will file a review petition against the judgement. ....

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Jaihind welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in the brutal December 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape case and said it will send a "strong message" to the rapists. ....

Suspected tribal militants on Friday abducted three tribals in Manipur and gunned down two of them, police said. The third man is missing. ....

Kannada television actress Rekha Sindhu died in a road accident on Friday near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, police said. ....

Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav on Friday announced he was floating a new political party to be headed by his elder brother Mulayam Singh Yadav. ....

Six persons were killed in a truck-car collision in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district early on Friday morning, police said. ....

A grenade inside a well of Delhi's iconic Red Fort sparked security concerns before it was removed safely on Friday morning, police said. ....

At least 14 persons were killed and twenty-four injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Etah early on Friday morning. ....