Vikas Yadav, serving life term along with his cousin Vishal Yadav, for killing MBA graduate Nitish Katara in February 2002, was on Tuesday granted "custodial parole" by the Delhi high court to attend his younger brother's marriage ceremony on April 29.

The police has registered a criminal case against five persons, including a Jain monk, for alleged rape with a teenaged girl Jain sadhvi.

Satya Sai Baba, the famous living god for lakhs of devotees across the world, will be remembered for rendering yeoman service to mankind.

Enthused by a large turnout at their first “Parivartan rally” in Basti district on Sunday, the UP Congress gave a call for change and asked the people to overthrow the Mayawati government in the next

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Puttaparthi on Tuesday to pay his respect to the late Satya Sai Baba.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday condoled the death of Sathya Sai Baba, saying he was a beacon of light and taught the religion of love.

Suresh Kalmadi is likely to be arrested on Monday by the CBI which questioned him over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) held in London in 2009.

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the CBI as to how it suddenly woke up to detect fresh evidence against dentists Rajesh and Nupur Talwar after claiming there was no evidence against them in the murder case of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a magisterial probe into allegations that victims of Mirchpur Dalit violence were being targeted by those accused of killing an elderly Dalit and his daughter in the village.

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker, said on Monday its profit rose marginally by half a percent to 659.9 crores (Rs.6,599 million) in the fourth quarter of 2010-11.