Mumbai: Two constables have been injured after a BMW car ran over them late on Sunday night. The incident took place around 1:45 am near a check-point at Peddar Road in Mumbai.

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will on Friday felicitate the Padma Award winners at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The 108 personalities, who were selected from different fields, include DRDO chief Dr Vijay Saraswat, cricketer Rahul Dravid, Olympic medallist boxer Mary Kom, actress Sharmila Tagore amongst others.

Meerut: A class X student was allegedly raped by her tuition teacher at his home, prompting her to reportedly attempt suicide by consuming acid on Thursday, police said.

The 16-year-old girl is said to be in critical condition, while the accused Prem Prakash (25) has been arrested, police said.

The victim used to go to the teacher's home for tuition every day, they said.

Ranchi: Five policemen were killed on Thursday in a gun battle with Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand, police said.

The incident took place at Chainpur town of Gumla district, some 170 km from Ranchi, when Maoists attacked a police party while it was patrolling a weekly market. They also looted three rifles of the policemen.

Four police personnel were killed on the spot, while one died in hospital, an official said. Maoist guerrillas are active in 18 of the 24 districts of the state.

Thane: In a courageous act, a national-level kabaddi champion got two men arrested when they tried to molest her, police said on Thursday. The incident took place at Satis skywalk on Tuesday night when Harshala More and her friends were returning after daily practice when the duo passed lewd comments at them, they said. The duo were identified as Ramesh Thorat (24) and Pritesh Gharat (26).

New Delhi: Expediting the pending mercy petitions, President Pranab Mukherjee upheld execution in five cases and commuted death sentence to life term in two others. Details of President's decision were not available immediately.

Agartala: Tripura's dissident Congress leader Subal Bhowmik on Wednesday launched a new party and blamed the central and state party leaders for the Congress' humiliating defeat in the February 14, 2013 assembly polls.

New Delhi: The BJP's Delhi unit on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit following a CAG report that slammed the Delhi government.

"All our allegations have proved to be true with this report. The Delhi government has looted and cheated people," Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel told reporters.

"Sheila Dikshit should resign from the chief minister's post," he said.

Kolkata: The death of a 23-year-old Student Federation of India activist, Sudipto Gupta, has sparked a row in Kolkata. Sudipto was fatally injured allegedly by the police during a crackdown in the city on Tuesday.