Victims of rape and acid attacks in the capital will be given a compensation of Rs 3-5 lakh, the Delhi government announced on Monday.

The relief will come under the central government's Victim Compe

The Madurai bench of Madras High Court has ordered the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh to the family of a man who died in police custody at Manapparai in 2000.

Passing the order Monday on a writ p

As rescue and relief efforts continued on war-footing for the fourth day on Monday in cloudburst-hit Leh region, the death toll climbed to 147 while nearly 500 people, including two French nationals,