NEW DELHI: Modern India continues to be plagued by social and health ills like child marriage, early motherhood and domestic violence.

Latest data in the "State of the World's Children report 2012" released by Unicef on Wednesday shows that almost 22% women in India, who are now aged between 20 and 24 years gave birth to a child before they turned 18.

Karimnagar/Hyderabad: A day after a sixteen-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up by the police in public view at Jagtial town in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, the state human rights commission on Wednesday directed the DGP to file a status report on the incident on March 7.

New Delhi: The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) sponsored terror module busted here today had planned to attack a crowded locality with bombs, Home Minister P Chidambaram said today.

“There was no VVIP on their target,” he told a press conference here hours after central agencies and police forces of three states busted a terror module by arresting two suspected LeT militants.

Itanagar, Mar 1: The Siang (Brahmaputra) river originating from Tibet was suddenly found to have almost dried up at a town in Arunachal Pradesh, a state government spokesman said tonight.

Washington, Mar 1 :  North Korea raised hopes on Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a major facility and refrain from missile and nuclear tests in exchange for a mountain of critically needed U.S. food aid.

London: Slain al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden kept two copies of the Bible where he wrote secret clues to future terror attacks to be conducted across the globe, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.

LONDON: For the first time, Britain is breaking the link between the number of years a migrant spends in the country and permanent settlement, by introducing a £35,000 annual salary threshold, a move that is likely to affect Indians.

New Delhi, March 1: Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has completed the second cycle of chemotherapy, continuing his recovery from a rare germ cell cancer in Boston ( United States).

NEW DELHI: No decision has yet been taken on India boycotting the opening and closing ceremonies of the London Olympic Games as a mark of protest against Dow Chemicals association with the mega event, a highly placed official source said on Wednesday.

MUMBAI: Until Tuesday evening, the national selection committee was still undecided on Sachin Tendulkar for the 15-member Asia Cup squad. That changed only when a communication took place between the selectors and the cricketer himself and the latter informed them that he was 'available'.