Almost nude gunman is on the run after killing at least 4 people in a shooting incident at Waffle House restaurant in Nashville.

In the biggest crackdown in four decades in Maharashtra, security forces on Sunday gunned down at least 16 Maoists including some women in Gadchiroli district, an official said.

At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday when inmates attempted to escape from a prison in northern Brazil, official sources said.

The Supreme Court on Monday said that no coercive action will be taken against Major Aditya Kumar, accused of allegedly killing three civilians in firing to disperse a stone pelting mob in Shopian district of Kashmir.

A Kerala woman allegedly killed her 14 year old son, burnt his body and also dumped the remains near her house on Monday. One day after killing her son, she and her husband registered a complaint at police station in Kollam.

Reacting sharply to the brutal murder of a Muslim labourer in Rajasthan, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee posted a question on Twitter: “How can people be so inhuman. Sad.”

Haryanvi singer and dancer Harshita Dahiya was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Panipat district of Haryana on Tuesday while she was returning after a performance in a village, police said.

The 19-year-old son of an Income Tax officer has been found dead near Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru. The victim was kidnapped on September 12.

A horrific case of honour killing has emerged out of Telangana state where a 13-year-old girl was killed by her own parents over a doubt that she is having friendship with a boy in the neighbourhood.

Senior Congress leader and MP from Chhindwara Kamal Nath on Tuesday blamed Madhya Pradesh government for the killing of five farmers in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.