Police in eastern India have arrested one person and are searching for 14 others after a couple who had eloped together were beaten to death and cremated by relatives as a crowd looked on, police said.

Priests in the Hindu holy town of Gaya in India have criticised a move to introduce an online version of a traditional ritual.

At least seven people were killed as Maoist rebels launched an attack today in a bid to disrupt the general election in the world's largest democracy.