Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in West Bengal in the upcoming assembly elections, the deltaic Sunderbans region would be declared as a separate district. ....

The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal on Tuesday created a ruckus in the Bihar Assembly as they gheraoed the building here. The police took into custody Leader of Opposition RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and his elder brother Tej Pratap following heavy stone pelting by their party workers that led to the use of water cannons to disperse the protesters. ....

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday allowed the administration of coronavirus vaccine to people above 45 years of age from April 1, irrespective of comorbidities. ....

The Congress-led UDF government will implement the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) within days of assuming power in Kerala, said former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday. ....

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has issued guidelines for Holi celebrations in view of the increasing Covid cases in the state. ....

Four days ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, BJP President J.P. Nadda on Tuesday released the party's manifesto focusing chronic flood management, protection and development of the Assamese culture, empowerment of youths and women, correction of the NRC and check infiltrations. ....

Challenging Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar's contentions regarding state Anil Deshmukh, BJP Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday hit back alleging that the NCP chief is trying to protect the Maharashtra Home Minister and not speaking the truth. ....

India recorded 40,715 infections in the last 24 hours on Tuesday, 13 per cent lower than a day before, taking the total tally to 1,16,86,796. ....

Six people were killed and two seriously injured in a Uttar Pradesh road accident in Ayodhya on Tuesday, involving two roadways buses, a DCM truck and a trailer ....

At the end of the last date of withdrawal of nominations, Kerala now has a total of 957 candidates whose fate will be decided by 2,74,46,039 electorate on April 6 when the 140-member Assembly goes to the polls. ....

Landslides triggered by incessant rain blocked the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday as the meteorological department forecast more rain and snow during the next 24 hours. ....

The olive branch has been offered by the Congress leadership to the G-23 as it named Manish Tewari as a star campaigner for second phase polls in West Bengal. ....

At least 13 people were killed and several injured in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto in the old cantonment area of Gwalior on Tuesday morning, said police. ....

Prime accused of the SUV case, arrested cop Sachin Vaze operated his extortion racket from a sea facing luxury hotel, located at Marine Drive in South Mumbai. ....

Udupi Pejawar Math seer, Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji, on Monday said that Ram Mandir is just a step towards uniting the Hindus and also warned that Hindu community should always remain united as there are 'many efforts' going on to hurt the Hindu religious sentiments. ....

In view of the surge in coronavirus cases, Karnataka decided to screen people travelling from Covid-hit Kerala, Maharashtra and Punjab to the state to contain the pandemic, an official said on Monday. ....

Contuing their probes into the SUV case and the death of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran, the Maharashtra ATS on Monday raided arrested cop Sachin Vaze's home and other places, while the NIA recorded the statement of his widow and others. ....

Congress star campaigner in Kerala Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in the state on Monday, did not lose much time in hitting the campaign trail and hitting out at the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government's "misrule". ....

Maharashtra Covid-19 cases tally crossed the 25 lakh mark while Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) surpassed the 8 lakh figure on Monday, though the day's infections and deaths came down markedly as the state grapples with the "second wave", health officials said. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed on Monday that the BJP governments in Assam and at the Centre have been selling endangered animals and strategic assets to their close friends for which the saffron party must be voted out of power in the coming Assembly elections in the northeastern state. ....