After a week-long logjam in the House, the functioning of the Lok Sabha on Monday was quite smooth, giving opportunity to the government in introducing five Bills which include one that ensures better protection to the children. ....

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has announced that her party will contest the 2022 Assembly elections alone and will not enter into an alliance with any party. ....

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday arrived at the Kannur Collectorate to submit his nomination to the Dharmadom Assembly constituency in his home turf-Kannur . ....

Keeping in mind the aspect of public convenience, the National Highway-9 carriageway going towards Ghaziabad from Delhi was reopened for commuters on Monday. ....

Banking services are likely to be affected across the country as lakhs of bank employees went on a two-day strike from Monday protesting the privatisation of two public sector banks and 'retrograde' banking reforms. ....

Violence by pro-democracy protesters against Chinese properties are mounting in Myanmar and security forces are opening indiscriminate fire to check the attacks. ....

Ankita, the estranged daughter-in-law of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kaushal Kishore attempted suicide, in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. ....

In a major action against the Islamic State (IS) modules, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches in at least 10 locations across the country, including one in Delhi. ....

Alarmed over rising Covid cases of late, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday urged the people across the state to follow the Covid-induced guidelines strictly to avoid another lockdown, ....

The Congress on Sunday released its second list of candidates for the multi-phase West Bengal polls, with 34 names. ....

With 16,620 new cases, Maharashtra on Sunday crossed the 23 lakh mark of total Covid-19 infections registered till date in the past 370 days, health officials said here. ....

A young couple who had eloped from home, was asked to beat each other with slippers by the village Panchayat after they were caught and brought back. ....

The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) on Friday finalised the names of party candidates for the 75 Assembly seats in West Bengal that will go to the polls in the third and fourth phases on April 6 and April 10, respectively. ....

In a major development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday night arrested Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze in connection with the explosive laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's home. ....

Exactly after a month of her arrest by the Delhi Police in an alleged toolkit case, 22-year-old climate activist Disha A. Ravi posted her maiden four-page statement on her Twitter account on Saturday evening revealing her trials and tribulations. ....

A doctor in Himachal Pradesh tested positive for coronavirus after 27 days of the second dose of the vaccine, officials said on Saturday. ....

As promised by her for the hospital bed, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her poll campaign on a wheelchair from Monday. ....

A coach of the Dehradun-New Delhi Shatabdi Express on Saturday caught fire between Raiwala and Kansrao railway station in Uttarakhand, officials said. No passenger was injured. ....

Yashwant Sinha, finance and External Affairs Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the centre, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Saturday. ....

A meeting of West Bengal BJP core committee is underway on Saturday at the party's national president J.P. Nadda's residence to shortlist candidates for the remaining seats for the upcoming Assembly polls. ....