In a startling development, a Mumbai police official who has been under fire in the case pertaining to the SUV found outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's home and the subsequent mystery death of a Thane businessman Mansukh Hiren, has hinted at ending his life, here on Saturday. ....

A small-time Bihar coal trader and his family committed suicide in Supaul district, an official said on Saturday. ....

Two persons were killed and four others injured on Saturday when a truck driver lost control over his vehicle and hit half a dozen other vehicles in busy Narwal market of Jammu city, police said. ....

The BJPs Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Saturday later to finalise party candidates for assembly polls in four states and one union territory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the CEC meeting. ....

The single-day rise of new Covid-19 cases in India on Saturday is the country's highest tally so far this year. ....

Newly appointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday inducted 11 minister in his cabinet. ....

The Congress on Friday released the list of its star campaigners for the first phase of the Bengal Assembly elections. Missing from the list were prominent members of G-23, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari and Anand Sharma, though these leaders have reiterated that they will campaign for the party . ....

Many more Maharashtra cities and districts came under partial to near-total restrictions on Friday as Covid-19 cases continued to zoom up. ....

Since the day he presented the Delhi government's 'Deshbhakti' Budget, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said people from all sections of the society have openly accepted it. ....

A day after the Nagpur administration announced a seven-day strict lockdown from March 15 to March 21, the Pune district administration on Friday announced a few restrictions to curb public movement, crowding, the operation of business establishments at night. But it is not being officially called a lockdown. ....

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India's startup ecosystem has become an attraction in the world and is a matter of discussion everywhere. The PM said that India's personality was getting echoed globally and being taken note of these days. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a recent order of the Bombay High Court which had postponed elections to five municipal councils in Goa over irregularities in reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Tribes and women. ....

A six-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs met the Election Commission on Friday and raised the issue of "attack" on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram where she was injured while campaigning. ....

BJP leader Shubdu Adhikari filed his nomination from Nandigram assembly constituency on Friday. ....

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said chit fund money would be returned to the duped investors in West Bengal if the saffron brigade comes to power in the 2021 Assembly polls. ....

Moving ahead in its probe into the illegal coal smuggling case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law Menka Gambhir's father and husband for questioning. ....

Madan Kaushik, a minister from the Trivendra Singh Rawat government, has been appointed as new chief of Uttarakhand BJP. Kaushik replaced Bansidhar Bhagat. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday said the Central and the state governments should not appoint persons holding government office as election commissioners. ....

In the latest development in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case, the Tihar jail officials have seized a mobile handset and SIM card on which a Telegram account in the name of 'Jaish-ul-Hind' was created, the Delhi Police said on Friday. ....

The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC)'s preliminary examinations for 2020 shall be conducted on March 21, according to an official announcement here on Friday. ....