In a major blow to the BJP, its West Bengal senior leader Joy Prakash Majumdar who was suspended from the party on disciplinary grounds joined the ruling Trinamool Congress on Tuesday. ....

 A couple of days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's chartered flight was caught in "mid-air turbulence" while she was returning to Kolkata from Uttar Pradesh, she admitted that the plane averted an impending collision because of the prompt action of the pilot. ....

With exit polls pointing to a possible hung Assembly in Goa, the Congress is not taking any chances of being pipped to the post and has deputed Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar to monitor and strategise to attain power. ....

The home department of Bihar government has issued show cause notices to 71 IPS officers for failing to submit lists of their movable and immovable assets. ....

A 21-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who was rejected twice by the Indian Army, is now fighting in the Ukrainian Army against the invading Russian troops. ....

Tamil Nadu education department has razed 3,030 old school buildings in the state that were in a dilapidated state and the construction of new buildings is in process. ....

The Republic TV's Poll of the Polls has predicted that the BJP will retain power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Manipur while Goa is likely to witness a hung Assembly and Punjab is to be swept by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). ....

The ruling BJP is set to retain power in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh with a tally of 236 seats, as per the ABP C-Voter Exit Poll. ....

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant on Monday issued prohibitory orders in and around schools and colleges in the city till March 22. ....

The ABP C-Voter Exit Poll indicates that the Congress is likely to form the next government in Uttarakhand. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was in Jaipur on Monday where she answered various queries of the media. She did not rule out the possibility of extending support to the Samajwadi Party in UP after the poll results. ....

Voting is underway in Uttar Pradesh for the seventh and the last phase of the seven-phase assembly elections. Around 54.18 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm. ....

In a phone call that lasted for about 50 minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold direct talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky amid the ongoing Moscow-Kiev war, according to sources. ....

In a phone call on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modithanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for extending support in the evacuation of Indian nationals from the war-torn nation, government sources here said. ....

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the special investigation agency of the Karnataka Police, has taken over the probe of 'Mangalore Muslims' Facebook page case, on which posts surfaced celebrating the murder of Bjarang Dal activist Harsha in Shivamogga district last month. ....

For the second time in a week, large parts of south Mumbai were hit by a massive power failure on Sunday night, with many areas without electricity for over 12 hours, officials said here on Monday. ....

Voting is underway in Uttar Pradesh for the seventh and the last phase of the seven-phase assembly elections. Around 21.55 per cent turnout was recorded till 11 am. ....

The Congress on Monday alleged that the Twitter follower count of Rahul Gandhi was "guided by external influence" due to which it was not increasing earlier, but now it has reached 20 million. ....

Another batch of 185 Indians, mostly students stranded in war-ravaged Ukraine, arrived by an Air India Express flight from Budapest at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), here early on Monday, officials said. ....

The AIADMK on Saturday expelled O. Raja, brother of party Chief coordinator and former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam from the primary membership of the party for meeting with expelled former interim general secretary of the party, V.K. Sasikala. ....