Arson and firing were reported from many places on Sunday as 60 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise in Ater assembly seat by-poll in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh. The voting percentage was 65 for Bandhavgarh seat in Umaria district. ....

A record 80 per cent turnout in bypolls to Karnataka's Gundlupet and 76 per cent in Nanjangud (reserved) assembly constituencies on Sunday. ....

At least eight civilians were killed and scores injured in firing by security forces as mobs tried to attack some polling stations in Srinagar parliamentary constituency that on Sunday recorded a poor seven per cent voting in a by-poll-the lowest in the state in three decades, officials said. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah here and discussed party and administrative issues. ....

The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has begun an investigation into an incidence of communal violence last week in Bhadrak town where the curfew was reimposed till Monday morning. ....

A retired college professor, his wife, daughter and a relative were found dead at their home here in Kerala, police said on Sunday. ....

Close to 82 per cent votes were cast in the Kanthi Dakshin assembly by-poll in West Bengal on Sunday. ....

Amid tight security, 72.15 per cent of the over 1.95 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Jharkhand's Littipara assembly bypoll on Sunday, an election official said. ....

Voting in the Assam assembly by-election in Dhemaji constituency passed off peacefully on Sunday, with 66.97 per cent of the total 2,19,751 voters casting their votes, an election official said. ....

Amid reports of violence and allegations of booth capturing, over 52 per cent ballotting was recorded in bypolls for two Madhya Pradesh assembly seats-Ater in Bhind district and Bandhavgarh in Umaria district-in the first eight hours on Sunday. ....