Landslides triggered by incessant rains on Wednesday forced the Jammu-Srinagar highway to close for safety reasons, an official said. ....

Mangalam TV CEO R. Ajithkumar and four other journalists were arrested on Tuesday for airing an audio purportedly of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran where he was heard having a lewd conversation with a woman on phone, police said. ....

In a letter to party President and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, she said she was resigning as she was hurt by the behaviour of certain party leaders. ....

The Congress on Tuesday hoped the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh will waive off loans of farmers to the tune of Rs 92,000 crore at its first cabinet meeting as part of its election promise. ....

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 36 crore of suspended Chhattisgarh official B.L. Agrawal, who allegedly laundered money through fake bank accounts, an officer said on Tuesday. ....

At least five persons were killed and several injured on Tuesday when a bus collided with a tractor in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said. ....

Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday said he will fight the defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for free. ....

Rajasthan has denotified around 21 state highways as urban roads apparently in a bid to circumvent the Supreme Court order on liquor sale ban within 500 metres of highways. ....

Two men were involved in the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl here in Uttar Pradesh and one of them has been arrested, police said on Tuesday. ....

An Indian Engineering Services (IES) officer has been arrested for sexually assaulting and stalking a Jawaharlal Nehru University student, police said on Tuesday. ....