The death toll from a tragic fire at a Guatemalan shelter for children and adolescents climbed to 33 on Thursday, local media reported. ....

Two Bangladeshi refugees, who wanted to reach the Gulf, were arrested on Thursday for having fake passports, a senior police officer said. ....

Around 40 people, including eight security personnel and 31 protestors, were injured as CPI-M-affiliated youth and student activists, who blocked a crucial intersection in central Kolkata, clashed with the police on Thursday. Nearly 100 protesters have been arrested, the police said. ....

Meghalaya owe Rs 527.07 crore in outstanding dues to the government-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) and other central generating stations till March 2, 2017, Power Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar told the state assembly on Thursday. ....

A 24-year-old youth suffocated to death on Thursday while three of his friends sustained injuries after a fire broke out in a three-storey building here. ....

A day after security forces killed four Maoists, police stations across Bihar have gone on high alert, police said on Thursday. ....

A soldier posted in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir was found dead on Thursday with gun shot wounds, the Defence Ministry said. ....

Brisk voting was reported on Thursday for the lone Uttar Pradesh assembly seat of Alapur, which was left in the polling process that ended on Wednesday. ....

The Madhya Pradesh government has announced that widows in the state will be referred to as "Kalyanis" in all official documents, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said. ....

Voting on Alapur seat in Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh is underway. ....