A six-feet-long Indian Rock Python was rescued by the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit from Agra Water Works along the Yamuna here on Friday. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh had worsened over the years under the Samajwadi Party (SP) rule and now even the police was not safe from goons. ....

The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the office of the Attorney General of India does not come within the ambit of the Right to Infomation Act, saying its "predominant function" is to give advice on legal matters to the government. ....

The Himachal Pradesh government has stopped providing budgetary allocations to the Panchayati Raj institutions, a parliamentarian said on Friday and urged Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to interfere in the issue. ....

BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday asked Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi to explain why Uttar Pradesh in Uttar Pradesh is "in shambles". ....

Spanish wind turbine-maker Gamesa will facilitate around Rs 17,500 crore investment in Andhra Pradesh in wind, solar and wind-solar hybrid power projects, said a top official of the company's Indian subsidiary. ....

Acting against rebel candidates ahead of the February 15 assembly polls in Uttarakhand, the Congress on Friday expelled 26 state leaders for six years for anti-party activities. ....

The Justice M.M. Das Commission investigating the multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha submitted its second interim report to the government on Friday. ....

The winter chill is finally on its way out in Uttar Pradesh as in the last 24-hours, the mercury has risen significantly, the weather office said on Friday morning. ....

Police in Kerala took 25 school bus drivers into custody for drunken driving in an early morning inspection on Friday, police said. ....