After initially dropping Varun Gandhi from the list of "star campaigners" in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Thursday included his name for the third and fourth phases of polling in the state, a party official said. ....

Three persons, including two brothers, were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi on Wednesday after they came in contact with a high-tension wire, police said. ....

The death toll in a building collapse in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh rose to nine on Thursday, with two more labourers succumbing to their injuries, a police official said. ....

At least seven police personnel were killed and five injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in Odisha's Koraput district on Wednesday, police said. ....

A fight over four rupees claimed the life of a youth here, police said on Wednesday. ....

Nine members of a family were killed on Wednesday when a speeding truck rammed into a sport utility vehicle in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, police said. ....

At least 50 persons, including women and children, are feared trapped under the debris of an under-construction building that collapsed here on Wednesday, police said. ....

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Congress on Wednesday termed the Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in parliament, as "disappointing" for all sections of society. ....

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said Union Budget 2017-18 is "disappointing" for people, particularly the poor, farmers and youths. ....

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday made light of the announcement by Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav of forming a separate outfit after the March 11 assembly results. ....