The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Bihar assembly lawmaker for resorting to frivolous litigation over the veracity of a newspaper article that had appeared more than 22 year ago. ....

Former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh is finding Baghpat, his home turf, not the bastion it used to be. Ahead of Uttar Pradesh's assembly polls, his own former confidants are contesting on the tickets of rivals while his own party has fielded an outsider. ....

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday filed an RTI to get details about the expenditure incurred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's digital and other social media campaign. ....

Maoists on Friday killed one person and torched a vehicle in another incident in Jharkhand, police said. ....

A Maoist guerrilla was killed in a shootout with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said on Friday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ridiculed the Uttar Pradeshs ruling Samajwadi Party for aligning with the Congress and assailed the Akhilesh Yadav government over a host issues including law and order. ....

AIADMK leader E. Madhusudanan on Friday said he had sent a petition to the Election Commission not to recognise V.K. Sasikala as General Secretary of Tamil Nadu's ruling party. ....

Delhi Police on Friday said eight suspected members of a gang involved in a number of snatching cases have been arrested from here and three scooters, two high-speed motorcycles and eight high-end cellphones recovered from them. ....

The Tamil Nadu Police on Friday withdrew security at the Madras Centenary Hall as there is no information about the swearing in of a new government. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the BJP had emerged the frontrunner in the assembly polls starting on Saturday. ....