A 45-year-old woman Chartered Accountant died after she fell from the 17th floor of a city high rise on Saturday, police said, adding they suspect that it was a case of suicide. ....

Senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani on Friday again rejected the fresh offer for talks by centre's special representative on sustained dialogue in Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma. ....

Two militants were killed and three policemen including an SHO injured on Thursday in a gunfight that broke out on the outskirts of the city after a BJP leader was attacked, said police. ....

Independent legislator and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran on Thursday launched his new party called Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagham (AMMK). ....

A youth from Telangana, who was killed along with two Kashmiri militants in a gunbattle with the security forces in the border state last week, was allegedly working for international terror group Islamic State, police said. ....

Nine trekkers have died in a massive forest fire on the Kurangani Hills here in Tamil Nadu, an official said on Monday. Chief Minister K. Palaniswami ordered a probe into the incident. ....

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth arrived here on Sunday on what he called his "spiritual journey in the Himalayas". ....

A life-size statue of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, a prominent poet during the 19th century Bengal renaissance, was found defaced in Raniganj of West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday, police and eye-witnesses said. ....

The CBI on Friday charged five directors of a West Bengal-based private company and eight State Bank of India (SBI) officials of criminal conspiracy in a case of bank fraud involving Rs 4.12 crore here. ....

Three persons have died and 15 others injured in a powerful blast that was followed by a blaze which ripped through a government industrial estate late last night, an official said in Palghar on Friday. ....