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. ....

A powerful blast followed by a massive fire ripped through a private chemical manufacturing company in the Tarapur MIDC area here late on Thursday night, police said. ....

At least 27 persons, mostly women and children, were killed on Tuesday when a truck fell into a water channel in Bhavnagar district in Gujarat. ....

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday gave out slogan "Delhi Chalo" and vowed to imprint her party's footsteps in the national capital, but claimed that they would not look for any benefits other than betterment of the country. ....

The NPP is all set to form a non-Congress government in Meghalaya with the support of three regional parties, the BJP and one Independent MLA. Conrad Sangma, the lone NPP Lok Sabha member from Tura constituency, will be sworn in as the Chief Minister on March 6. ....

Four persons including one militant and three civilians -- who the army said were overground workers (OGWs) of militants -- were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Kashmir's Shopian district. ....