In a major blow to opposition YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, its leader Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy was defeated by the ruling TDP candidate in the state legislative council elections. ....

Justice Navniti Prasad Singh on Monday was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. ....

The Jat agitation that threatened to cripple Delhi on Monday has been postponed, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Jat leader Yashpal Malik announced on Sunday. ....

Authorities in Haryana have imposed a ban on movement of tractor-trolleys in districts bordering Delhi on Monday to foil a call given by Jat leaders to lay seige to Delhi and hold a protest outside Parliament. ....

Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran on Sunday asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to resign for allegedly acting at the "behest of a few bar hotel owners" in Kerala. ....

Fourteen persons, including seven women, were killed and nearly 20 injured on Saturday when a truck collided with a Tempo Traveller in Karnataka's Chitradurga district, police said. ....

Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar presented a farmer-friendly Rs 4511 crore deficit budget for the year 2017-2018 here on Saturday. ....

Poachers have killed yet another one-horned rhino in Orang National Park in Assam, officials said on Saturday. ....

The Goa BJP late on Friday filed a police complaint against AICC Secretary Girish Chodankar, accusing the latter of defaming the party earlier this week by alleging that Rs 1,000 crore was spent by the BJP in Goa to lure non-Congress MLAs to join its coalition. ....

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing revenue deficit grant, seeking to compensate for the "losses incurred by the state". ....