Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is expected to attend the wedding of former RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) MP late Bahubali MP Mohammad Sahabuddin's daughter Dr Hera Sahab on Monday. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's scheduled visit to Moradabad on Monday has been cancelled. ....

The BJP's state in-charge Arun Singh during his two day Jaipur visit accepted the fact that the major reason behind the party's defeat in the recent by-elections were the lapses in ticket distribution. ....

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday expressed deep anguish over the killing of five Army personnel in Manipur. ....

Ahead of MCD polls, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh has appointed three Electoral Roll Observers for the 11 districts of the national capital to observe the Special Summary Revision (SSR) activities in their respective districts. ....

Maulana Saud Alam Qasmi, Dean of the Theology Department at the Aligarh Muslim University, said that there was a need to take an initiative to impart education of other religions and faiths in madrasas, AwazTheVoice reported. ....

A Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored shutdown (bandh) in Amravati took a violent turn with incidents of stone-pelting, damaging vehicles and a mild caning by the police here on Saturday. ....

India registered 11,850 new coronavirus cases and 555 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said in its latest update on Saturday. ....

As the mercury continued to dip, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far at 0.1 degree Celsius, as Ladakh's Drass town remained frozen at minus 12.7 degrees, the Met Department said on Saturday. ....

Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Friday and sources say that the Congress leadership has agreed to his suggestion for a cabinet reshuffle in the state. ....

After a controversy erupted over remarks made by senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid in his new book 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times', the Congress seems to have got into more trouble with Rahul Gandhi saying that Hinduism and Hindutva are different things. ....

The Union Jal Shakti Ministry plans to cover a population of 39 lakh in 1,262 villages of 33 districts under the Jal Jeevan Mission for the year 2021-22 taking the total rural households that will get tap water connections to about 4 lakh. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Bombay High Court order which directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to hold re-examination for two National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) candidates, saying "we sympathise, but cannot order re-examination". ....

Ghaziabad's Air Quality Index (AQI), which has been reeling under 'severe' category since Diwali, continued to remain at the same level, i.e., at 488 on Friday as well, data from Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) showed. ....

Hours ahead of the wrapping up of the crucial COP26 meet at Glasgow, Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday asserted that the world must start acting together on four issues -- temperature, mitigation, finance and responsibility to fight climate change. ....

The two terrorists killed in an encounter in the Chawalgam area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district had refused to surrender that triggered the encounter, officials said on Friday. ....

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray -- who underwent a successful surgery at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital on Friday morning -- is stable and convalescing well, officials said. ....

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday said that no nation can be built where rule of law has failed, where people cannot feel safe and secure and where law enforcers are weak, corrupt and partisan. ....

As many as 33 persons drowned in different parts of Bihar during Chhath celebrations, a disaster management official said on Friday. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident to Monday, after senior advocate Harish Salve sought a few more days' time. ....