After nine deaths due to poisonous liquor in Bihar's West Champaran district, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday alleged that the Nitish Kumar government has developed Rs 20,000 crore illegal business of liquor smuggling, procuring and trading in the state. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has proceeded on an unannounced 'maun vrat' to protest against increasing crime against women in Uttar Pradesh, here on Thursday. ....

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra received a tumultuous welcome form party workers as she arrived in Lucknow on Friday afternoon on a three-day visit. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala to review the Covid situation. ....

Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was killed in Afghanistan while on a reporting assignment, Afghan ambassador Farid Mamundzay said on Friday. ....

Disgruntled Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat on Friday reached at 10 Janpath to meet Sonia Gandhi. ....

At least three people have died after about 30 villagers fell into a well during a rescue operation in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district on Thursday, the police said. Nineteen people have been rescued and rushed to a hospital. ....

With hints of Congress' 'defiant' former Cabinet Minister Navjot Sidhu as the party unit chief months ahead of the Assembly polls in Punjab sparked a row, he reached Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi's residence here on Friday to meet her. ....

India reported 38,949 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, when 40,026 people were also discharged from hospital, taking the recoveries from the pandemic go past number of new infections. ....

Even as the state government and the ruling DMK is in stiff opposition to the conduct of National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET), the Centre has announced 18 centres for the exam instead of the 14 centres in 2020. ....

Amid talks of the opposition joining hands to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee plans to go to Delhi later this month to meet the opposition leaders. ....

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘biased attitude towards some states regarding the supply of Covid vaccines. ....

Punjab Congress is likely to get new State President in the form of Navjot Singh Sidhu along with two other working presidents ahead of the crucial assembly elections next year. ....

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre on the utility of having a sedition law even after 75 years of gaining independence from the British, and also frowned on the misuse of law by the police against people. ....

The Kerala High Court on Thursday told the State Government that the time has come for a policy decision to be made on opening of shops. ....

Amid infighting in the Congress Punjab unit, the party leadership has now come up with a new formula that will make both Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu to work together. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated 'Rudraksha', an International Cooperation and Convention Centre that offers a glimpse of the cultural richness of the ancient city of Kashi. ....

The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday raised the income limit for non-creamy layer of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in reservations from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh. ....

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has accused the Centre of trying "to suppress the voice of the people" by targeting the international communications platform, Twitter, here on Thursday. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday termed the handling of the second wave of Covid by the Yogi Adityanath government as 'unparalleled' and said that the state had stood up and battled the pandemic efficiently. ....