The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) on Friday finalised the names of party candidates for the 75 Assembly seats in West Bengal that will go to the polls in the third and fourth phases on April 6 and April 10, respectively. ....

In a major development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday night arrested Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze in connection with the explosive laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's home. ....

Exactly after a month of her arrest by the Delhi Police in an alleged toolkit case, 22-year-old climate activist Disha A. Ravi posted her maiden four-page statement on her Twitter account on Saturday evening revealing her trials and tribulations. ....

A doctor in Himachal Pradesh tested positive for coronavirus after 27 days of the second dose of the vaccine, officials said on Saturday. ....

As promised by her for the hospital bed, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her poll campaign on a wheelchair from Monday. ....

A coach of the Dehradun-New Delhi Shatabdi Express on Saturday caught fire between Raiwala and Kansrao railway station in Uttarakhand, officials said. No passenger was injured. ....

Yashwant Sinha, finance and External Affairs Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the centre, joined the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal on Saturday. ....

A meeting of West Bengal BJP core committee is underway on Saturday at the party's national president J.P. Nadda's residence to shortlist candidates for the remaining seats for the upcoming Assembly polls. ....

In a startling development, a Mumbai police official who has been under fire in the case pertaining to the SUV found outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's home and the subsequent mystery death of a Thane businessman Mansukh Hiren, has hinted at ending his life, here on Saturday. ....

A small-time Bihar coal trader and his family committed suicide in Supaul district, an official said on Saturday. ....

Two persons were killed and four others injured on Saturday when a truck driver lost control over his vehicle and hit half a dozen other vehicles in busy Narwal market of Jammu city, police said. ....

The BJPs Central Election Committee (CEC) will meet on Saturday later to finalise party candidates for assembly polls in four states and one union territory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the CEC meeting. ....

The single-day rise of new Covid-19 cases in India on Saturday is the country's highest tally so far this year. ....

Newly appointed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday inducted 11 minister in his cabinet. ....

The Congress on Friday released the list of its star campaigners for the first phase of the Bengal Assembly elections. Missing from the list were prominent members of G-23, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari and Anand Sharma, though these leaders have reiterated that they will campaign for the party . ....

Many more Maharashtra cities and districts came under partial to near-total restrictions on Friday as Covid-19 cases continued to zoom up. ....

Since the day he presented the Delhi government's 'Deshbhakti' Budget, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said people from all sections of the society have openly accepted it. ....

A day after the Nagpur administration announced a seven-day strict lockdown from March 15 to March 21, the Pune district administration on Friday announced a few restrictions to curb public movement, crowding, the operation of business establishments at night. But it is not being officially called a lockdown. ....

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India's startup ecosystem has become an attraction in the world and is a matter of discussion everywhere. The PM said that India's personality was getting echoed globally and being taken note of these days. ....

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a recent order of the Bombay High Court which had postponed elections to five municipal councils in Goa over irregularities in reservation of constituencies for Scheduled Tribes and women. ....