Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and opposition leader in Andhra Pradesh demanded the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-government to remove the "fear of uncertainty" hovering over Eluru that saw hundreds fall sick and several succumb to a mysterious illness over the past few days. ....

Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Laxman Singh died at his home in Muzaffarnagar district after a prolonged illness on Wednesday. ....

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday once more alleged that she has been "illegally detained" for the third time in less than a fortnight. ....

Three terrorists were killed in a gunfight between the terrorists and the security forces on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district even as search operations were continuing in the area, officials said. ....

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has won the Neredmet division of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) after the counting of votes was taken up on Wednesday following Telangana High Court orders. ....

Farmers' protest on Delhi's borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh entered 14th day on Wednesday even as farmer leaders will meet on the Singhu border at noon to discuss government's response to their demands as well as the future course of action. ....

Four civilians were injured on Wednesday in a grenade attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district. ....

Moderate to heavy snow and rain lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the weather office forecast improvement from Thursday onwards. ....

A five-foot-long crocodile, which wandered into a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was rescued in a late-night operation by Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department, and released into a nearby water body, officials said on Tuesday. ....

The meeting between a delegation of farmers' leaders and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday failed to reach any agreement, as the government refused outright to repeal the three farm laws and only offered amendments, according to a participant. ....

The day-long Bharat bandh evoked huge response in towns and villages across Karnataka on Tuesday, as thousand of farmers staged massive rallies and demonstrations against the 3 farm laws the Centre enacted recently and called for their withdrawal immediately. ....

Amid efforts to resolve the farmers' agitation for several days, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Delhi on Tuesday at Tomar's 3, Krishna Menon Marg residence. ....

Amid the 'Bharat Bandh', which is being supported by the Congress and almost the entire opposition, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said he agreed that some reforms were needed which should be first discussed in Parliament. ....

Despite the continuation of talks with the central government, the call for a Bharat Bandh appears to be a political conspiracy, said the Centre's leading ministers on Tuesday. When MSP will continue as before and the mandis will also remain, what is the issue then, they ask. Opposition parties are trying to mislead and provoke gullible farmers, allege the ministers. ....

Excessive amounts of heavy metals such as lead and nickel were found in the blood samples of patients suffering from the mysterious disease in Eluru town of West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. ....

Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that she was detained at her residence on the Gupkar road in Srinagar. ....

Early inputs from across the country showed mixed response to the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the farmer unions on Tuesday as no major disturbance has been reported from anywhere. ....

The Left and Congress party' leaders are participating in the Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) called by farmers on Tuesday in Vijayawada. ....

Buses of state-owned Road Transport Corporation in Telangana went off road on Tuesday amid growing support for farmers groups-called Bharat Bandh that received support from all parties in the state except the BJP. ....

Around 1.20 lakh farmers from Haryana have written a letter to the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar showing their support towards the farm laws and demanded that they shouldn't be withdrawn. ....