The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its fourth list of seven candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls. ....

Amid a threat by senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam to quit the party, the Congress released the names of candidates for the remaining 19 seats. ....

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday reprimanded lawyers for having a casual outlook on the order and nature of arguments in the Ayodhya title dispute, against the backdrop of the October 18 deadline. ....

Three criminals were apprehended on Thursday by a Delhi Police team, which chased them to Uttar Pradesh's Meerut and exchanged fire with them before cornering them. ....

Phone intercepts from the Indo-Pak border, arms dropping by drones from across the border into Punjab last month, and Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) chief Lt General Faiz Hameed's recent tour of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, are three main reasons which prompted Indian security agencies to go on a high alert, particularly in Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. ....

At least 29 people including 22 women have been arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly forcing six elderly men to consume human excreta and uprooting their teeth over suspicion of witchcraft, police said on Thursday. ....

A Delhi court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram till October 17. The CBI had arrested the senior Congress leader on August 21 in connection with the INX Media case. ....

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Kartarpur Sahib shrine in Pakistan, as part of the first all-party group of pilgrims, on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak next month, the Punjab government said on Thursday. ....

Flagging off the second semi-high speed indigenous Vande Bharat train from the national capital to Katra in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that Kashmir would be in the "list of most developed Indian states in next 10 years and a beginning in that direction had been made today by the railway". ....

Three days after the Delhi High Court dismissed his bail plea, former Finance minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing on his bail plea in the INX media case. ....

Three railway stations in Rajasthan -- Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura -- have topped the list of the Railways' cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal here. ....

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday led a silent 'padyatra' in Uttar Pradesh's capital here as a mark of respect to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. ....

The Rajasthan government on Wednesday announced a ban on the use of pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine and tobacco, and even the flavoured supaari in the state on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led the nation in paying respect to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary by paying tribute to the Father of Nation at the Raj Ghat here. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115th birth anniversary on Wednesday, saying he had given new energy to the whole nation with his call of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan". ....

From Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will kickstart the countrywide events, to politicians of all hue, and commoners, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday will see celebrations across the country, with blood donation camps being held and large-sized photos of Gandhi emblazoned across trains and hoardings. ....

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside its judgement which introduced measures like prior inquiry before the arrest of an accused under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989. ....

Amid tussle with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, the Congress leaders will hold marches across the country on Wednesday on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary. ....

Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of 'misleading' the people on NRC, Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that all Hindu refugees, as also Sikhs, Christians, Jains and Buddhists, will be given permanent citizenship by passing the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) before undertaking any National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise. ....

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed at External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for covering up Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "incompetence" saying he should teach some lessons on diplomacy. ....