Four soldiers and as many militants were killed on Tuesday in two separate gunfights in the Kashmir Valley, officials said. ....

Polling for the phase 2 of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand election came to an end at 5 pm. Overall 66% polling reported in Uttar pradesh, whereas in Uttrakhand 68 per cent voting reported till 5 PM ....

A poll-eve party thrown by two Shiv Sena women candidates contesting local elections here claimed at least four lives, police said on Tuesday. ....

Striking taxi and autorickshaw drivers on Tuesday met Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari and demanded a government-run cab-hailing app on the lines of Ola and Uber. ....

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said that although the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nothing to do with the crisis in Tamil Nadu, it is two union ministers who have been fomenting trouble in the state. ....

The newly elected leader of the AIADMK legislature party, Edapadi K. Palanisamy, on Tuesday urged Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidayasagar Rao to let him form a government. ....

After the Supreme Court upheld her conviction for corruption, AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Tuesday sacked acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and 19 leaders from the party. ....

The Congress on Tuesday urged Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao to call a special session of the assembly to test the strength of rival AIADMK factions. ....

Asia's biennial Aero India premier air show took off in this aerospace hub on Tuesday with a spectacular flying display of fighters and helicopeters in various formations, including breath-taking aerobatics. ....

Acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court verdict convicting AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and asked party MLAs to unite. ....

The AIADMK faction led by acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam erupted in joy on Tuesday after the Supreme Court restored the conviction of party General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and two of her relatives in a disproportionate assets case. ....

In a major setback for AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala, who was aspiring to be the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, the Supreme Court on Tuesday restored her conviction and four year jail sentence in a disproportionate assets case. ....

Three soldiers and a militant were killed on Tuesday and eight others injured in a gunfight between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district. ....

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is inducting 20,000 more personnel this year to further increase the strength of the 1.44 lakh strong force that provides security to key installations including nuclear plants, airports and seaports. ....

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on Uttarakhand government and other agencies for not filing reply against a plea seeking rehabilitation of villages inside Rajaji National Park. ....

Heavy firing exchanges continued on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Monday after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions, a defence official said. ....

Even as the political imbroglio continues in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court will pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on the Karnataka government's plea challenging the acquittal of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, her close aide V.K. Sasikala and two others in a disproportionate assets case. ....

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred, for three weeks, a hearing on contempt proceedings against Calcutta High Court judge Justice C.S. Karnan as he did not appear before the court as directed. ....

The heaviness of the weighty democracy is such that the finger ought to change its colour. Blue, the mark of an expression of freedom and democracy does give an odd look to the finger but then it is a ‘democratic’ tattoo that nobody really minds. This blue gives the ultimate power to make the choice which lay there in the EVM buttons. ....

Tamil Nadu's acting Chief Minister O. Panneeerselvam will be attending office on Monday after a week's gap, said officials. ....