Incessant rain and untimely snowfall in the plains on Thursday led to a flood-like situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the Jhelum River crossing the danger mark in Anantnag and Srinagar districts and dozens of low-lying areas inundated in various parts of the valley. ....

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday disapproved Cooperation Minister Damodar Rout's statement that farmers are using agricultural loans to consume alcohol. ....

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The CBI has registered a case against former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for alleged re-allotment of a plot to Associated Journals Limited in Panchkula in 2005, an official said on Thursday. ....

A police constable was shot dead in Agra in Uttar Pradesh by unidentified assailants early on Thursday, police said. ....

In a major set back to Aam Aadmi Party government here, the Shunglu Committee formed by former Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to look into decisions taken by the government, has questioned several appointments made, including the appointment of Health Minister Satyendar Jain's daughter Soumya Jain in Mohalla Clinic project. ....

The Haryana government will observe Mahavir Jayanti on April 9 every year as a no-meat and no-liquor day. ....

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students here on Wednesday continued their protest against the cut in seats for M.Phil and Ph.D courses. ....

A long-running family feud at the revered Ajmer sufi shrine culminated on Wednesday with the "sacking" of its spiritual head Syed Zainul Abedin, who was dubbed by his younger brother as an "apostate" for his "blasphemous" support to the ban on slaughter of bovines and selling beef in the country. ....

The Shia Personal Law Board on Tuesday called for an amicable settlement to the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute and sought a blanket ban on cow slaughter. ....

Around 240 elephants were spotted in a 900 square km survey area in north Bengal in the pan-India synchronised elephant census, indicating the animal's numbers may have increased in the are, an official said on Wednesday. ....