Deputy Chairman of the Russian election commission, Nikolai Levichev, is visiting India to observe the Indian election process. He visited state of Uttarakhand and keenly observed the ongoing assembly elections in five states. ....

Hundreds and thousands on Tuesday joined the roadshow of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here on Tuesday. BJP President Amit Shah also staged a show of strength in the same city. ....

In a fresh trouble for the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has sought response from the state government on a public suit that alleges a Rs 100-crore scam in the Samajwadi Ambulance Service, a dream project of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. ....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's "Gujarat ke Gadhe (Donkeys of Gujarat)" jibe might have been meant to score points in a bitter electoral battle, but it has inadvertently sharpened focus on the Indian wild ass, promoted in a TV spot by no less than megastar Amitabh Bachchan in his capacity as the state's brand ambassador. ....

A kingpin behind the illegal currencies racket in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh has been arrested, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday. ....

Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested an alleged rapist who assaulted a Nagaland woman over the weekend near a popular hangout in south Delhi. ....

In a ghastly crime, a man beheaded his wife and went to a court with the severed head in Jharkhand's Singhbhum district on Monday, police said. ....

The agitating tribal groups in Nagaland on Tuesday withdrew their indefinite shutdown on government offices and plying of government vehicles on the road, following the resignation of Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Sunday. ....

The 39-day budget session of the Madhya Pradesh assembly will begin from Tuesday and end on March 31, it was announced on Monday. ....

A man has been arrested for stabbing his friend to death in the capital, police said on Monday. ....